Combined Vocab 1-12

auspicious

L7

adj Attended by favorable circumstances; suggesting a positive outcome

circumspect

L7

adj Heedful of circumstances or consequences; prudent.

despicable

L7

adj Deserving of scorn or contempt; vile.

introspective

L7

adj Self-examining; thinking about one's own thoughts and feelings.

prospective

L7

adj Likely to happen; expected

specious

L7

adj Having the ring of truth but actually false:

auspices

L7

n Protection or support; patronage; A portent, omen, or augury, especially when based on the action of birds.

perspicuity

L7

n The quality of being clearly expressed or easily understood

specter

L7

n A threatening or haunting possibility.

spectrum

L7

n A broad sequence or range of related qualities, ideas, or activities.

consummate

L8

adj Supremely accomplished or skilled; Complete or perfect in every respect

deft

L8

adj Skillful; adroit.

facile

L8

adj Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy.

incompetent

L8

adj Not capable; not properly or well qualified.

inept

L8

adj Awkward or clumsy.

proficient

L8

adj Performing in a given art, skill, or branch of learning with expert correctness and facility; adept.

acuity

L8

n Acuteness of perception; keenness

cunning

L8

n Skill or adeptness in performance; dexterity; Shrewd or crafty in manipulation or deception.

endowment

L8

n A natural gift or quality; Funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or group as a source of income.

propensity

L8

n An innate inclination; tendency.

exigent

L9

adj Requiring immediate attention or remedy; urgent.

imperious

L9

adj Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.

blandishment

L9

n The act of coaxing by flattery or wheedling.

injunction

L9

n A command, directive, or order.

mendicant

L9

n A beggar; Depending upon alms (money or food) for a living

query

L9

n A question; inquiry; a doubt in the mind

beseech

L9

v To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore; to beg for

cajole

L9

v To coax gently and persistently; wheedle.

elicit

L9

v To bring out; evoke; To call forth

enjoin

L9

v To direct with authority and emphasis; command by prohibiting or forbidding

implicit

L4

adj - Implied or understood although not expressed. (VOC 4)

inexplicable

L4

adj - Incapable of being explained or interpreted. (VOC 4)

supple

L4

adj - Readily bent; pliant; Moving and bending with agility; limber. (VOC 4)

complicity

L4

n - Involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing (VOC 4)

plight

L4

n - A condition or situation of difficulty or adversity. (VOC 4)

replica

L4

n - A copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist (VOC 4)

deploy

L4

v - To station or distribute (persons or forces) systematically (VOC 4)

explicate

L4

v - To explain; To make meaning clear (VOC 4)

implicate

L4

v - To involve or connect incriminatingly; To involve or suggest by logical necessity (VOC 4)

replicate

L4

v - To duplicate, copy, or repeat. (VOC 4)

execrable

L5

adj - Extremely inferior; very bad; Detestable; hateful (VOC 5)

scurrilous

L5

adj - Using or expressed in vulgar and abusive language; foul-mouthed. (VOC 5)

vitriolic

L5

adj - Bitterly severe; harsh; sharp. (VOC 5)

aspersion

L5

n - A damaging or false statement (VOC 5)

vituperation

L5

n - Sustained and bitter attack or condemnation; blame. (VOC 5)

deprecate

L5

v - To express disapproval of. (VOC 5)

deride

L5

v - To laugh at in scorn; scoff at; mock. (VOC 5)

ostracize

L5

v - To banish or exclude from a group; shun. (VOC 5)

rebuke

L5

v - To criticize or reprimand sharply and sternly. (VOC 5)

spurn

L5

v - To reject or refuse disdainfully. (VOC 5)

accommodating

L6

adj - Willing to help; obliging. (VOC 6)

adamant

L6

adj - Firm and unyielding in purpose or opinion; inflexible. (VOC 6)

tractable

L6

adj - Easily managed or controlled; docile. (VOC 6)

accord

L6

n - Agreement; harmony; A settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions. (VOC 6)

camaraderie

L6

n - A spirit of loyalty, mutual trust, and good will between or among friends or comrades. (VOC 6)

compliance

L6

n - An act of doing as another wishes or yielding to a request or command. (VOC 6)

volition

L6

n - An act of willing, choosing, or deciding; power or capability of determining. (VOC 6)

willfulness

L6

n - Unreasonable stubbornness; The inclination to impose one's will on others. (VOC 6)

acquiesce

L6

v - To consent or comply passively or without protest; accept. (VOC 6)

propitiate

L6

v - To prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe; appease. (VOC 6)

Appellation

L1

n A name or title that distinguishes or identifies

Dipthong

L1

n A speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (such as y) contained in a single syllable.

Eponym

L1

n A person, place, or thing that something else is named after -- or it can be the word or name itself.

Linguistics

L1

n The study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and changes.

Neologism

L1

n A newly made-up word, phrase, or expression.

Parlance

L1

n A particular manner or kind of speech

Patois

L1

n A regional or uneducated version of a language

Polyglot

L1

adj Consisting of many groups speaking different languages; also, a computer file written to work in multiple programming languages

Solecism

L1

n Grammatical mistakes or blunders

Vulgar

L1

adj Lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined

Amulet

L2

n An object worn to bring luck or to protect against evil or injury; charm.

Capricious

L2

adj Subject to sudden, unpredictable changes; fickle

Fatalism

L2

n The belief that all events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means

Incantation

L2

n A magic charm or spell spoken as a set of words

Propitious

L2

adj Favorable; advantageous

Providential

L2

adj Resulting from divine will and blessing; fortunate; opportune.

Quirk

L2

n A peculiarity of behavior; idiosyncrasy; also an unpredictable shift in action

Serendipity

L2

n Events happening in a happy or lucky way

Vagary

L2

n A wild or unpredictable change of behavior

Vicissitude

L2

n Changes or shifts encountered in one's life, activities, or surroundings

Continuity

L3

n The condition of being without a stop or interruption; An uninterrupted succession or flow.

Converge

L3

v To approach the same point from different directions; meet; To move toward a common conclusion or result.

Crux

L3

n Essential conflict of something that is difficult to solve or explain

Initiate

L3

v To begin; originate; cause to begin; To admit into membership.

Pivotal

L3

adj Central or crucial to something; very important

Sequel

L3

n Something that follows; continuation

Subordinate

L3

n Subject to the authority of another; Of a lower class or rank; inferior.

Tangential

L3

adj Superficially relevant or related

Terminate

L3

v To bring to an end; to conclude

Ultimate

L3

adj Last; Coming at the end; Farthest; Extreme