AICE Gen Paper Vocab

Enigma

something or someone that is mysterious, puzzling or difficult to understand

Apathy

lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern

Indifferent

Showing no particular interest or sympathy

Revere

Feel a deep respect or admiration

Candor

The quality of being honest and truthful in expression

Reticent

Not revealing thoughts or feelings readily

Aesthetic

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Ascetic

someone who practices extreme self-discipline and rejects pleasure and comfort

Autonomy

the right or condition of self government

Disdain

Contempt

Innocuous

harmless; insignificant

Banal

Commonplace; dull; ordinary

Ambiguous

unclear; undecided

Anarchy

lack of government; chaos

Ameliorate

To improve

Atrophy

To waste away from lack of use

Innovate

to make changes; to modernize

Servile

overly submissive; cringing

Extol

to praise

Augment

To add to; increase

Benevolent

kindly; to wish well

Derision

Contempt; ridicule

Disparity

inequality

Flagrant

glaringly wrong; conspicuous faulty

Indolence

laziness

Acquiesce

to give in; agree

Prodigal

extravagant; wasteful

Capricious

whimsical; unpredictable

Austere

severe; strict

Prosaic

commonplace; uninspired; dull

complacent

smug; self-satisfied

compliance

conforming to a request or demand

dubious

doubtful

Ephemeral

short-lived, fleeting

inevitable

unavoidable, bound to happen

insipid

bland; boring

obscure

unclear; clouded; partially hidden

depravity

corruption; wickedness

discern

to distinguish one thing from another

expedite

to quicken

peripheral

on the edge; unimportant

taciturn

quiet; uncommunicative; silent

apprehensive

fearful; worried

expedient

advantageous; convenient

fastidious

finicky; over critical

Novel

new; interesting

Parsimony

stinginess

Provincial

narrow-minded; unsophisticated

Respite

a break; a rest

Anecdote

a brief, humorous story

drone

to talk on and on in a dull way