Vocabulary Lists Review

A comprehensive vocabulary set covering descriptors for agreement, boredom, quantity, caution, brevity, flexibility, anger, veracity, and specialized knowledge.

accord

agreement; concord

compromise

1) to make an agreement where both parties make CONCESSIONS; OR 2) to make vulnerable to danger

consensus

general agreement

mediate

to arbitrate or play counselor; to act as a neutral party

negotiate

to attempt to reach agreement; OR to successfully navigate

banal

trite; hackneyed; dull from overuse

cliché

a saying or idea that has been overused

derivative

"derived from"; taken from something else; not original

hackneyed

a commonplace saying made trite by overuse

insipid

lacking taste or flavor

lackluster

"lacking luster"; lacking energy and liveliness; boring

mundane

commonplace; boring; ordinary

pedestrian

incredibly ordinary; normal; CONVENTIONAL; PROSAIC; dull

perfunctory

something done in a mechanical, robotic, passionless manner

platitude

a dull and commonplace saying

prosaic

commonplace; dull; everyday: TRITE; overused

tedious

long: slow; dull; tiresome; monotonous

vacuous

literally, "empty." Lacking thought or intelligence, mindless

vapid

lacking vitality or spirit; not stimulating; INSIPID; flat

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; an extra unneeded amount

circumspect

cautious; careful; prudent; word roots="inspect from afar"

conscientious

done carefully and meticulously; done scrupulously

fastidious

meticulous with respect to cleanliness; PAINSTAKINGLY attentive to accuracy and detail

gingerly

showing great care or caution

heedful

aware of and attentive to; MINDFUL; thoughtful; careful

meticulous

extremely careful in one's actions; paying attention to detail

scrupulous

honest; moral; principled; careful; full of scruples

scrutinize

to examine in detail

vigilant

keenly watchful; alert; wary; awake

wary

exhibiting caution about potential dangers; keenly watchful

abridged

to make shorter; to condense; to summarize

brevity

"briefness"; short; concise, CURT; especially in talking or writing

concise

using few words; brief; SUCCINCT; to the point

laconic

using few words; concise to the point of being impolite

pithy

brief but full of meaning; concise; TERSE

quiescent

quiet (even looks like quiet!); not moving; inactive

taciturn

habitually silent; RETICENT; unspeaking

lithe

flexible; graceful; PLIABLE; bending readily

malleable

bendable; pliable; easy to shape to one's will

pliable

malleable; flexible; easy to shape or alter; plastic

protean

VERSATILE; able to change form or 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 unfairly or unjustly

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 edges

didactic

instructive; providing a lesson; (sometimes) preachy

diffident

shy; TIMID; lacking confidence

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

dissemble

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 motive 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 only to 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