Advanced English Vocabulary

To commiserate

To sympathize

To commensurate

To correspond in size or proportion

Panoply

A large collection of something

Pariah

An outcast

Mutiny

A rebellion against authority

Cognizant

To have knowledge or being aware of something

Prerogative

A right or privilege which is exclusive to someone

Flagrant

Something obviously offensive

Irate

Characterized by a lot of anger

Jingoistic

Characterized by extreme patriotism

Chauvinism

Characterized by excessive support for someone's cause; a negative term

To Subvert

To undermine power and authority

Valorize

To validate something, including people

Moniker

Name

Innocuous

Something harmless or something that is not offensive

Facet

A side of something; an aspect

Forthright

Direct and outspoken

Repertoire

A collection of pieces of entertainment such as dances, plays. etc.

Preponderance

The prevalance of something

Tactful

Considerate

To pan

To criticize

Latent

Something that exists but is hidden; undiscovered

To denigrate

To criticize something unfairly

Gaiety

The emotion of being lighthearted or cheerful

Procurement

The act of acquiring or getting something

Mickle

Very large

Ergonomic

Related to something for efficiency or comfort in a working environment

Parochial

Relating to a church parish

To stymie

To slow or prevent the development of something

Erudite

Showing great knowledge or learning something; scholarly

Derisive

Making a mockery of something

Miscegenation

Sexual relationships between people of different races, especially of one of them is white

Inconspicuous

Something invisible

Delineate

To describe or portray something

Palpable

A feeling or environment that is so intense, one can almost physically feel it; tangible

Diegetic

Something that only exists in the world of a narrative such as a movie or a book

Arcane, Enigmatic

Something hard to interpret; mysterious

Incontinent

A lack of self-control

Succinct

Something brief and clearly expressed; concise

Surreptitious

Something secret; clandestine

Ambivalent

Having mixed feelings about someone or something

Callous

Being insensitive to something; heartless

Tenuous

Very weak

Cathartic

Something that provides a psychological or emotional release

Candid

Truthful or straightforward; frank

Askew

Not in a straight position; crooked

Yesteryear

Last year, or the recent past when recalled nostalgically

Indigent

Poor or needy

Stalwart

Loyal or reliable

Heathen

A person who does not belong to a large religion; pagan; infidel

Wench

A prostitute

Curmudgeon

An old, bad-tempred person

Folly

Lack of good sense; foolishness

To eulogize

To praise something highly in speech or writing

Inadvertently

Without intention; accidentally, unknowingly

Amorphous

Something without structure; shapeless

Vapid

Something that doesn't offer anything stimulating or challenging

Pessimism

The opposite of optimism

Pessimistic

Someome who is not optimistic

Aggregate

Total of something

Anew

Something new or different; again

Stout

Someone of a heavy build; fat, obese

Ostensibly

Apparently or supposedly

Contemptuous

Showing contempt; disrespectful

Egalitarian

Relating to the ida that all people are equal or deserve equal rights and/or opportunities

Vindictive

Having a strong desire for revenge; vengeful

Grungy

Grimy or dirty

To interpolate

To insert

Conniption

A fit of rage

Enmity

Hostility or hatred of someone or something

Litany

A series of petitions by a church; recital

Skittish

Something that can be easily scared or very playful, usually used with animals

Haphazard

Something random

Tenable

Something that can be maintained; justifiable, sustainable

Perceptive

Having insight into something

Dystopia

An imaginary world where there is a lot of suffering or injustice

Dystopian

An adjective for dystopia

Bereft

Deprived of or lacking something

Conundrum

A confusing or difficult problem; also a question asked for fun, such as a riddle or puzzle

To concactenate

To link things together in a chain or series

Fruition

A point of realization or reality

Perspiration

The process of sweating

Didactic

Something with the intention of teaching; instructive or educational

Usury

The crime of lending money at a very high interest rate

Prodigal

Spending money wrecklessly or on a lavish scale

Achilles' heel

A weakness or vunerable point in someone

Devil's advocate

A person who instigates in order to provoke a debate or argument

To capitulate

To cease or to give up

Coalesce

To unite or combine

Jarring

Something shocking or sudden

To wallop

To strike or hit

Ethereal

Something very delicate, heavenly, or spiritual

Unceasing

Continuous, or something not willing to come to an end

To disseminate

To spread or distribute something

To serenade

A piece of music played in the open air; usually by a man under the window of his lover

To concur

To agree on something

Hoodlum

A violent criminal or troublemaker, thug

Fib

A lie

Doozy

Something outstanding or unique

Whopper

Something extremely large