ASVAB Vocabulary Set 2 Medium Words

Abate

To reduce, lessen, deduct or omit

Abhor

To loathe or detest

Accolade

An award or honor

Adept

Very skilled or expert

Admonish

To caution against something; to scold

Alleviate

To make something easier to endure

Anomaly

A deviation from a commonality; a peculiar condition or situation

Ardent

Having or expressing intense feelings; passionate

Brusque

Blunt; abrupt in manner

Calamity

A great misfortune or disaster; an affliction

Candor

Free from bias; the quality of being honest or sincere

Clamor

A loud outcry or expression of emotion

Consensus

General agreement; majority of opinion

Copious

Large in quantity

Covert

Concealed or covered

Curtail

To cut off short

Dearth

A scarcity or inadequate supply

Debacle

A complete failure; a sudden downfall

Decamp

To depart quickly; to depart from a camp

Demise

Death or termination

Duplicity

Speaking or acting in two different ways as an act of deceit

Encounter

To meet

Estrange

To keep at a distance; to turn away in feeling

Hamper

To hold back or hinder; to interfere with

Hasten

Hurry

Hector

A bully; a domineering person

Impotent

Lacking in ability or power

Imprudent

Not cautious; lacking discretion

Indigenous

Native; innate or natural

Latent

Present but not yet visible or apparent; existing in potential

Nominal

Being something by name only; of or relating to names

Partisan

To support a person, group, party, or cause; a member of a light or irregular troop engaged in harassing an enemy

Prevail

To be widespread; to become dominant

Quell

To suppress or subdue

Query

A question; to question or inquire about something

Rampant

Raging; growing unchecked; violent in action or intention

Reconcile

To cause a person to accept something; to settle a dispute or bring into agreement

Recoup

To recover or regain

Rectify

To make right or correct

Redoubt

A temporary or supplementary fortification

Relinquish

To surrender or give up

Reprieve

To delay impending punishment or temporarily relieve from evil

Respite

A period of delay; to relieve temporarily

Rudimentary

Primitive; elementary

Sanction

Permission or approval; something that supports an action or condition

Tacit

Understood without open expression; silent, unspoken

Tangible

Definite or substantial; capable of being touched

Tedious

Monotonous, long, or tiresome

Tenuous

Thin or slender; lacking sound reasoning

Tirade

A long, often bitter, outburst or speech