Master Klass 601-700

Thrive

To flourish, to bloom, to do well

Profligate

wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute

Acclaim

To praise

Witticism

witty saying; wisecrack (clever joking remark)

Confluence

A meeting of two or more things

Despondent

without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy

Falter

hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness

Jocular

Humorous, likely to make jokes

Copious

in large amounts

Obliterate

destroy completely; wipe out

Dupe

To trick, to fool

Haughtiness

pride; arrogance

Antipathy

Hatred

Condone

overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

Vaporize

turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)

Coalesce

To blend together, to consolidate

Munificent

Generous, magnanimous

Nefarious

infamous

Terrestrial

Relating to land

Scrupulous

Extremely careful, principled, meticulous

Nonchalance

Casual, seemingly cool or confident

Conflagration

big fire

Eschew

To deliberately avoid or abstain from

Static

Same, unchanging

Nurture

To foster or support

Orator

public speaker

Aversion

firm dislike

Arduous

hard and difficult

Colloquial

Vernacular, casual, street language

Invariable

Unchanging

Ponderous

having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull

Explicit

totally clear; definite; outspoken

Swagger

walk or behave with an over-confident manner

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

Concise

Brief and to the point

Emblematic

representing a particular person, group, or idea; symbolic; occasionally iconic

Perturbation

to bother, to disturb

Heterogeneity

mixed, not all the same. The opposite of homogeneous

Unfounded

without basis, without good evidence

Oscillating

moving back and forth in a regular rhythm

Imperative

absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command

Abatement

typically to stop; become less intense or widespread

Unnerve

to upset or frighten someone so that they lose their confidence or strength

Notional

based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality

Misanthropic

someone who dislikes other people and usually prefers to be alone

Sincerity

heartfeltness; honest

Imitate

to copy; to follow as an example; sometimes to simulate

Regard

consider or think of in a way; to look at

Monetize

to find a way to make money from

Cornerstone

an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based

Visualize

to form a mental image of or imagine; sometimes to make visible to others

Exactitude

the quality of being precise or accurate

Precariousness

the state of being dangerously likely to fall or collapse

Imitator

a person who copies the behavior or actions of another

Outsize

exceptionally large

Conflate

to mix up; to mix together

Timeworn

something old, used a lot, or overused to the point of being cliché

Municipal

Relating to or characteristic of a municipality or local government

Indulgently

in a manner characterized by excessive leniency, tolerance, or generosity

Obviate

To do away with, to make unnecessary

Ineluctable

Inescapable, unavoidable

Components

parts

Attest

To provide evidence for; testify to

Provoke

To cause a fight or reaction

Partition

divide into parts

Invoke

to call upon (a principle, authority, or higher power) for support or justification

Attrition

gradual reduction in strength, numbers, or effectiveness through sustained pressure

Begrudge

To resent someone's possession or enjoyment

Unfailingly

in a reliable or unchanging way; always

Epitome

essence; typical example or symbol of

Quintessential

representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

Circumspection

the quality of being wary and unwilling to take risks; prudence

Indices

signs; indications

Imperceptible

unable to be noticed or sensed

Manifest

Obvious, highly noticeable

Proclivity

a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing

Credulous

Too ready to believe things; gullible

Anomalous

odd; not fitting the pattern

Impending

nearing; approaching; about to happen

Underscored

emphasized

Ambivalent

Undecided, hesitant

Infer

deduce; conclude

Cynical

Negative, pessimistic

Eloquent

Well spoken

Iconoclast

person who goes against accepted authority

Inquisitive

Curious, asking a lot of questions

Plausible

Seeming reasonable or probable

Precocious

advanced in development

Reconcile

To make peace; to become friendly again

Resilient

Having endurance; able to recover quickly

Speculate

To wonder about; to think about

Tenacious

Dogged, stubborn

Pervade

to spread through and be perceived in every part of something

Forsake

desert; abandon; renounce

Implicate

Incriminate; to hint at guilt; to imply something without directly saying it

Prescient

Having knowledge of events before they take place

Calculating

scheming; planning in a ruthlessly determined, emotionless way

Caricature

Parody or exaggeration

Sagacity

Wisdom; especially from age and experience

Salvage

rescue (goods or property) from loss