Key Terms Group 1

aberrant (adj)

deviating from the norm

(noun: abberation)

abscond (verb)

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

alacrity (noun)

eager and enthusiastic willingness

anomaly (noun)

deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj form: anamalous)

approbation (noun)

an expression of aprroval or praise

arduous (adj)

strenous, taxing; requiring signnifcant effort

assuage (verb)

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

audacious (adj)

daring or fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

austere (adj)

without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

axiomatic (adj)

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axion)

canonical (adj)

following or in agreement with accepted, taditional standards (noun form:canon)

capricious (adj)

inclined to change one’s own mind impusively; erratic, unpredictable

censure (verb)

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

chicanery (noun)

trickery or subterfuge

connoisseur (noun)

an informed and astute judge in mattters of taste; expert

convulted (adj)

complex or complicated

disabuse (verb)

to undecieve; to set right

discordant (adj)

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

disparate (adj)

findamentally distinct or dissimilar

effrontery (noun)

extreme boldness; presumptuosness

eloquent (adj)

well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

enervate (verb)

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

ennui (noun)

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

equivocate (verb)

to use ambiguois language with deceptive intent (adj form: equivocal)

erudite (adj)

very learned; scholorly (noun form: erudition)

exculpate (verb)

to exonerate; the clear of blame

exigent (adj)

urgent; pressing; requiting immeditate action or attention

extemporaneous (adj)

improvised; done without preperation

filibuster (noun)

intentional obstruction; especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

fulminate (verb)

to loudlly attack or denounce

ingenuous (adj)

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

inured (adj)

accustoed to accepting something undesriable

irascible (adj)

easily angered; prone to temeramental outburts

laud (verb)

to praise highly (adj form: laudatory)

lucid (adj)

clear; easily understood

magnanimity (noun)

to quality of being gernerously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving (adj form: magniminous)

martial (adj)

associated with war and armed forces

mundane (adj)

of the world; typically of or condered with the ordinary

nascent (adj)

coming into being; in early dvelopmental stages

nebulous (adj)

vegue: clody: lacking clearly defind form

neologism (noun)

a new word, expression, or usage, the creation or use of new words or senses

noxious (adj)

harmful, injurous

obtuse (adj)

lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

obviate (verb)

to anticipate and make unnecessary

onerous (adj)

troubling; burdesome

paen (noun)

a song ot hymn of praise and thanksgiving

parody (noun)

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art

perennial (adj)

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

perfidy (noun)

intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidous)

perfunctory (adj)

cursory; done without care or interest

perspicacious (adj)

acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

prattly (verb)

to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

precipitate (adj)

acting with excessive haste or impusle

precipitate (verb)

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

prediliction (noun)

a disposition in favor of something; preference

prescience (noun)

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their accuring (adj form: prescient)

prevariacate (verb)

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

qualms (noun)

misgiving; reservation; causes for hesitancy

recant (verb)

to retract, especially a previusly held belief

refute (verb)

to disprove; to successfully argue against

relegate (verb)

to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

reticent (adj)

quite; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

solicitous (adj)

concerned and attentive; eager

sordid (adj)

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

sporadic (adj)

occuring inly occasionally, or in scattered instances

squander ( verb)

to waster by spending or using irresponsibly

static (adj)

not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

stupefy (verb)

to stun, baffle, or amaze

stymie (verb)

to block; to thwart

synthesis (noun)

the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)

torque (noun)

a force that causes rotation

tortuous (adj)

winding; twisting; execessively complicated

truculent (adj)

fierce and cruel; eager to fight

veracity (noun)

truthfuleness; honesty

virulent (adj)

extrememly harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagnistic

voracious (adj)

having insatiable appetite for an activityor pusite; ravenous

waver (verb)

to move to and for; to sway; to be unsettled in opinon