Tier 2: Words 401-500

Abash

humiliate, humble, embarrass

Accede

To give consent or agreement

Adamant

Unyielding; firm in opinion

Adjunct

Something which is extra or added on

Amenable

obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led;

Analogous

comparable; similar

Apogee

Climax, highest point

Ascend

To rise

Ascertain

find out; make sure

Authoritarian

subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will;

Catalyst

agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged;

Coalition

Organization created for a purpose

Coerce

To force to act to think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or torture

Cognition

Ability to think or reason

Covert

Secretive

Debase

To make worthless, to reduce value of

Debilitation

weakening

Decorum

propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners;

Defamation

damaging someone's reputation

Definitive

most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive;

Deify

turn into a god; make a god of; idolize;

Demur

object (because of doubts, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate;

Depredation

plundering; destruction

Derogatory

Deriding, Insulting, belittling

Despondent

without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy;

Detraction

slandering; aspersion; detracting;

Detractor

a person who give negative criticism

Diaphanous

very thin and transparent

Diatribe

Malicious speech, harsh speech

Didactic

Instructive, Informative, teaching

Diligence

steadiness of effort; persistent hard work

Disclaim

disown; renounce claim to; deny;

Disparage

To insult, belittle

Elusive

difficult to pin down

Emanate

issue forth; come out

Glib

Overly smooth or facile

Gouge

tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge);

Gravity

heaviness, seriousness

Halting

hesitant; faltering; not fluent;

Harangue

To lecture loudly, to attack through speech

Heterogeneous

dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous; consisting of dissimilar elements or plants

Hierarchy

Organization by rank

Idolatry

worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion;

Incite

To goad, to urge into action

Incorporate

introduce something into a larger whole; include; embody; give material form to;

Indict

To accuse someone of a crime formally

Indignation

anger at an injustice;

Inroad

hostile invasion; advance that lessens the quantity or difficulty of something;

Insidious

gradually and subtly harmful, often with deceitful intent.

Instigate

To urge or goad, to drive forward

Insurgent

Rebel

Lachrymose

Doleful, depressed, mournful

Languid

having no energy or interest

Limpid

Clear, transparent

Machination

A plot or scheme, especially one with evil or devious intent.

Meddlesome

Inclined to interfere in others' affairs

Momentous

Important

Murky

Unclear, dark

Nadir

Lowest point

Obviate

To do away with, to make unnecessary

Overturn

turn over; capsize; topple

Paradigm

Model or pattern of something

Partition

divide into parts

Placate

To mollify, soothe

Poignant

Painful, sad, emotionally moving

Precocious

advanced in development.

Predilection

Penchant, bent or likeliness for

Presume

take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties;

Pronounced

distinct; very noticeable;

Propagandist

someone who spreads ideas

Propagate

To broadcast, to transmit information

Propitious

Favorable, auspicious

Propulsive

driving forward;

Pulsate

throb, bast regul

Rancor

Deep bitterness or hatred

Recondite

Abstruse, hard to understand

Rectify

to correct

Renounce

To abdicate, to give up formally

Repentance

being sorry

Resolute

Determined

Restraint

moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction

Retaliate

To strike back

Retrospect

Looking back on the past, hindsight

Scurrilous

abusive; obscene; indecent;

Solace

Comfort, feeling of safety or security

Spry

vigorously active; nimble

Stalwart

physically strong; brawny; steadfast; strong in mind or determination;

Stoic

Unemotional, silent

Stygian

unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly

Subside

sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend;

Substantiate

To give evidence for

Succinct

clear, short and well-expressed

Surmise

guess;

Surrogate

substitute; person or thing used in place of another;

Tentative

Uncertain, hesitant

Transmute

To transform in form, nature, or substance

Trepidation

Fear, anxiety

Upbraid

reprimand; severely scold

Virulent

Poisonous, malignant

Vitality

State and quality of being alive