Vocab final 2022

Annotation

a critical or explanatory note

Appellation

a name or title

Eponym

a person whose name is the source of the name of something

Linguistics

study of language

Malapropism

funny misuse of a word

Neologism

new word

Parlance

a particular manner of speaking

Patois

regional dialect

Polyglot

speaking several languages

Vulgar

related to the language of the common people; crude

Contingent

conditional

Eventuality

possibility

Implausible

difficult to believe

Inconceivable

unbelievable

In vain

without success

Perchance

perhaps

Preposterous

absurd

Proclivity

a natural inclination

Prone

tendency

Theoretical

restricted to ideas

Evolve

to develop gradually

Immutable

unchangeable

Inveterate

firmly established, habitual

Malleable

capable of being shaped; easily controlled

Metamorphosis

a transformation

Modulate

to regulate

Protean

readily changing form or character

Sporadic

irregular

Transmute

to transform

Volatile

inconstant; explosive

Abstruse

difficult to understand

Acumen

keen insight

Ascertain

to discover

Cerebral

intellectual

Faculty

a natural power or ability

Obfuscate

to confuse; to darken

Ruminate

to think deeply

Stymie

to prevent or frustrate

Surmise

to guess

Tenet

a principle or belief

Abeyance

suspension

Abstemious

to moderate

Circumvent

to avoid; to bypass

Elude

to escape

Eschew

avoid, abstain from

Evasion

clever avoidance

Malinger

to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work

Oblique

indirect

Shirk

to neglect or ignore

Shun

to stay away from

Converge

to meet

Crux

main point

Degradation

a decline

Initiate

to begin

Penultimate

second to last

Pivotal

crucial

Sequel

a continuation

Supersede

to replace

Tangential

slightly connected

Terminate

to bring to an end

Aspersions

damaging remarks

Compunction

a sense of guilt

Derision

ridicule

Disapprobation

moral disapproval

Ostracize

to shun

Rebuke

to criticize sharply

Revulsion

a sudden feeling of disgust

Scurrilous

vulgar

Spurn

to reject

Vitriolic

bitterly harsh

Accountable

responsible

Assiduous

hard-working

Default

failure to act

Feckless

feeble; irresponsible

Incumbent

currently holding an office; duty

Liability

legal responsibility; handicap

Mandatory

required

Negligence

neglect

Onerous

burdensome

Remiss

careless

Acquiesce

to give in

Adamant

stubborn

Balk

to suddenly refuse

Camaraderie

comradeship

Cantankerous

bad tempered

Compliance

obedience

Presumptuous

excessively bold

Propitiate

to appease

Tractable

easily controlled

Volition

free will

Acuity

sharpness of vision

Consummate

extremely skilled; to complete

Cunning

crafty

Deft

quick and skillful

Endowment

natural ability

Facile

easily done

Inept

unskilled; clumsy

Prescient

having foresight

Proficient

expert

Prowess

superior ability or skill