NEW 1-100

Arbitrary

(Adj) based on random choice or personal whim, not on reason

Exacting

(Adj) demanding great care and effort; very strict

Mundane

(Adj) ordinary and dull; part of everyday routine

Capacious

(Adj) able to hold a lot; roomy

Constraint

(N) a limit that keeps you from doing what you want

Unprecedented

(Adj) never done or seen before

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)

Facilitate

(V) to make something easier; to help along

Doctrine

(N) a set of beliefs or principles taught by a church, government, or group

Accolade

(N) an award or strong praise for good work

Conjecture

1. (N) a guess based on incomplete evidence 2. (V) to guess

Gravity

(N) 1. seriousness or importance 2. the force that pulls things down

Recount

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

Tranquility

(N) a calm, peaceful state

Hardy

(Adj) strong and tough enough to survive hard conditions

Substantial

(Adj) large in amount or importance; real and solid

Sanguine

(Adj) hopeful and confident about the future

Predecessor

(N) the person who held a job or position before someone else

Cordial

(Adj) warm and friendly in a polite way

Hierarchy

(N) a system in which people or things are ranked one above another

Elusive

(Adj) hard to catch, find, or define

Misconstrue

(V) to understand something incorrectly

Instigate

(V) to stir up or cause something to start, usually trouble

Restraint

(N) self-control; a limit placed on something

Adjunct

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

Incite

(V) to stir people up to act, often violently

Proximity

(N) nearness in space or time

Harbinger

(N) a sign that something is coming

Exhilarating

(Adj) making you feel excited and full of energy

Innovative

(Adj) new and original; introducing new ideas

Succinct

(Adj) saying a lot in very few words

Invert

(V) to turn something upside down or inside out; to reverse

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

Disparage

(V) to speak of someone or something as unimportant

Orthodox

(Adj) following traditional, widely accepted beliefs

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

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

Impair

(V) to weaken or damage something

Nominal

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

Esteem

1. (N) high respect 2. (V) to respect greatly

Cursory

(Adj) done fast, looking only at the surface

Provincial

(Adj) narrow-minded; limited to local concerns

Superfluous

(Adj) more than needed; unnecessary

Apathy

(N) a complete lack of interest or caring

Ostentatious

(Adj) showy in a way meant to impress others

Phenomena

(N) observable events or facts (plural of phenomenon)

Substantiate

(V) to prove something with evidence

Emend

(V) to correct errors in a written text

Indiscriminate

(Adj) done randomly without care about who or what is affected

Mitigate

(V) to make a bad effect less severe

Seclusion

(N) the state of being alone and away from others

Truncate

(V) to shorten by cutting off the end

Convene

(V) to come together for a meeting

Hypothetical

(Adj) based on a guess, not on real facts

Abstract

(Adj) 1. about ideas, not real objects 2. hard to understand

Ingenious

(Adj) very clever and inventive

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

Rectify

(V) to fix something that is wrong

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

Recant

(V) to take back a belief you stated before

Nebula

(N) a huge cloud of gas and dust in space

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

Propagate

(V) 1. to pass something on so it spreads 2. to reproduce

Conventional

(Adj) following what most people accept; traditional

Emulate

(V) to try to be like someone you admire

Opaque

(Adj) 1. hard to understand 2. impossible to see through

Usurp

(V) to take power or a position you have no right to

Precarious

(Adj) unsafe and likely to fail or fall

Deterrent

(N) something that stops people from doing something

Lofty

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

Illusory

(Adj) not real; only seeming to exist

Sporadic

(Adj) happening now and then, not regularly

Malicious

(Adj) meaning to cause harm; spiteful

Buttress

(V) to support or strengthen an argument or structure

Whimsical

(Adj) playful and unusual; decided by sudden impulse

Dogmatic

(Adj) stating opinions as fact and refusing to change them

Repudiate

(V) to publicly reject or refuse to accept

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

Exacerbate

(V) to make a bad situation worse

Vacate

(V) to leave a place empty; to give up a position

Devise

(V) to think up or invent a plan or method

Exact

1. (V) to force someone to give something 2. (Adj) completely accurate

Compile

(V) to gather information together into one collection

Subordinate

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