advance 4

explicable

understandable, explainable, comprehensible, interpretable

indefatigable

never getting tired; tireless and persistent.

irreverent

disrespectful

loath

strong dislike

malign

1. evil in nature or effect.

2. speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.

pliable

easily bent, flexible; easily influenced

tyro

beginner

salubrious

1. promoting health or well-being

2. pleasant

conjectural

based on guesswork

putative

supposed

decadent

decline in morals or standards.

evanescent

(adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy

flamboyant

flashy

forestall

to prevent by acting first

indiscriminate

(adj.) without restraint or control; unselective

nettlesome

causing irritation or annoyance

obviate

to prevent; to avoid

omnipresent

present everywhere

oust

to eject; to force out; to banish

palpable

clearly noticable

sagacious

wise

skullduggery

trickery

vapid

dull, uninteresting

brook

to tolerate

comity

courtesy; civility

cordial

warm and friendly

dichotomy

a division into two parts

fecund

fertile; productive

feeble

Weak, lacking strength

felicitous

1. (adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

2. causing delight or satisfaction

forbear

to refrain from

impetuous

impulsive

mercenary

greedy ; avaricious

mordant

bitingly sarcastic

outstrip

to get ahead of, do better than, exceed

antithesis

Direct opposite

befuddled

confused

exculpate

to free from blame or guilt

expidite

to speed up

feign

to pretend

indispensable

absolutely necessary

nonchalant

calm, casual

pensive

thoughtful

portend

(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

salutary

beneficial

sever

to cut off completely

slight

to insult

somnolent

sleepy, drowsy

phlegmatic

calm; sluggish; unemotional

wane

(v.) to lose size, strength, or power

boisterous

noisy and rowdy

clandestine

secretive

debilitating

weakening

droll

amusingly odd

obeisance

gesture of respect

panacea

an answer to all problems

perilious

dangerous

rapacious

greedy

sham

not genuine, fake

skirt

circumvent

spartan

marked by simplicity and lack of luxury

beneficent

kind; charitable; doing good

canny

shrewd, careful

dwindling

diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength

eclipse

outshine