Hspt vocabulary

Abdicate (verb.)

To give up power

Abhor (verb.)

Despise

Absolution (noun.)

Forgiveness

Absolve (verb.)

Free from guilt

Abstain (verb.)

To hold back

acrid (adj.)

having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell; bitter

Adept (adj.)

skillful

Adjacent (adj.)

Next to

Admonish (v.)

to warn

Adorn (v.)

to decorate

adversary (n.)

an enemy, opponent

Aesthetic (adj.)

pertaining to beauty

Affluent (adj.)

wealthy

Affront (noun.)

a deliberate insult or offensive act

Aggravate (verb.)

to make worse

Allot (verb.)

To lessen

Allocate (verb.)

To distribute

Altruistic (adj.)

unselfish

Amass (verb.)

To gather

Ambivalent (verb.)

Uncertaint

Amiable (adj.)

friendly

Amicable (adj.)

peaceable, friendly

Anecdote (noun.)

story

Apex (noun.)

the highest point, peak

Arduous (adj.)

difficult

Arid (adj.)

dry

Asperity (noun.)

harshness of tone or manner

Assent (verb.)

to agree

Astute (adj.)

shrewd; clever; sharp

Augment (verb.)

To make greater

Averse (adj.)

opposed

Avid (adj.)

Eager

Banal (adj.)

Boring

Belated (adj.)

delayed

Belligerent (adj.)

hostile and aggressive

Benign (adj.)

favorable, not threatening, mild

Bleak (adj.)

offering little or no hope

Blithe (adj.)

cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned

Boisterous (adj.)

rough and noisy

Bolster (verb.)

to support

Brisk (adj.)

Fast, active

Broach (verb.)

To bring up

Buttress (verb.)

To reinforce

Callous (adj.)

unfeeling, insensitive

cantankerous (adj.)

bad tempered

Caustic (adj.)

Corrosive

Censure (verb.)

to criticize harshly

Circumvent (verb.)

to get around; to bypass

clandestine (adj.)

secretive

Clemency (noun.)

(n.) mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness

Concord (adj.)

agreement

Concur (verb.)

to agree

conflagration (noun.)

a large destructive fire

Consolidate (verb.)

(v.) to combine, unite; to make solid or firm

Contrite (adj.)

extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

Cumulative (adj.)

successive adding

Defer (noun.)

To put off, postpone

Delegate (verb.)

to hand over responsibility for something

Delinquent (adj.)

wanting, failing, overdue

Derelict (adj.)

abandoned, irresponsible

Desist (verb.)

to stop

Destitute (adj.)

extremely poor

Dexterity (noun.)

skill in activity

Diction (noun.)

Speech

Dilapidated (adj.)

falling apart or ruined, run-down

Dismal (adj.)

Dreary

Disparage (verb.)

belittle

Elusive (adj.)

difficult to find, catch, or achieve

Embellish (verb.)

to decorate

Emancipate (verb.)

to set free

encroach (verb.)

To trespass

Enigma (noun.)

a puzzle; a mystery

Enumerate (verb.)

to count, list, or itemize

euology (noun.)

Speech of praise

Exorbitant (adj.)

(adj.) unreasonably high; excessive

Expedient (adj.)

convenient; practical

Flagrant (adj.)

(adj.) extremely bad, glaring; scandalous, notorious

Florid (adj.)

excessively decorated or embellished

Frenetic (adj.)

wildly excited or active

Frivolous (adj.)

trivial; silly

Garrulous (adj.)

given to much talking, tediously chatty

Gaunt (adj.)

thin and bony

Gingerly (adj.)

with extreme care or caution

grandiose (adj.)

absurdly exaggerated

Hamper(verb.)

To hinder or slow

Hapless (adj.)

unlucky

Haughty (adj.)

arrogant

Incensed (adj.)

very angry; enraged

Inert (adj.)

Not moving

Insipid (adj.)

lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating

Inundate (verb.)

(v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

Irate (adj.)

angry

Jovial (adj.)

happy

jubilant (adj.)

extremely joyful, happy

Knoll (noun.)

Small hill

Lament (verb.)

to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

Latitude (adj.)

Without energy

Lucid (adj.)

clear and easily understory

Malcontent (adj.)

Unhappy

Mar (verb.)

to damage, ruin, deface