MasterKlass Vocab (1301-1400) Tier 2

embellish

to decorate; to exaggerate

incarcerate

to jail; to imprison

contiguous

adjacent to; touching upon

steadfast

unswerving; loyal; reliable

solicitude

care

admonish

to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold

proficient

knowledgeable

profligate

wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute

confluence

a meeting of two or more things

licentious

sexually suggestive; bawdy

jocular

humorous; likely to make jokes

cessation

a stop or interruption

consecrate

to declare holy or sacred

specious

pleasing or reasonable on the surface but actually false

surreptitious

done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden

monolithic

massively solid; unyielding

accost

approach and speak first to a person

implicit

understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete

boorish

rude; insensitive

prude

excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things)

embellishment

decoration

neurotic

excessively anxious or obsessive

impartial

neutral; unbiased

inundate

flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely

remediable

reparable

meager

small; scanty

rehash

revamp hurriedly/carelessly

impede

to block or prevent

perfidious

traitorous; disloyal

sycophant

servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man

acrimonious

bitter; harsh

indecisive

marked by indecision; inconclusive

verbatim

word for word

flinch

hesitate; shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant)

prolific

producing a lot

repulse

to drive back; or to disgust strongly

arcane

obscure; known only to a few people

abstain

to control oneself from temptation; refrain from

culpable

guilty; reprehensible

candor

frankness; open honesty

sagacious

wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight

authenticate

prove genuine

tenable

arguable; workable

saccharine

cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin

unobtrusive

inconspicuous; not blatant

impertinent

insolent; rude; not pertinent

unwarranted

unjustified

scrutinize

examine carefully

rebuttal

refutation; response with contrary evidence

ebullient

showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling

poignancy

quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion

diffident

shy; hesitant

inordinate

excessive; unrestrained

florid

ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate

indignant

angry; insulted

vacillate

hesitate; waver

credulity

willingness to believe

stodgy

dull; stuffy; boringly conservative

flay

strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly

reprehensible

deserving strong disapproval

haphazard

happening in an unplanned way

amorphous

without a clearly defined shape or form

concomitant

that which accompanies

quell

to soothe; to calm' to put down

aberration

something abnormal or strange

waver

move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement

inflexible

unwilling to change; stiff

enfranchise

admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote)

impenetrable

not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand

transient

temporary; fleeting

astute

wise; mentally sharp

exemplify

show by example; furnish an example; serve as an example of

chicanery

trickery; attempt to deceive

lambaste

denounce

irreproachable

untouchable; perfect

impervious

invulnerable; impenetrable

piecemeal

one part at a time; gradually; in stages

quagmire

bog; marsh; soft; wet; boggy land; predicament

maelstrom

a strong whirlpool; a storm

vitiate

to debase; to make something faulty

efficacious

effective

transgression

violation of a law; sin

indignity

treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity; respect

eloquence

expressiveness; persuasive speech

enamored

in love

expostulation

protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade

sullen

silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark gloomy

affinity

feeling of kinship; similarity

connotation

implied meaning of a word beyond its literal sense

invidious

designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy

contravene

contradict; oppose; violate ( a rule; law; or custom)

trifling

unimportant; trivial

dabble

work at in a non-serious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid

stymie

thwart; present an obstacle; stump

ostensible

seeming; on the surface only

indolent

lazy

gratuitous

unnecessary

idiosyncratic

quirky; unique to an individual

incendiary

inflammatory; provoking