Freshman Year Term Tuesday 1-15

Detriment

disadvantage

Dexterous

skilled

Discretion

good sense

Facetious

funny

Gregarious

outgoing

Optimum

ideal

Ostentatious

showy

Scrupulous

ethical

Sensory

of the senses

Vicarious

indirect

Collaborate

to act as a team

Despondent

depressed

Instigate

to cause

Resilient

quick to recover

Retrospect

looking back

Rudimentary

basic

Scoff

To laugh at

Squelch

to hold back

Venerate

to honor

Zealot

an extremist

Ambiguous

unclear

Dissident

rebel

Embellish

to decorate

Fritter

to waste

Inadvertent

not intended

Inane

silly

Juxtapose

to put side by side

Lethargy

weariness

Sporadic

irregular

Subsidize

to pay for

Berate

to scold angrily

Estrange

to drive away

Euphoric

very happy

Impetus

impulsive

Infallible

perfect

Maudlin

overly emotional

Regress

to go backward

Relinquish

to give up

Ubiquitous

found everywhere

Zenith

the highest point

Charlatan

a con artist

Corroborate

to support

Disseminate

to spread

Diverge

to separate

Dormant

not active

Hoist

to raise

Illicit

unlawful

Irrevocable

not reversible

Precipitate

to bring on

Proliferation

a rapid increase

Constrict

to squeeze

Exhaustive

detailed

Fallible

imperfect

Formulate

to develop

Genial

good nature

Habitat

a territory

Pragmatic

sensible

Pretentious

claiming importance

Reconcile

to bring to accept

Vile

nasty

Equivocate

to be unclear

Fortuitous

accidental

Impeccable

flawless

Liaison

a link

Predisposed

likely

Propensity

an inclination

Reprehensible

shameful

Sham

something false

Solace

relief

Solicitous

attentive

Attrition

a natural loss of individuals

Circumvent

to avoid

Cohesive

connected

Grievous

terrible

Inundate

to flood

Oblivious

not noticing

Reticent

unaware

Robust

strong and well

Sanction

to grant approval of

Vociferous

loud

Bolster

support

Depreciate

less valuable

Indiscriminate

not selective

Inquisitive

questioning

Nebulous

indefinite

Relegate

to send

Replete

filled

Sedentary

involving much sitting

Tenet

a principle

Terse

short

Autonomy

freedom from control

Bureaucratic

over

Mandate

official order

Ostracize

To reject

Raucous

disorderly

Recourse

a choice

Reiterate

to repeat

Tantamount

just like

Tenacious

grasping strongly

Utopia

paradise