MK fall 1-100

Arbitrary

based on random choice or personal whim, not on reason

Exacting

demanding great care and effort; very strict

Mundane

ordinary and dull; part of everyday routine

Capacious

able to hold a lot; roomy [Capacity (N)]

Constraint

a limit that keeps you from doing what you want [Constrain (V)]

Unprecedented

never done or seen before [Precedent (N)]

Sustain

(V) 1. to keep going; maintain over a long period 2. to support or hold up 3. to suffer or undergo (an injury, a loss) [Sustenance (N)]

Facilitate

(V) to make something easier; to help along

Doctrine

(N) a set of beliefs or principles taught by a church, government, or group [Doctrinaire (Adj)]

Accolade

(N) an award or strong praise for good work

Conjecture

1. (N) a guess based on incomplete evidence 2. (V) to guess [Conjectural (Adj)]

Gravity

(N) 1. seriousness or importance 2. the force that pulls things down [Grave (Adj)]

Recount

(V) to tell what happened; to describe an event in order

Tranquility

(N) a calm, peaceful state [Tranquil (Adj)]

Hardy

(Adj) strong and tough enough to survive hard conditions [Hardiness (N)]

Substantial

(Adj) large in amount or importance; real and solid [Substance (N)]

Sanguine

(Adj) hopeful and confident about the future

Predecessor

(N) the person who held a job or position before someone else [Precede (V)]

Cordial

(Adj) warm and friendly in a polite way [Cordiality (N)]

Hierarchy

(N) a system in which people or things are ranked one above another [Hierarchical (Adj)]

Elusive

(Adj) hard to catch, find, or define [Elude (V)]

Misconstrue

(V) to understand something incorrectly

Instigate

(V) to stir up or cause something to start, usually trouble [Instigation (N)]

Restraint

(N) self-control; a limit placed on something [Restrain (V)]

Adjunct

(N) something added on that is helpful but not essential

Incite

(V) to stir people up to act, often violently [Incitement (N)]

Proximity

(N) nearness in space or time [Proximate (Adj)]

Harbinger

(N) a sign that something is coming

Exhilarating

(Adj) making you feel excited and full of energy [Exhilarate (V)]

Innovative

(Adj) new and original; introducing new ideas [Innovate (V)]

Succinct

(Adj) saying a lot in very few words

Invert

(V) to turn something upside down or inside out; to reverse [Inversion (N)]

Ascribe

(V) to say a work or quality belongs to someone

Irrefutable

(Adj) impossible to prove wrong

Transient

(Adj) staying only a short time

Capricious

(Adj) changing suddenly because of a whim [Caprice (N)]

Disparage

(V) to speak of someone or something as unimportant [Disparagement (N)]

Orthodox

(Adj) following traditional, widely accepted beliefs [Orthodoxy (N)]

Gloss

(V) to pass over quickly; to treat as unimportant (gloss over)

Spurious

(Adj) false; not genuine, though it looks real

Divergent

(Adj) moving apart; becoming different [Diverge (V)]

Sanction

1. (V) to approve; to officially allow 2. (V) to punish; impose a penalty on 3. (N) official permission; (pl.) penalties imposed on a country

Proliferation

(N) rapid increase or spread in number [Proliferate (V)]

Impair

(V) to weaken or damage something [Impairment (N)]

Nominal

(Adj) 1. in name only, not in reality 2. very small in amount

Esteem

1. (N) high respect 2. (V) to respect greatly [Esteemed (Adj)]

Cursory

(Adj) done fast, looking only at the surface

Provincial

(Adj) narrow-minded; limited to local concerns [Province (N)]

Superfluous

(Adj) more than needed; unnecessary

Apathy

(N) a complete lack of interest or caring [Apathetic (Adj)]

Ostentatious

(Adj) showy in a way meant to impress others [Ostentation (N)]

Phenomena

(N) observable events or facts (plural of phenomenon) [Phenomenon (N sing.)]

Substantiate

(V) to prove something with evidence

Emend

(V) to correct errors in a written text [Emendation (N)]

Indiscriminate

(Adj) done randomly without care about who or what is affected [Discriminate (V)]

Mitigate

(V) to make a bad effect less severe [Mitigation (N)]

Seclusion

(N) the state of being alone and away from others [Secluded (Adj)]

Truncate

(V) to shorten by cutting off the end [Truncation (N)]

Convene

(V) to come together for a meeting [Convention (N)]

Hypothetical

(Adj) based on a guess, not on real facts [Hypothesis (N)]

Abstract

(Adj) 1. about ideas, not real objects 2. hard to understand [Abstraction (N)]

Ingenious

(Adj) very clever and inventive [Ingenuity (N)]

Authoritarian

(Adj) demanding strict obedience; controlling

Indigenous

(Adj) naturally living or growing in a certain place

Anecdote

(N) a short, interesting story about a real event [Anecdotal (Adj)]

Rectify

(V) to fix something that is wrong [Rectification (N)]

Conspicuous

(Adj) easy to notice; standing out

Incidental

(Adj) minor; not the main part

Dubious

(Adj) doubtful; not likely to be true

Illuminate

(V) 1. to make something clear and easy to understand 2. to light up [Illumination (N)]

Recant

(V) to take back a belief you stated before [Recantation (N)]

Nebula

(N) a huge cloud of gas and dust in space [Nebulae (N pl.)]

Astute

(Adj) very sharp at judging people or situations

Evince

(V) to clearly show a feeling or quality

Placate

(V) to calm someone down; to soothe anger

Advocate

1. (V) to argue in public for an idea 2. (N) a person who supports a cause [Advocacy (N)]

Propagate

(V) 1. to pass something on so it spreads 2. to reproduce [Propagation (N)]

Conventional

(Adj) following what most people accept; traditional [Convention (N)]

Emulate

(V) to try to be like someone you admire [Emulation (N)]

Opaque

(Adj) 1. hard to understand 2. impossible to see through [Opacity (N)]

Usurp

(V) to take power or a position you have no right to [Usurpation (N)]

Precarious

(Adj) unsafe and likely to fail or fall

Deterrent

(N) something that stops people from doing something [Deter (V)]

Lofty

(Adj) 1. very high 2. noble and grand

Illusory

(Adj) not real; only seeming to exist [Illusion (N)]

Sporadic

(Adj) happening now and then, not regularly

Malicious

(Adj) meaning to cause harm; spiteful [Malice (N)]

Buttress

(V) to support or strengthen an argument or structure

Whimsical

(Adj) playful and unusual; decided by sudden impulse [Whim (N)]

Dogmatic

(Adj) stating opinions as fact and refusing to change them [Dogma (N)]

Repudiate

(V) to publicly reject or refuse to accept [Repudiation (N)]

Reprimand

(V) to scold someone officially and severely

Prodigal

(Adj) spending money in a wasteful way

Corroborate

(V) to support a claim with more evidence [Corroboration (N)]

Exacerbate

(V) to make a bad situation worse

Vacate

(V) to leave a place empty; to give up a position [Vacancy (N)]

Devise

(V) to think up or invent a plan or method [Device (N)]

Exact

1. (V) to force someone to give something 2. (Adj) completely accurate [Exactitude (N)]

Compile

(V) to gather information together into one collection [Compilation (N)]

Subordinate

1. (Adj) lower in rank or importance 2. (N) a person of lower rank