Bluebook Practice Test 5

prudently (adv)

discreetly or cautiously; sensibly; carefully

overtly (adj)

openly, without concealment

cordially (adj)

warm and friendly

inadvertently

unintentionally, accidentally

impending (adj)

about to happen, forthcoming

antecedent (n)

a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another

innocuous (adj)

(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant

tentative (adj)

uncertain

prominent (adj)

important; famous

warranted (adj)

justified

to warrant (v)

to need, to require

sanction (v)

authorize, offer approval, support

ameliorate (v)

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

to rationalize (v)

justify; give reason for

to postulate (v)

hypothesize; propose

antagonistic (adj)

opposed; hostile; aggressive

inconsequential (adj)

trivial, unimportant

integrity (n)

Consistency of actions, values, and principles.

to discount

to disregard something as unlikely to be true/important

to succumb

to lose determination to do sth, to accept failure (đầu hàng)

irrespective

not taking (something) into account; regardless of.

contempt (n)

strong feeling of disliking, disrespect

derivative (adj)

has been figurative for many times (đã được chuyển nghĩa nhiều lần) —> abstract