Vocabulary and Definitions for Advanced English

Imprimatur

formal approval for a document to be published

Connotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Suppress

to put down by authority or force

Cognizant

having special knowledge or awareness

Cognition

the act or process of knowing

Aggressive

marked by combative readiness

Connoisseur

one who enjoys with discrimination and appreciation of subtleties

Degrade

to lower in grade, rank, or status

Denotation

a direct specific meaning

Digress

to turn aside from the main topic of attention

Transgression

a sin

Incognito

not recognized

Ignoble

characterized by baseness or meanness

Concurrent

operating or occurring at the same time

Reconnaissance

a preliminary survey to gather information

Concourse

an open space or hall where crowds gather

Petulant

insolent or rude in speech or behavior

Discourse

a formal and ordered extended expression of thought on a subject

Impetuous

marked by impulsive vehemence or passion

Excursion

a going out or forth; a brief pleasure trip

Incursion

a hostile entrance into a territory

Circumscribe

to define or mark off carefully

Incur

run into, as in extra costs

Precursor

one that precedes and indicates the approach of another

Conscription

the draft

Proscribe

to put on an assassination list

Recurrent

returning or happening time after time

Transcription

making a written copy of something spoken

Recursive

relating to a procedure that can repeat itself indefinitely

Pro forma

for the sake of form

Tangential

touching lightly

Contiguous

touching along a border or at a point

Contingency

something liable to happen as an adjunct to something else

Notorious

famous for bad reasons

Annotate

to make critical or explanatory notes of commentary

Intangible

cannot be touched