Edison Prep Vocab List #1

Note: Definition words shown in BOLD are additional vocab words that you should know!

ample

plentiful, more than enough, a great amount

copious

a large amount, abundant, plentiful

glut

a surplus, an overabundance of something

myriad

a great number of, many

plethora

a large amount of something, often more than is needed

prolific

producing a great amount, creating a lot of output, prodigious

replete

full of something, complete with

spate

a large number or amount, think “spurt”

superfluous

more than is necessary, having a surplus

surfeit

a surplus, and extra unneeded amount

circumspect

cautious, careful, prudent

conscientious

done carefully and meticulously, done scrupulously

fastidious

meticulous with respect to cleanliness, painstakingly, attentive to accuracy and detail

gingerly

showing great care or attention

heedful

aware of and attentive to, mindful, thoughtful, careful

meticulous

extremely careful in one’s action, paying attention to detail

scrupulous

honest, moral, principled, careful, full of scruples

vigilant

keenly watchful, alert, wary, awake

wary

exhibiting caution about potential dangers, keenly watchful

lithe

flexible, graceful, pliable, bending readily

malleable

bendable, pliable, easy to shape to ones will

pliable

malleable, flexible, easy to shape or alter, plastic

protean

versatile, able to change form of shape easily

exculpate

to free from guilt or blame, to prove innocent, to exonerate

exonerate

to exculpate, to free from blame, to prove innocent

extricate

to remove from a sticky situation or entanglement, to “free”

apoplectic

furious, indignant, overcome with anger, livid

flippant

treating serious matters with inappropriate humor or lack of respect, AKA being flip

indignant

anger at being treated unjustly or unfairly

inimical

unfavorable, harmful, hostile

intimidate

literally, “to make timid”, to frighten or fill with fear

irreverent

displaying a lack of respect for things that are usually taken seriously

repugnant

offensive, distasteful, objectionable

surly

rude, hostile, menacing

aesthetic

relating to beauty and/or appearance

arid

very dry, like a desert

catalyst

an agent that provokes and produces change

contiguous

adjacent to each other, touching on the sides

didactic

instructive, providing a lesson, (sometimes) preachy

enumerate

to list out items in a list

glacial

cold and icily unsympathetic, OR moving very slowly

apocryphal

of questionable authenticity, probably false

belie

when one’s words or actions contradict one’s true feelings, to create a false impression, to contradict

cynical

doubtful, disbelieving, skeptical of other people’s integrity

debunk

to disprove, to show to be false

delusion

a false belief or opinion, often illogically so

discrepancy

an inconsistency between two statements or facts

disingenuous

literally, “not genuine”, not straightforward, insincere

disassemble

to lie, to mislead

dubious

doubtful, of uncertain authenticity, questionable

erroneous

literally “full of errors”, incorrect

fallacy

faulty reasoning that results in a false belief or notion

illusion

that which deceives by providing a false impression

incredulous

not believable, skeptical, literally “not CRED-ible

ostensible

supposed, when one reason for something is given but an ulterior motives exists

prevarication

a lie, an untruthful statement

skeptical

doubting, not convinced

specious

seemingly plausible on the surface, but actually false

spurious

false, fake, not genuine

abstruse

hard to understand, difficult to comprehend

arcane

known to only a chosen few, mysterious and obscure

cryptic

mysterious, obscure, puzzling, ambiguous

erudite

possessing great knowledge and/or learning

esoteric

known only by a select few people, recondite

obscure

unclear, unknown, ambiguous, hard to see, not lucid