26-50 extra vocab

Assuage

To make an

unpleasant feeling

less intense

Atrophy

To waste away due

to underuse

Audacious

Showing a

willingness to take

bold risks

Augment

To make something

greater by adding

to it

Auspicious

Conducive to

success; favorable

Austere

Severe or strict in

manner or

appearance

Autonomy

The right or

condition of

self-government

Banal

So lacking in

originality as to be

boring

Belie

To give a false

impression of

Belligerent

Hostile and

aggressive

Benevolent

Well-meaning and

kindly

Bolster

To support or

strengthen

Bombastic

High-sounding but

with little meaning

Buttress

To provide support

for a person or plan

Cacophony

A harsh, discordant

mixture of sounds

Cajole

To persuade

someone through

flattery

Candor

The quality of being

open and honest

Capitulate

To cease to resist

an opponent;

surrender

Capricious

Given to sudden

changes of mood or

behavior

Castigate

To reprimand

someone severely

Censure

To express severe

disapproval of

Circumvent

To find a way

around an obstacle

Coalesce

To come together

to form one mass

or whole

Cognizant

Having knowledge

or being aware of

Coherent

Logical and

consistent