Vocabulary Final Review

discreet

careful, prudent

flaunt

parade, boastfully display

generic

common, widespread

haggard

worn, wasted

interment

burial

languid

weak, weary

shrewd

sharp, clever

somber

grave, sober

stipend

fee, payment, salary

wan

pallid, colorless

besiege

surround, hem in

contention

strive, conflict

convene

assemble, come together

impetus

impulse, motive

interpolation

insertion

momentous

weighty, important, significant

succulent

juicy, delicious

surmise

guess, infer

travesty

debased or grotesque imitation

trepidation

fear, alarm, apprehension

advent

coming, arrival

contrition

remorse, sorrow

immobile

incapable of movement

jovial

jolly, festival

nuance

subtle distinction

pine

long, yearn

pious

devout, religious

pithy

concise but substantial

stolid

dull, impassive

traverse

travel across or through

avaricious

greedy

chaste

decent, virtuous

clandestine

secret, covert

concede

admit, acknowledge

diversify

vary, give variety to

eclectic

gathered. or composed from diverse sources

enervate

unnerve, weaken

illuminate

explain, clarify

instigate

provoke, incite

spurious

false, fake, bogus

agile

spry, brisk, nimble

annul

void, nullify

broach

introduce, bring up

daunt

dismay, discourage

devour

prey upon, swallow up

loathe

hate, abhor, detest

malign

defame, slander, speak evil of

subside

fall, lower, abate

truant

idle, lazy

unassuming

modest, reserved, unpretentious

anxiety

worry, concern

arrogant

proud, haughty

bereft

deprived, robbed

enterprise

project, venture

explicitly

expressly, definitely

prone

subject, liable

resolution

tenacity, determination

sapient

wise, prudent

suave

smooth, polite

travail

toil, drudgery

ascertain

learn, discover, determine

beguile

deceive, delude

clamorous

noisy, complainging

compliant

obedient, submissive

conviction

faith, belief, assurance

obstinate

stubborn, inflexible

persevere

persist, continue, refuse to quit

schism

split, breach

tumult

uproar, turmoil, commotion

vehement

forceful, violent, passionate

adversity

trouble, distress, misfortune

ambivalent

uncertain, undecided

feat

accomplishment

fickle

unstable, capricious

improvise

devise on spur of the moment

impulsive

spontaneous

pastoral

relating to shepherds or the countryside, rural

quiescent

idle, dormant

uncanny

weird, eerie, mysterious

writhe

squirm, agonize, twist about

bazaar

street market

broadcast

sow, spread, scatter

consternation

panic, dismay

desolate

lonely, lonesome, solitary

ebb

wane, abate, subside

obliterate

erase, expunge

poignant

moving, affecting, touching

sentinel

guard, sentry, watchman

surmount

overcome, rise above

wrest

wrench, wring, tear away

abashed

uneasy, ashamed

censure

reprove, denounce

consign

entrust, commit

deride

mock, scorn, ridicule

discourse

lecture, converse

doleful

mournful, sorrowful

expedient

proper, advisable

gratify

please, indulge

inclination

desire, tendency

stimulate

rouse, invigorate