1100 Vocabulary Week 1-8 Review

voracious

adj. desiring or consuming great quantities

indiscriminate

(adj.) without restraint or control; unselective

eminent

adj. of high reputation, outstanding

steeped

v. adj. soaked, drenched, saturated

replete

adj. completely filled or supplied with

abound

v. to exist in great numbers

technology

n. branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

prognosticate

v. to predict or foretell a future event

abode

n. the place where one lives; home

automaton

n. a robot; a mechanical "person"

paradox

n. a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

realm

n. special field of something or someone; kingdom

annals

n. historical records

compound

v. to increase or add to

tinge

n. a trace, smattering, or slight degree

badger

v. to pester, nag, annoy persistently

implore

v. to plead urgently for aid or mercy

drudgery

n. unpleasant, dull, or hard work

interminable

adj. unending

perceive

v. to understand, know, become aware of

laconic

(adj.) expressing much in few words

throng

(n.) (v.) to crowd

intrepid

(adj.) brave

accost

(v.) to approach and speak to

reticent

(adj.) inclined to be reserved

furtive

(adj.) secret, stealthy

felon

(n.) person guilty of a major crime

plethora

(n.) excess

hapless

(adj.) unfortunate

irate

(adj.) angry, incensed

pretext

(n.) an excuse

fabricate

(v.) to lie; to construct

adroit

(adj.) skillful

gesticulate

(v.) to move the arms energetically

vigilant

(adj.) watchful

avid

(adj.) eager

cajole

(v.) to coax

rudimentary

(adj.) elementary

enhance

(v.) to intensify, heighten

nuance

(n.) slight variation in meaning, tone, etc.

loathe

v. to hate

reprimand

v. to show sharp disapproval

lackluster

n. adj. dull

caustic

adj. sarcastic, biting

wrest

v. to take by force

infamous

adj. having a bad reputation

jostle

v. to bump into

dupe

n. person easily tricked

incipient

adj. just beginning to exist

inadvertent

adj. unintentional

ominous

Adj. threatening

tremulous

Adj. quivering

repudiate

V. to reject, decline

cessation

n. a stopping

bristle

V. To stiffen with fear or anger

euphemism

n. less offensive term

mundane

adj. ordinary

incongruous

adj. out of place

condolence

n. pity

stipulate

v. to specify a condition

alacrity

n. briskness, lively action

disdain

n. contempt

belligerent

adj. warlike

intimidate

v. to overawe

feint

n. a false attack

pugnacious

adj. quarrelsome

promulgate

v. to make known officially

brash

adj. impudent

scoff

v. to sneer at

belittle

v. to make seem less important

tangible

adj. having actual form

laceration

n. jagged wound

castigate

v. to correct by punishing

sordid

(adj.) dirty, base

octogenarian

n. person in his or her eighties

solace

n. easing of grief

aspirant

n. candidate, striver, applicant

dregs

n. most worthless part

frenzy

n. wild fit

scurrilous

adj. coarse

rampant

adj. going unchecked, widespread

inane

adj. foolish

ethics

n. code of principles

concur

v. to agree

clandestine

adj. secret, undercover

flagrant

adj. outrageous, glaringly bad

admonish

v. to warn, reprove

duress

n. compulsion, force

culprit

n. guilty person

inexorable

adj. inflexible, unrelenting

egregious

adj. remarkably bad

distraught

adj. confused, upset

duplicity

n. cunning, trickery

acrimonious

adj. bitter

paucity

n. scarcity

elicit

v. to draw forth

pernicious

adj. harmful, causing injury

tolerate

v. to put up with, to bear

construe

v. to make a deduction, to infer

impunity

n. freedom from punishment