Vocabulary Definitions and Example Sentences

Dictims

a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle or a statement from one of authority.

Bromides

Trite or unoriginal ideas or statements.

Noxious

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Deleterious

Causing harm or damage.

Callowness

Immaturity or lack of experience.

Cupidity

Greed for money or possessions.

Sedulous

Showing dedication and diligence.

Extemporaneous

Spoken or done without preparation.

Multitudinous

Very numerous; countless.

Didactic

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction.

Jaded

Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm.

Meretriculous

Attractive in a cheap or vulgar way.

Askance

With suspicion or disapproval.

Commensurate

Corresponding in size or degree.

Craven

Cowardly; lacking in courage.

Quiescent

In a state of inactivity or dormancy.

Estimable

Deserving respect and admiration.

Entrenched

Firmly established and difficult to change.

Gainsay

To deny or contradict.

Ingenuous

Innocent and unsuspecting.

Intransigent

Unwilling to change one's views.

Munificent

More generous than is usual or necessary.

Tawdry

Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

Parochial

Relating to a parish; narrow-minded.

Precipitous

Dangerously high or steep.

Occlude

To close up or obstruct.

Prevaricate

To speak or act in an evasive way.

Profligate

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful.

Provincial

Belonging to a particular province; narrow-minded.

Soporific

Causing sleep; sleepy.

Timorous

Showing or suffering from nervousness.

Venality

The condition of being susceptible to bribery.

Volubility

The quality of talking fluently.

Brusque

Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.

Doggedly

In a manner that shows tenacity.

Errant

Straying from the proper course.

Exhort

To strongly encourage or urge someone.

Fawn

To show affection or attempt to win favor.

Ferret

To search for something persistently.

Fete

To honor or celebrate someone.

Guffaw

A loud and boisterous laugh.

Hamstrung

Made ineffective or powerless.

Irascible

Easily provoked to anger.

Irresolute

Uncertain or indecisive.

Junta

A military or political group that rules.

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion.

Perquisite

A benefit or privilege received in addition to salary.

Piquant

Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor.

Raffish

Marked by a carefree unconventionality.

Screed

A long, monotonous speech or piece of writing.

Staid

Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.

Canny

Having shrewdness and good judgment.

Abrogate

To repeal or do away with.

Aplomb

Self-confidence or assurance, especially in demanding situations.

Apotheosis

The highest point in the development of something.

Approbatory

Expressing approval.

Appurtenant

Belonging to something; accessory.

Arriviste

A person who has recently acquired wealth.

Arrogate

To take or claim something without justification.

Asperity

Harshness of tone or manner.

Atavism

Reversion to an earlier type.

Baleful

Threatening harm; menacing.

Besotted

Strongly infatuated or obsessed.

Bilious

Affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting.

Blinkered

Having a limited outlook.

Bowdlerize

To remove material considered improper.

Bridle

To show resentment or control.

Broadside

A strong verbal attack.

Brook

To tolerate or allow.

Canard

An unfounded rumor or story.

Celerity

Swiftness of movement.

Chagrin

Distress or embarrassment at having failed.

Chary

Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant.

Chimera

A thing that is hoped for but impossible.

Churlish

Rude in a mean-spirited way.

Choleric

Bad-tempered or irritable.

Complaisant

Willing to please others.

Coterminous

Having the same boundaries or extent.

Cosseted

Treated with excessive care.

Cow

To intimidate or frighten.

Curmudgeon

A bad-tempered or surly person.

Debonair

Confident, stylish, and charming.

Defray

To provide money to pay a cost.

Desiccated

Dried out; lacking vitality.

Desideratum

Something that is needed or wanted.

Dispensation

Exemption from a rule or usual requirement.

Discursive

Digressing from subject to subject.

Doleful

Expressing sorrow; mournful.

Doughty

Brave and persistent.

Effrontery

Insolent or impertinent behavior.

Elegiac

Relating to or characteristic of an elegy.

Epigram

A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea.

Ersatz

Made or used as a substitute.

Evanescent

Quickly fading or disappearing.

Exegesis

Critical explanation or interpretation of a text.

Exiguity

The state of being small or insufficient.

Expurgate

To remove matter thought to be objectionable.

Facile

Easily achieved; effortless.

Fecund

Producing or capable of producing an abundance.

Feckless

Lacking initiative or strength.