Tier 1 Vocab 401-500

Acrid

Having a strong, bitter, or harsh taste or smell; caustic in tone.

Resplendent

Shining, glowing.

Misnomer

Wrong name, inappropriate nickname.

Cliché

An overused expression or idea that has lost originality.

Gratuitous

Unnecessary.

Exhaustive

Comprehensive, complete.

Repel

To drive away; disgust.

Fell

Cruel; (of a disease) deadly.

Nebulous

Unclear, uncertain.

Turbulence

State of violent agitation.

Taciturn

Speaking little, reticent.

Appease

To mollify or soothe.

Concede

To give in, to yield.

Skeptic

Sceptic; doubter.

Mercenary

Greedy.

Inane

Silly.

Enigma

Mystery, secret, riddle.

Sway

Swing from side to side; influence someone to change an opinion.

Spurn

To reject with disdain or contempt.

Equitable

Fair.

Equivocal

Evasive, misleading, deliberately indirect.

Amass

Collect gradually, in a very large amount.

Rhetorical

Pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language.

Rigor

Severity; winter.

Corrugated

Wrinkled; ridged.

Conciliatory

Making peace, pacifying, calming.

Furtive

Secretive, on the sly.

Disdain

To ridicule, to mock.

Miserly

Stingy; mean.

Detrimental

Harmful; damaging.

Discordant

Not harmonious; conflicting.

Satirical

Using satire; mocking.

Inherent

Innate, natural, born with ability.

Iconoclastic

Attacking cherished traditions.

Heterogeneous

Dissimilar; mixed; consisting of dissimilar elements.

Arrogance

Pride; haughtiness.

Pacifist

One opposed to force; antimilitarist.

Discrepancy

Huge difference or rift, inconsistency.

Sage

Person celebrated for wisdom; wise person.

Bombastic

Pompous, high sounding but lacking substance.

Deplore

To put down, to belittle.

Vigor

Energy, enthusiasm.

Intervene

To become involved in or break into a situation.

Acrimonious

Bitter, harsh.

Pervasive

Spread throughout.

Hypercritical

Overly critical.

Ascendancy

Controlling influence; position of controlling influence.

Fervor

Passion, zeal.

Autonomous

Independent.

Polemical

Aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious.

Affirmation

Positive assertion; confirmation.

Insularity

Narrow-mindedness; isolation.

Innate

Inborn.

Inexorable

Unstoppable, relentless.

Equanimity

Composure or calm.

Fallacious

False; based on a fallacy; misleading.

Savory

Pleasant in taste; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable.

Ardent

Intense; passionate; zealous.

Overt

Obvious, conspicuous.

Brevity

Briefness.

Concur

To agree.

Lassitude

Lack of energy.

Debilitate

To handicap or maim.

Disclose

Reveal.

Conviction

Belief.

Laud

Praise.

Altruistic

Unselfishly generous; concerned for others.

Disperse

To drive away, scatter.

Impugn

To insult, malign, damage the reputation of.

Pithy

Laconic, short worded.

Linger

Loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; continue or persist.

Indefatigable

Tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired.

Analogous

Comparable; similar.

Provocative

Exciting, attracting attention or controversy.

Rancor

Deep bitterness or hatred.

Austere

Harsh, spartan.

Elucidate

To clarify, to clear up, to make understandable.

Feasible

Practical; able to be carried out.

Trivialized

Made to seem unimportant.

Recalcitrant

Disobedient.

Fitful

Intermittent, infrequent.

Ameliorate

To alleviate, to make better, to mollify.

Materialism

Love of material things.

Tantamount

Equal to.

Sluggish

Slow moving, lazy.

Peripheral

Located on the boundary or outside.

Irreproachable

Untouchable, perfect.

Immutable

Unchangeable, permanent.

Censorious

Severely critical.

Tentative

Uncertain, hesitant.

Quagmire

Bog; marsh; soft, wet land; predicament.

Eloquence

Expressiveness; persuasive speech.

Prolific

Producing a lot.

Efface

To wipe out, to erase.

Eccentric

Strange, quirky.

Repugnant

Disgusting, offensive, repelling.

Ephemeral

Temporary, transient.

Candor

Frankness; open honesty.

Quandary

Riddle, problem not easily solved.

Rebuttal

Refutation; response with contrary evidence.