All vocab lists (1-7)

Aspersions (N.)

Attacks on a person's character or honesty; damaging or unfavorable remarks

Compunction (N.)

A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a sting of conscience or pang of guilt

Derision (N.)

Hateful or mocking laughter; ridicule

Disapprobation (N.)

Moral disapproval

Ostracize (V.)

To banish or exclude from a group, to shun

Rebuke (N.)

Strong criticism

Revulsion (N.)

A sudden, intense feeling of disgust

Scurrilous (Adj.)

Vulgar, coarse, or abusive in expression; foul-mouthed

Spurn (V.)

To reject scornfully

Vitriolic (Adj.)

Intensely and bitterly harsh, stinging

CONVERGE (V.)

-To come together at the same point from different directions

CRUX (N)

-The main central, or critical point or feature

DEGRADATION

-A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level

INITIATE (V.)

-To take the first steps in a process
and to formally admit someone into an organization, with ritual

PENULTIMATE

-Second to last, next to last.

PIVOTAL (ADJ.)

-Being of vital importance
-A short rod or staff on which a part rotates or swings
-To turn as if on a pivot

SEQUEL (N.)

-A continuation; something that follows; the next installment of something

SUPERSEDE (V.)

-To replace; to take the place of

TANGENTIAL

-Superficially relevant only slightly connected
-Merely touching

TERMINATE

-To bring to an end or halt
-To cause death

ABEYANCE (N.)

suspension; a condition of being temporarily set aside

ABSTEMIOUS (ADJ.)

eating and drinking little or in moderation; restricted to bare necessities

CIRCUMVENT (V.)

to avoid or get around by clever maneuvering;
to bypass

ELUDE (V.)

to escape from, usually by daring or skill; to escape the grasp of understanding

ESCHEW (V.)

to avoid intentionally

EVASION (N.)

the act of escaping or avoiding by cleverness or deceit

MALINGER (V.)

to pretend to be ill or injured to avoid work
or duty

OBLIQUE (ADJ.)

indirect; intentionally vague; misleading,
dishonest

SHIRK (V.)

to neglect, put off, or avoid a duty or responsibility

SHUN (V.)

to avoid deliberately; to stay away from

Evolve (V.)

to develop or achieve gradually

Immutable (Adj.)

unchangeable; not subject or susceptable

Inveterate

firmly established and having existed for a long time; habitual

Malleable

capable of being shaped or formed; easily controlled or influenced

-External force

Metamorphosis (N.)

a marked change in form, character, or function; a transformation

Modulate (V.)

to adjust or adapt to a certain level or proportion; to regulate

Protean (Adj.)

readily taking on different forms, characteristics, or meanings

-Internal

Sporadic (Adj.)

scattered; occurring at irregular intervals;
isolated; infrequent

Transmute (V.)

to change from one form to another; to transform

Volatile (Adj.)

tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant; tending toward violence (explosive); evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures

Abstruse

- Difficult to understand

Acumen

- Quickness and keenness of insight or judgement

Ascertain

- To discover or determine with certainty
- Specially through examination or experimentation

Cerebral

- Of or relating to the brain
- Appealing to or requiring the use of intellect

Faculty

- A natural power or ability
- A division of a university or a group of teachers

Obfuscate

- to make difficult to understand
- to darken, difficult to see

Ruminate

- To think deeply about
- To turn a matter over in ones mind
- To chew partially digested food, cows

Stymie

- To prevent from making progress
- To frustrate or thwart efforts

Surmise

-To guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence

Tenet

-A principle or belief held by a person or an organization

ANNOTATION (N.)

a critical or explanatory note

APPELLATION (N.)

a name, title, or designation

EPONYM CN.)

a person whose name is, or is thought to the source of the name of something

LINGUISTICS (N.)

the study of the nature, structure, and variations of language

MALAPROPISM (N.)

ridiculous misuse of a word or phrase, especially by confusing it with one of a similar sound

NEOLOGISM (N.)

A new word, expression, or usage

PARLANCE (N.)

A particular manner of speaking or using words

PATOIS (N.)

A regional dialect, especially a nonstandard one that has no written tradition

POLYGLOT (ADJ.)

Using several languages

POLYGLOT (N.)

A person who speaks several languages

VULGAR (ADJ.)

Of or relating to the language of the common people; crude, indecent; offensively excessive in the display of one's self or wealth

CONTINGENT (N.)

A representative group forming part of a larger group

CONTINGENT (ADJ.)

Conditional; dependent on other things

EVENTUALITY (N.)

Something that may occur; a possibility

IMPLAUSIBLE (ADJ.)

Difficult to believe; not likely or credible

INCONCEIVABLE (ADJ.)

Impossible to comprehend fully; so unlikely as to be thought impossible

IN VAIN (ADJ.)

Without success; completely ineffective

PERCHANCE (ADJ.)

Perhaps; possibly

PREPOSTEROUS (ADJ.)

Absurd; contrary to nature, reason, or common sense.

PROCLIVITY (N.)

A natural inclination; a tendency

PRONE (ADJ.)

Having a tendency; inclined; likely to do or have something

THEORETICAL (ADJ.)

Restricted to ideas; abstract or unproven