ASVAB Vocabulary Set 3 Difficult Words

Abrogate

To abolish or put an end to something

Amenable

Willing to answer, act, or yield; agreeable; submissive

Camaraderie

Good fellowship; mutual trust and friendship

Capitulate

To give up resistance; to surrender

Chagrin

A feeling of disappointment or humiliation

Chastise

To discipline or criticize

Clandestine

Characterized by or executed with secrecy or concealment; private

Clemency

An act of showing mercy or forgiveness

Concoction

Something concocted (contrived or made up, often by combining ingredients)

Corroborate

To confirm

Cursory

Hasty; going over something rapidly and not noticing details

Digress

To deviate or depart from the main topic or argument

Discord

Disagreement or difference of opinion

Disparate

Distinct or dissimilar

Domicile

A place of residence; a home

Enmity

Hostility or hatred

Eschew

To shun, avoid, or keep away from

Extraneous

Irrelevant; coming from something external

Fortuitous

Lucky or fortunate

Fraudulent

Involving fraud or deception

Inexorable

Unyielding; not to be persuaded or moved

Infraction

A breach or violation

Instigate

To urge or provoke something to an action

Insubordinate

Not consenting to authority

Intrepid

Dauntless, completely fearless

Lethargic

Drowsy or sluggish

Litigation

A lawsuit or legal action

Malevolent

Wishing harm or evil upon something

Malign

To speak damaging lies against a person

Negligent

Someone who is neglectful or careless

Onerous

Troublesome; causing hardship

Opulent

Wealthy; richly supplied

Paragon

Someone who is excellent or exceptional

Plethora

An excess

Prolific

Producing something in large quantities

Proviso

A condition or stipulation of something

Quagmire

A situation that is very difficult to get out of

Quandary

A dilemma or state of uncertainty about what to do

Renounce

To choose to give up or put aside something

Reprisal

Retaliation against an enemy

Rudiment

The beginning or first appearance or form of something

Superficial

Shallow, external; only being concerned with what's on the surface

Susceptible

Capable of being affected emotionally; subject to influence

Squander

To spend wastefully

Truncate

To cut short; to cut off a part

Umbrage

Annoyance or offense; a vague feeling of doubt

Vacillate

To be indecisive in opinion

Vilify

To speak poorly of someone or something

Vindictive

Showing revengeful spirit; inclined to revenge

Vociferous

Outspoken; crying out noisily and openly