AFOQT Word Knowledge

Garner

Gather

Illegible

Sloppy

Dauntless

Fearless

Sublime

Gorgeous

Rigorous

Strict

Cumbersome

Burdensome

Realistic

Believable, accurate, truthful

Impair

Damage

Coincide

Occur at the same time

Temperate

Moderate

Concede

Give up

Terse

Concise

Elusive

Unable to be captured

Passages

Excerpt

Ruins

Rubble

Embellish

Add to, to add details

Diffuse

Soften

Digressing

To deviate, stray

Evaded

To avoid

Surmise

Guess

Crux

Central or main point

Detest

Strong or intense hatred

Hilarious

Extremely funny

Hospitality

The kindness of welcoming someone into your home

Fix

To place something securely

Pre

Before

Prefix

To place something before or in front

Suffix

Used to change a word's part of speech

Root

Building blocks of all words. Every word either has a root or is a root by itself.

(Am)iable

Friendly, agreeable, good natured, likeable, pleasing

(Luc)id

Very clear, easy to understand, intelligible

Com(plac)ent

Contended to a fault, self-satisfied

Ex(ac)erbate

To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of

(Ver)acity

Truth or truthfulness

E(loq)uent

Expressed in a powerful, fluent and persuasive manner

In(dic)t

To formally accuse of or charge with a crime

(Qui)escent

Inactive, quiet, or at rest

(Equ)animity

Calmness of temperament, even-temperedness, or patience and composure, especially under stress

Dis-

Away from, deprive of, reversal, or not

Un-

Not

-Able

Ability or worthy of

Uncomfortable

Not able to be in a state of comfort

Re-

Back or again

-Ed

Indication that the word is in the past tense

Im-

In, into, or within

-Ive

Having the nature of

Disrespected

Showing a lack of respect towards

Impressive

Having the ability to inspire an internal feeling of awe

Predated

Came before the date

Precaution

To prepare before doing something

Reorder

To put the list in a new order

Antidote

Something that works against the disease

Multiethnic

Has many different ethnicities

Misinformed

Given incorrect information

Exorbitant

Far beyond what is normal or reasonable

Denunciation

The act of denouncing or openly condemning

Metamorphosis

A transformation

Reconcile

To reestablish a relationship

Didactic

Intended to instruct or moralize

Unilateral

One-sided

Subordinate

Under someone else's authority or control

Incisive

Penetrating

Intermittent

Occurring at intervals

Miscreant

An evil person or villain

Contempt

To consider something worthless