Bluebook plus 01

Nov 23 A, Nov 23 B, Dec 23 A, May 24 A, May 24 B, Oct 24 A, Oct 24 B, Dec 24 A, Dec 24 B, Mar 25 A, Mar 25 B, June 24 B, May 25 A, June 25 A.

stymie

To prevent or obstruct the progress of something.

outstrip

To exceed or surpass in performance or quantity.

defunct

No longer existing or functioning.

denigrate

To criticize unfairly or disparage someone or something.

veritable

A word used to emphasize a description of someone or something (real)

desultory

shifting from one thing to another without reason or purpose; haphazard or random

notional

existing only in theory

spurious

not genuine, not true, not valid

verisimilitude

the appearance of being true or real

misanthropic

hating mankind

earnest

Serious and sincere

recalcitrant

stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

shrewd

having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute. clever

breadth

width

predicate

tells what the subject is or does

attrite

repentant through fear of punishment

fecund

fertile; productive

lambaste

to criticize harshly

conflate

to combine into one

misconstrue

to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of

contingent

depending on something that may happen in the future