GreGmat Vocabulary Group 37

attribute

1. a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something.

2. regard something as being caused by someone or something.

calamitous

involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous.

censor

1. examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it.

2. an official who examines material for objectionable content.

champion

a person who has defeated or surpassed all rivals in a competition.

2. vigorously support or defend a cause or person.

compound

1. a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

2. make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of.

deter

discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

dexterous

showing or having skill, especially with the hands.

dictum

1. a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.

2. a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle.

dutiful

conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty.

empathetic

showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

ensue

happen or occur afterward or as a result.

fathom

understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.

frank

open, honest, and direct in speech or writing.

germane

relevant to a subject under consideration.

grumble

1. complain or protest about something in a bad-tempered but typically muted way.

2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.

hidebound

unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention.

hypocrite

a person who indulges in hypocrisy, which is the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform.

impolitic

failing to possess or display prudence; unwise.

insidious

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

intermediary

a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.

passive

accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

raillery

good-humored teasing.

ramble

1. talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.

2. a walk taken for pleasure, especially in the countryside.

resent

feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person).

residual

1. remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone.

2. a small remaining quantity of something.

resolve

1. settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter).

2. firm determination to do something.

surrogate

1. a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office.

2. relating to the birth of a child or children by a surrogate mother.

vilify

spread negative information about.

wanting

lacking in a required or necessary quality.

willful

1. (of an immoral or illegal act or omission) intentional; deliberate.

2. having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences.