Triple Real Exam Vocab (2025)

A comprehensive vocabulary list gathered from the Triple Real Exam Vocab (2025 August - December) lecture notes, providing terms and their English definitions.

abolish

formally put an end to

laud

praise, extol, or acclaim someone or something highly, usually in a public way

affinity

a natural liking or connection

affront

an action that causes offense

attest

to confirm as true

attrition

gradual reduction in number

begrudge

to envy someone reluctantly

circumspect

careful and unwilling to take risks

circumspection

the quality of being cautious

collude

to act together secretly for a wrongful purpose

comparable

able to be likened to something

compensate

to give something in return

component

a part or element of a whole

compose

to make or form

concerning

regarding or relating to

conjecture

a guess without firm evidence

compendium

a short but complete account of a particular subject

copious

large in quantity

deliberate

done with intention

designate

to officially assign

designation

the act of assigning a name or title

diffusion

the spreading of something

discrepancy

a difference between two things

dissociate

to separate from association

dwindle

to gradually become smaller

elaborate

detailed and complicated

elicit

to get or produce a reaction, information, or a response

ephemeral

lasting for only a short time

epitome

a perfect example

exemplify

to be or give a typical example of something

grudgingly

reluctantly or resentfully

harbinger

a sign of what is to come

idealized

represented as better than reality

illusory

not real, based on illusion

impart

to give or share knowledge

impartial

treating all fairly

impartiality

the quality of fairness

improvise

to create without preparation

indice

a sign or clue

invoke

to call upon or appeal to something (such as a law, rule, or feeling) for support or justification; to bring something into effect or cause it to happen

manifest

clear or obvious

outmoded

old-fashioned, no longer useful

partitioned

divided into parts

perceptible

able to be noticed

pervade

to spread through

pretext

a false reason for doing something

proclaim

to announce publicly

proclamation

a public announcement

procrastinate

to delay doing something

proponent

a supporter or advocate

provoke

to stimulate a reaction

unobstrustive

not drawing attention to oneself

peripheral

outside of bounds

inconspicuousness

not easily seen, noticed

sanguine

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

recalcitrant

stubbornly refusing to obey rules, orders, or authority

misanthropic

hating, disliking, or distrusting other people and human society

earnest

showing deep sincerity, seriousness, and a strong, focused purpose

discretion

freedom to decide what should be done in a specific situation

proxy

a substitute with authority; something that represents or substitutes for another thing

quintessential

the most perfect example

reciprocal

mutually given or felt

recurrence

the act of happening again

recurrent

happening repeatedly

replicability

ability to be duplicated

replicate

to copy exactly

safeguard

a measure taken for protection

self-servingly

acting in a selfish manner

situated

located in a place

sporadic

occurring irregularly

sporadically

sometimes, but not regularly or continuously

subordinate

lower in rank

supersede

to replace

sympathetic

showing care for others

synthesis

combining parts into a whole

tilt

a sloping position or movement

ubiquitous

present everywhere

uncontroversial

not likely to cause debate

unfailingly

always, without fail

universal

relating to all people or things

abridge

shorten or reduce

demarcated

set boundaries, separate from something else

reconstituted

rebuilt, restored

conflated

combine 2+ things (often incorrectly or in a misleading way)

notional

theoretical

desultory

lacking a clear plan, purpose, enthusiasm

spurious

fake

accrue

grow, accumulate, added over time

ambivalence

mixed feelings or uncertainty

amend

to make changes for improvement

analogous

similar or comparable

antiquity

ancient times

compatible

able to exist together without conflict

complacent

self-satisfied and unaware of problems