Last 3 Month Vocabulary Magazine (July to September 2025)

Vocabulary practice flashcards generated from the July, August, and September 2025 Vocabulary Magazine by Nimisha Bansal.

Verdant

Green with vegetation; lush and fresh in appearance.

Splendour

Magnificent and splendid appearance or grandeur.

Shrinking

Becoming smaller or reduced in size, number, or importance.

Persecute

To treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially because of their race, religion, or political beliefs.

Gritty

Showing courage and determination despite difficulty.

Adroitly

In a skillful or clever manner.

Intemperate

Lacking self-control or being excessive in behavior.

Relinquish

To give up or surrender something, such as a right or position.

Euphoria

A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

Consternation

A sudden feeling of anxiety, fear, or confusion, especially when something unexpected happens.

Yeoman

Hardworking and loyal; relating to dedicated service or effort.

Moxie

Force of character, determination, or nerve.

Attrition

A gradual reduction in number or strength.

Affluent

Having a great deal of money, wealth, or material goods.

Enormity

The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad.

Meliorate

To make something better or improve it, especially a bad situation.

Tawdry

Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

Bottleneck

A point of congestion or blockage that delays progress.

Deride

To mock or laugh at someone or something in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

Pejorative

Expressing contempt or disapproval.

Encumber

To restrict or burden someone or something so that movement or progress is difficult.

Subservience

Willingness to obey others unquestioningly; a condition of being less important.

Flippant

Not showing a serious or respectful attitude.

Synchronous

Occurring at the same time or rate.

Labyrinth

A complicated and confusing network of paths or problems.

Indict

To formally accuse or charge someone with a serious crime.

Measly

Contemptibly small or inadequate in amount.

Deftly

In a skillful, clever, and quick manner.

Unswerving

Steady and constant; not changing or wavering.

Quagmire

A difficult or precarious situation.

Immured

To enclose or confine someone within walls; to imprison.

Byzantine

Extremely complicated and difficult to understand, often due to excessive detail or bureaucracy.

Tepid

Showing little enthusiasm or energy; lukewarm.

Brainiac

A very intelligent or smart person.

Vociferously

In a loud, forceful, or intense manner.

Exacerbated

Made a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.

Reassertion

The act of stating or showing something again with confidence.

Sweltering

Extremely hot and uncomfortable.

Abstemious

Self-denying in food or drink.

Rebarbative

Repellent, unattractive.

Anfractuous

Winding, complicated.

Laconic

Brief, using few words.

Contumacious

Stubbornly disobedient.

Defenestration

The act of throwing someone out of a window.

Sesquipedalian

Long-winded, polysyllabic.

Recrudescence

Revival of something undesirable.

Tergiversate

To change sides or evade responsibility.

Zeitgeist

Spirit of the times.

Ineluctable

Unavoidable.