Hard Vocab

Abrogate

To abolish/put an end to something

Amenable

Willing to answer, act, or yield; agreeable; submissive

Camaraderie

Good fellowship; mutual trust and friendship

Capituate

To give up resistance; to surrender

Chagrin

A feeling of disappointment/humiliation

Chastise

To discipline/criticize

Clandestine

Characterized by/executed with secrecy/concealment; private

Clemency

An act of showing mercy/forgiveness

Concoction

Something concocted (contrived/made up, often by combining ingredients)

Corroborate

To confirm

Cursory

Hasty; going over something rapidly and not noticing details

Digress

To deviate/depart from the main topic/argument

Discord

Disagreement/difference in opinion

Disparate

Distinct/dissimilar

Domicile

A place of residence; a home

Enmity

Hostility/hatred

Eschew

To shun, avoid, or keep away from

Extraneous

Irrelevant; coming from something external

Fortuitous

Lucky/fortunate

Fraudulent

Involving fraud/deception

Inexorable

Unyielding; not to be persuaded/moved

Infraction

A breach/violation

Instigate

To urge/provoke something to an action

Insubordinate

Not consenting to authority

Intrepid

Dauntless; completely fearless

Lethargic

Drowsy/sluggish

Litigation

A lawsuit/legal action

Malevolent

Wishing harm/evil upon something

Malign

To speak damaging lies against a person

Negligent

Someone who is neglectful/careless

Onerous

Troublesome; causing hardship

Opulent

Wealthy; richly supplied

Paragon

Someone who is excellent/exceptional

Plethora

An excess

Prolific

Producing something in large quantities

Proviso

A condition/stipulation of something

Quagmire

A situation that is very difficult to get out of

Quandary

A dilemma/state of uncertainty about what to do

Renounce

To choose to give up/put aside something

Reprisal

Retaliation against an enemy

Rudiment

The beginning/first appearance/form of something

Superficial

Shallow; external; only being concerned with what’s on the surface

Susceptible

Capable of being affected emotionally; subject to influence

Squander

To spend wastefully

Truncate

To cut off short; to cut off a part

Umbrage

Annoyance/offense; a vague feeling of doubt

Vacillate

To be indecisive in opinion

Vilify

To speak poorly of something/someone

Vindictive

Showing revengeful spirit; inclined to revenge

Vociferous

Outspoken; crying out noisily and openly