vocab frl

Ambivalent

lack of clarity; wavering; having multiple or vague meanings

Ambulatory

able to walk around

Ameliorate

make better

Cantankerous

bad-tempered; quarrelsome

Capitulate

surrender; give in to

Amorphous

lacking in shape

Analogous

comparable; having the same general meaning

Carping

constant nagging criticism

Amiable

friendly

Anarchy

chaos; lack of government

Castigate

scold strongly

Catharsis

purging of pent-up emotions

Caustic

burning, usually in terms of speech

Derogatory

uncomplimentary

Desecrate

to damage or pollute a holy place

Despondent

having no hope; miserable

Destitute

in hardship; poverty; miserable

Deter

put off; prevent

Detrimental

harmful

Exhaustive

complete and thorough

Exonerate

acquit; absolves; remove blame

Expedient

convenient; practical

Expedite

make faster or more efficient

Exposition

clear explanation

Extol

praise

Extradite

deport from one country back to the home country

Impious

wicked; profane

Impromptu

unrehearsed; spontaneous

Inadvertent

not intentional; by accident

Incarcerate

put in prison

Incessant

without stopping

Lucid

clear

Ludicrous

ridiculous; silly

Lukewarm

unenthusiastic; neither hot nor cold

Machination

plot

Maelstrom

whirlpool; storm in the ocean

Magnanimous

generous; big-hearted

Magnate

powerful businessman

Orthodox

conventional

Ossify

turn to bone; become fixed and rigid

Ostentatious

showy

Oust

force out; remove

Overt

open; not hidden

Overwrought

overly excited or agitated

Palatable

pleasant to taste; acceptable

Palliative

relieving pain without curing

Precipice

steep cliff

Precipitous

very steep

Preclude

prevent; make impossible

Precocious

advanced in development

Predicament

difficult situation

Preeminent

superior; surpassing all others

Prerogative

exclusive right or privilege

Prescient

having foresight; knowing the future

Presentiment

a feeling that something is about to happen

Salubrious

health-giving; healthy

Salutary

beneficial; promoting health

Sanctimonious

hypocritically holy

Sanction

official permission or approval

Sanguine

optimistic; cheerful

Sardonic

mocking; cynical

Savant

a learned person; scholar

Scale

to climb; to ascend

Scapegoat

a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings of others

Truncate

to shorten by cutting off the top or end

Tumult

a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

Туго

tight

Ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere

Unalloyed

pure; not mixed with anything else

Underscore

to emphasize; to highlight

What does it mean to dislodge?

To push out of a position.

What does it mean to overt?

Obvious; not hidden.

What does it mean to agitated?

Worked up; in an emotional state.

What does it mean to palatable?

Good to eat; agreeable; tolerable.

What does it mean to palliative?

A remedy that improves but doesn't cure; make less painful.

What does it mean to precipice?

Edge of a cliff.

What does it mean to hasty?

Done in a hurry.

What does it mean to preclude?

Cut off, prevent or make impossible.

What does it mean to precocious?

Developing early.

What does it mean to quandary?

Dilemma; difficult situation.

What does it mean to renowned?

Famous; outstanding.

What does it mean to prerogative?

Right or privilege.

What does it mean to prescient?

Having fore-knowledge.

What does it mean to premonition?

A feeling that something might happen.

What does it mean to salubrious?

Health-giving.

What does it mean to didactic?

Something which teaches you a lesson; helpful or beneficial.

What does it mean to sanctimonious?

Hypocritically holy.

What does it mean to approve?

To give approval to.

What does it mean to prohibit?

To ban.

What does it mean to sanguine?

Optimistic; cheerful.

What does it mean to derisive?

Mocking.

What does it mean to savant?

Person with knowledge.

What does it mean to ascend?

To climb.

What does it mean to scapegoat?

Person on whom blame is placed for faults of others.

What does it mean to curtail?

Cut short.

What does it mean to tumult?

Uproar; noise.

What does it mean to neophyte?

Novice; beginner.

What does it mean to ubiquitous?

Found everywhere; omnipresent.

What does it mean to unadulterated?

Undiluted; total, pure.

What does it mean to accentuate?

To emphasize.