Final Exam Vocab Spring 2026

Vocabulary terms and definitions compiled from the Spring 2026 Final Exam Prep notes.

appreciable

Sufficient to be noticed or measured

aspire

To have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly

blanch

To remove the color from; to make or turn pale

bleak

Bare, dreary, dismal

brawny

Strong; muscular

brevity

Shortness

contend

To fight, struggle; to compete; to argue

demure

Sober or serious in manner, modest

depreciation

A lessening in value; a belittling

despicable

Worthy of scorn, contemptible

diminutive

Small, smaller than most others of the same type

divulge

To tell, reveal; to make public

enlightened

Free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding

erroneous

Incorrect, containing mistakes

exploit

(v.) To make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed

impair

To make imperfect, damage, harm

incredulous

Disbelieving, skeptical

intolerable

Unbearable

laborious

Not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking

lithe

Bending easily, limber

mire

Mud; wet, swampy ground, a tough situation

reek

n. an unpleasant smell; v. to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression

relentless

Unyielding, harsh; without pity

slipshod

Untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy

squander

To spend foolishly, to waste

statute

A law

synthetic

Made or put together by people; something artificial

temperate

Mild, moderate

venomous

Poisonous; spiteful, mean

wily

Sly, shrewd, cunning