Full vocab list

aberration

a deviation

abstinence

sobriety

abstract

conceptual

acquiesce

to accept

admonish

to warn

advocate

to encourage

aesthetic

artistic

affinity

a natural connection

alienate

to estrange

aloof

detached

altruistic

charitable

ambiguous

unclear, confusing

ameliorate

to improve

analogous

similar to

animosity

hostility

anonymity

being nameless

antithesis

the complete opposite

arduous

physically taxing

articulate

eloquent

assuage

to relieve

atrophy

to degenerate

austere

bleak

authoritarian

domineering

autonomy

independence

ambivalent

undecided

aversion

a dislike

blithe

happy

bombastic

pompous

cajole

to coax

callous

cold-hearted

capitulate

to surrender

capricious

fickle

carping

complaining

caustic

stinging

censure

to blame

chastise

to criticize

chimerical

fanciful

chronic

long-lasting

circumspect

cautious

clandestine

secret

clemency

mercy

coalesce

to combine

colloquial

conversational

commiserate

to sympathize with

conciliatory

appeasing

condone

to forgive

conspicuous

obvious

copious

abundant

corroborate

to verify

crass

crude

criterion

a norm

cursory

hasty

dearth

a scarcity

debilitate

to weaken

decadence

decay

deference

honor

delineate

to depict

denunciation

open condemnation

deprecate

to express disapproval of

desecrate

to destroy

destitute

very poor

deter

to hinder

diatribe

a verbal attack

didactic

instructional

diminution

a decrease

discerning

insightful

disparage

to belittle

disparity

inequality

disposition

temperament

dissipated

wasted

dogmatic

arrogant

dormant

inactive

duplicity

deceitfulness

ebb

to become weaker

eclectic

diversified

efface

to erase

egregious

flagrant

elucidate

to explain

elusive

hard to understand

embroil

to involve in a quarrel

emulate

to try to equal or excel

enervate

to sap energy from

engender to cause

enigma

a mystery

ephemeral

short lived

equanimity

composure

euphemism

a nice way of saying something harsh

evanescent

fleeting

exacerbate

to make worse

expedient

useful

expedite

to accelerate

expunge

to erase

extol

to praise highly

facilitate

to make easier

fallacy

a false idea

fastidious

overly neat

fervor

passion

flagrant

glaringly bad

formidable

dreaded

fortuitous

accidental