APLAC Vocabulary List 3

Abet

To aid; to act as an accomplice.

Adumbrate

To give a hint or indication of something to come.

Arcane

Secret, obscure; known only to a few.

Bilious

Ill-tempered, sickly, ailing.

Celerity

Speed, haste.

Consternation

An intense state of fear or dismay.

Denizen

An inhabitant, a resident.

Encumber

To weigh down, to burden.

Fallacious

Tending to deceive or mislead.

Importunate

Troublesomely urgent; extremely persistent in request or demand.

Internecine

Mutually destructive; equally devastating to both sides.

Lexicon

A dictionary; a stock of terms pertaining to a particular subject or vocabulary.

Microcosm

A small scale representation of a larger system.

Novel

New and not resembling anything formerly known.

Pandemic

Occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large portion of the population.

Pandemonium

A state of chaos or uproar.

Phlegmatic

Having a sluggish, unemotional temperament.

Progenitor

An ancestor in the direct line, forefather; founder.

Spartan

Highly self-disciplined; frugal, austere.

Tautological

Having to do with needless repetition, redundancy.

Voluble

Talkative, speaking easily, glib.