Quiz Review for Sets 3 and 4 - 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know

auspicious

indicating favorable circumstances and good luck

deleterious

harmful to living things

fatuous

devoid of intelligence

spurious

not being what it purports to be; false or fake; illogical

acumen

intelligence; wit; shrewdness shown by keen insight

chicanery

the use of tricks to deceive someone

circumlocution

an indirect way of expressing something

impute

to attribute someone's actions, especially fault or blame, to another person or thing

emulate

to imitate or strive to equal or excel someone, especially in skill or achievement

kowtow

bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

-ary

belonging to; connected with (suffix) (forms adjectives)

im-

relevant or connected with

abstemious

marked by temperance in indulgence

churlish

having a bad disposition; surly

evanescent

short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear

feckless

generally incompetent and ineffectual

gauche

lacking social polish, poise, or refinement

kinetic

relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces

equinox

when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator

laissez faire

a doctrine that government should not interfere in commerce

nomenclature

a system of words used to name things in a discipline

soliloquy

speech you make to yourself

-ish

having the quality/characteristics of; somewhat

-less

without; lacking

sol-

alone; only; one

-ery

practice of; state of; place of

nom-

name

circum-

around; about

loqui- / loc-

talk; speak