APLAC Vocabulary List 2 (Word/Example)

abate (v)

My hunger _ when I saw how filthy the chef’s hands were.

adulation (n)

The _ she showed her professor seemed insincere; I suspected she really wanted a better grade.

arable (adj)

The overpopulated country desperately needed more _ land.

berate (v)

When my manager found out I had handled the situation so insensitively, he _ me.

cede (v)

Argentina _ the Falkland islands to Britain after a brief war.

demagogue (n)

The dictator began his political career as a _, giving fiery speeches in town halls.

emulate (v)

Children often _ their parents.

facile (adj)

Given the complexity of the problem, it seemed a rather _ solution.

galvanize (v)

The closing down of another homeless shelter _ the activist group into taking political action.

implacable (adj)

The _ teasing was hard for the child to take.

levity (n)

The joke added needed _ to the otherwise serious meeting.

mellifluous (adj)

She was so talented that her _ flute playing transported me to another world.

panache (n)

Leah has such _ when planning parties, even when they’re last-minute affairs.

philology (n)

_ was the predecessor to modern-day linguistics.

proffer (v)

The deal _ by the committee satisfied all those at the meeting, ending a month-long discussion.

rarefy (v)

The atmosphere _ as the altitude increases so that air atop a mountain is too thin to breathe.

rife (adj)

The essay was so _ with grammatical errors that it had to be rewritten.

sophomoric (adj)

Due to Sean’s _ behavior, he was grounded for weeks.

tantamount (adj)

If she didn’t get concert tickets to see her favorite band, it would be _ to a tragedy.

turgid (adj)

In the process of osmosis, water passes through the walls of _ cells, ensuring that they never contain too much water.