Words in Context

Innocuous

Not harmful or offensive

Novel

New and original, unlike anything seen before

Discernible

Able to be discerned, recognized

Deliberation

Long and careful consideration

Vigilance

Keeping careful and keen watch for possible dangers

Subversive

Seeking to undermine a powerful institution

Superficial

Existing or occurring at the surface

Obscure

Not discovered about, unknown, uncertain

Protracted

Lasting for a longer time than usual

Superseded

Take the place of a person or thing, supplant

Curtailed

Impose a restriction on, reduce the quantity of

Obviated

Remove a need or difficulty

Sanguine

Cheerful and optimistic, especially in daunting situations

Recalcitrant

Having an uncooperative attitude towards people with authority

Misanthropic

General hatred towards humankind

Defunct

No longer existing or functioning

Arcane

Something only a few people know, very secret. Esoteric

Extraneous

Irrelevant to the subject at hand, of external origin

Appraising

Assessing the value of something, critical

Engendering

Cause or give rise to a situation

Forfeiture of

Losing the right of something, losing property

Antagonistic toward

Showing active opposition, hostility towards

Stymie

To obstruct or hinder something

Disparage

Regard something with little worth

Outstrip

To surpass, exceed ahead of someone

Subsumed of

To be included or absorbed into a larger group

Unobtrusive

Not attracting attention

Peripheral

Situating on the edge of something

Repudiate

Formally reject something, refuse to be associated with

Recant

Formally withdraw one’s previous statement that one no longer holds a certain belief

Animosities toward

Strong dislike towards something

Synopsis

A condensed summary and main points

Scheme

Structured plan to achieve a goal

Supposition

An uncertain belief

Quarrel about

A conflict about

Paucity of

A lack, scarcity, or unsufficient amount of

Verisimilitude in

The appearance of being true or real

Empirical

Based on experience rather than theory

Facile

Easily achieved. Appearing neat and comprehensible, hiding the complexities

Opaque

Not see through

Substantial

Of considerable size, worth, importance

Inconspicuousness

Not clear or attracting any attention, not conspicuous

Conspicuous

Standing out to be recognized

Arduous

Involving strenuous efforts

Haphazard

Lacking any principle of organization

Contentious

Cause or likely to cause an argument

Ineffectual

Not producing the desired effect

Demarcated

Set the boundaries or limits of

Reconstituted

Having been formed again.

Mediated by

Something indirectly experienced, conveyed, or accomplished by an intermediary

Decoupled from

Detached from

Antecedent to

Preceding in time, order, logic to something else

Surmised

Suppose that something is true without having evidence to corroborate it

Disseminate

Spread information widely

Replicable

Something capable of being copied, imitated, or repeated exactly

Prefiguring

An early indication of something

Entrenching

Establish a thought so firmly that changing one’s mind is unlikely

Insensible

Without one’s mental faculties, typically result of violence

Dogmatic

Someone who asserts their opinions as undeniably true, is not open to changing their minds

Unpretentious

Not attempting to impress other people

Pretentious

Attempting to impress other people to boost your reputation

Desultory

Lacking a plan, purpose, and enthusiasm

Veritable

Used as an intensifier, true and real

Notional

Existing in theory, but not real

Perpetual

Never ending or changing, occurring repeatedly

Nuanced

Subtle shades of meaning and characterization