Question Bank: Words in Context Vocab

dogmatic

believes strongly that their principles are true

ambiguous

unclear

unpretentious

not trying to impress others

surmised

formed idea or assumption without evidence

contrived

brought about or created through trickery

subsumed

included in

corroborate

support with evidence

circumvent

find a way to bypass

disseminate

spread widely

endorse

openly recommend

counteract

undermine

notional

theoretical

desultory

moving away from the matter at hand

spurious

false

repudiate

to reject

recant

withdraw a previously held belief

exhaustive

thorough

decoupled

separated from

arduous

marked with great effort

haphazard

disorganized

contentious

causing controversy

stymie

to prevent or greatly hinder

disparage

to criticize

outstrip

to exceed

innocuous

harmless

animosities

feelings of dislike

buttress

strengthen or defend

supposition

assumption

disparate

distinct or not similar

paucity

lack of

profusion

great abundance

verisimilitude

truth

entrenching

solidifying

substantiating

support with proof

superseded

exceeded

protracted

drawn out over time

curtailed

cut short or reduced

obviated

unnecessary

arcane

known to only a few people

ubiquitous

found everywhere

facile

simplistic

engendering

causing to exist

appraising

assessing value

demarcated

set apart from

sanguine

optimistic

recalcitrant

uncooperative

tenuous

lacking substance

latent

functionless

peripheral

situated to outer bound

unobtrusive

undesirably prominent

perpetual

never ending