ASVAB vocab

rendition

performance or interpretation

loathe

to feel intense dislike for

loath (adjective) is different from loathe (verb). You can be loath to a holiday you loathe.

opulent

wealthy, rich, abundant

fluctuate

to rise and fall, or otherwise chang, irregularly

culpable

guilty

marvel

to be astonished and perplexed because of (something)

transient

lasting a very short time

disseminate

to circulate

frugal

economical

reverence

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

intervene

to interfere for some end.

prefix inter- means between, together, and in the middle of. It makes an appearance in words like intermix, interact, and interface.

volatile

changeable

immune

resistant to disease; exempt from an obligation.

You become immune to a disease after getting immunizations; diplomats are granted legal immunity.

ire

wrath or anger

prosperity

an economic state of growth or having good fortune

rapid

quick

narrator

one who tells a story

discredit

to cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

submission

yielding to a superior authority; the act of presenting a document for consideration

frolicsome

playful

root frolic means to play “The kittens love to frolic in the barn.”

unwise

foolish

paraphrase

to reword or translate freely

cosmos

the universe seen as a system or a well-ordered whole

inception

the beginning

enmity

active opposition or hostility to someone or something

brevity

shortness of duration

jovial

merry or happy

confiscate

to deprive of property

veracious

truthful

root ver means truth; verdict, veracity, verify.

ordnance

a name for weapons and ammunition used in war.

ordnance - weapons and ammunition.

ordinance - law

guile

sly or cunning intelligence

impertinent

characterized by rudness

recur

to happen again or repeatedly, especially at irregular intervals.

deplore

to feel or express strong disapproval of something

indigent

poor

abeyance

temporary disuse or suspension

adept

very skilled, proficient; expert

faciliate

to help make easier; to bring about

suffix -ate can make a noun or verb (activate, medicate, or spectate)

ghastly

terrifyingly horrible to the senses

pretend

to appear falsely

hinder

create difficulties that result in delay or obstruction

habitant

dweller

root habit means to live in; habitat, cohabitate, uninhabitable.

pretense

a false show of something; dishonesty

theory

a proposed explanation; a scientifically acceptable system of ideas

illustrious

famous

ephemeral

fleeting

short-lived

cognizance

awareness

benefit

an advantage or profit

dissemble

to conceal truth

dissemble- conceal truth

disassemble- take apart

rank

a class in any scale or comparison

apex

top

proactive

preparing or controlling an expected situation.

prefix pro- means forward or for. progress, promise, propel

contradictory

opposite

prefix contra- means against or opposite like in contrast or contrariness.

abundant

plentiful

duress

threats, violence, or constraints that force someone to do something against their will.

acrid

having a strong and unpleasant taste or smell; angry and bitter

licit

lawful

adding the prefix il- makes it unlawful (illegal, illegitimate, illiterate)

malpropism

the mistaken use of a word in place of one that sounds similar

edifice

a large, imposing building or structure

brackish

somewhat salty

often refers to liquid mixtures, not personality traits

latent

something that exists but hasn’t developed, or that’s hidden or concealed

interlude

an intervening episode, period, or space.

distend

to swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

grovel

to humble oneself in great fear or humility

difference between crawling on the ground and a pile of loose stones (gravel)

indolent

wanting to avoid exertion or activity; lazy

forestall

to prevent by action in advance

prefix fore- tells you something happened before or in front of something (like forecast or foretell) or that something is superior (foreman).

minion

a follower or underlying of a powerful person.

infest

to overrun in a troublesome degree.

disperse

to scatter in various directions.

malevolent

wishing evil or harm to others.

preix mal- means bad or badly; maltreatment, malignant, and malice.

hubris

arrogance

emanate

to flow out, issue, or proceed; originate

embroil

to involve someone in an argument or conflict

as a prefix, em- (and its cousin en-) means to put in or into, or to bring a certain state. Embed, embrace, entangle.

static

showing little or no change; fixed

oblique

not straight or direct; slanting

facetious

not meant to be taken seriously; joking innaproppriately.

ulterior

being beyond what is seen; intentionally kept concealed.

palpable

able to be touched or felt; tangible.

suffix -able means capable of, fit for, given to, or tending to; comfortable, doable, sustainable.

abysmal

extremely bad or appaling.

nexus

a connected series or group

tenuous

weak, slight, slender or fine.

taciturn

reserved or uncommunicative; saying very little.

dispirit

to cause someone to lose hope

prefix dis- means not or none. it gives a word the opposite meaning, like dissimilar, disappear, discomfort.

obstructive

noticeable or prominent in an intrusive or unwelcome way

antithesisa

complete opposite

anti- as a prefix means against or opposite of. It’s a part of everyday words like antioxidant, antifreeze, and antibiotic.

amateur

novice or “noob,” or someone who isn’t good at a particularly activity.

terse

brief or abrupt; sparing in the use of words.

insinuate

to suggest or hint to something in an indirect and unpleasant way.

debouch

emerge from a confined space into an open one.

debouch - verb -corrupt - noun - a period of indulgence

debauch. - emerge

cursory

hasty; not detailed or thorough

ventilate

to cause air to circulate freely

acute

something experienced to a severe degree; having perceptive insight.

defective

flawed

prefix De- means off or from; desist (opposite of persist), deframe, and defray.

adjournment

the act of temporarily stopping or postponing something.

adjourn means to break off or take a break from, and the suffix -ment denotes action, as in payment, fragment, and alignment.

mawkish

sentimental in a feeble or sickly way

ish- means belonging to or having the characteristics of someething

exempt

excused; free from obligation or liability

Exi is a prefix that means out of or from, as in the words exclude, except, and excommunicate.