Week 1: Princeton Review Hot 100

enigma

a riddle

apathy

lack of emotion or interest

indifferent

having no preference

revere

to worship; to honor

candor

frankness; honesty

reticent

restrained; uncommunicative

aesthetic

concerning art or beauty

ascetic

without indulgence or luxuries

autonomy

self-rule; independence

disdain

contempt

innocuous

harmless; insignificant

banal

commonplace; dull; ordinary

ambiguous

unclear; undecided

anarchy

lack of government; chaos

ameliorate

to improve

atrophy

to waste away from lack of use

innovate

to make changes; to modernize

servile

overly submissive; cringing

extol

to praise

augment

to add to; to increase

benevolent

kindly; to wish well

derision

contempt; ridicule

disparity

inequality

flagrant

glaringly wrong; conspicuously evil

indolence

laziness

acquiesce

to give in; to agree

prodigal

extravagant; wasteful

capricious

whimsical; unpredictable

prosaic

commonplace; uninspired; dull

austere

severe; strict

complacent

smug; self-satisfied

compliance

conforming to a request or demand

dubious

doubtful