Advanced Vocabulary: Adjectives, Verbs, and Nouns for Independent Learners

Abstruse

Difficult to understand due to complexity.

Affluent

Wealthy; having an abundance of resources.

Antiquated

Old-fashioned; outdated.

Ascribed

Attributed to a source or cause.

Auspicious

Conducive to success; favorable.

Austerity

Sternness; extreme simplicity or frugality.

Avant-garde

Innovative and experimental in arts/ideas.

Aversion

A strong dislike.

Belies

To give a false impression; contradict.

Confounding

Causing confusion or surprise.

Coincidental

Happening by chance.

Consecrated

Made sacred or holy.

Considerate

Thoughtful of others.

Contentious

Likely to cause an argument.

Conspicuous

Easily noticed.

Corroborate

Confirm or support with evidence.

Culpable

Deserving blame.

Cumbersome

Large and unwieldy.

Decried

Publicly condemned.

Deference

Humble submission and respect.

Demarcated

Marked boundaries.

Derivative

Imitative; lacking originality.

Despondently

In low spirits.

Desultory

Lacking purpose; aimless.

Disparage

To belittle.

Disparate

Essentially different.

Dissension

Disagreement leading to discord.

Dissipated

Overindulging in pleasures.

Dormant

Inactive but capable of activity.

Dubious

Doubtful or questionable.

Elided

Omitted or merged sounds.

Equivocal

Ambiguous or unclear.

Eschew

To avoid deliberately.

Evinced

Revealed or displayed.

Exacerbate

Make a situation worse.

Exonerate

To free from blame.

Exorbitant

Unreasonably high (cost).

Galvanizing

Shockingly exciting into action.

Haphazard

Lacking order or principle.

Harbinger

A sign of what is to come.

Implicit

Implied, not stated.

Inadvertently

Without intention.

Inestimable

Too great to be measured.

Innocuous

Harmless.

Insolent

Rude, arrogant disrespect.

Inviolate

Free from harm or violation.

Infinitesimal

Extremely small.

Latent

Present but not active.

Lackadaisical

Carelessly lazy.

Misanthropic

Distrusting or disliking humankind.

Multifarious

Having many varied parts or aspects.

Notional

Existing as an idea; theoretical.

Opulent

Rich and luxurious.

Ostentatious

Showy or pretentious.

Outstrip

To move faster or surpass.

Paradox

A contradictory statement that may be true.

Paradoxically

In a contradictory yet true way.

Paucity

A scarcity or lack.

Percolated

Spread gradually through.

Pervasive

Spreading widely.

Postulate

Suggest as a basis for reasoning.

Preclude

To prevent something from happening.

Putatively

Reputedly; generally considered.

Recalcitrant

Stubbornly resistant to authority.

Recant

To withdraw a statement.

Redress

To set right a wrong.

Repudiation

Rejection of a belief or claim.

Reprieve

A temporary relief or delay.

Repudiating

Rejecting or refusing to accept.

Sanguine

Optimistic in a difficult situation.

Scrupulous

Extremely careful; ethical.

Seditious

Inciting rebellion.

Solicitous

Showing care for others.

Spurious

False; not genuine.

Sporadic

Occurring irregularly.

Staid

Serious and unadventurous.

Stark

Severe or bare; sharply clear.

Stymie

To block or hinder.

Subversive

Undermining authority.

Sumptuous

Splendid and expensive-looking.

Tenuous

Weak or insubstantial.

Thunderous

Very loud.

Trite

Overused; unoriginal.

Ubiquitous

Present everywhere.

Unobtrusive

Not attracting attention.

Upshot

The final result.

Urge

Strong desire; encourage.

Usury

Lending with excessively high interest.

Usurped

Seized power without right.

Validate

To prove true; confirm.

Venerable

Respected due to age/wisdom.

Veracity

Truthfulness; accuracy.

Vestige

A small remaining trace.

Vistas

Wide views or prospects.