Vocab Words

Absolute

Complete; total; free from restriction.

Absorb (liquid)

To soak up a liquid.

Absorb (engagement)

To be completely engrossed or engaged in an activity.

Acute (pain)

Sharp or severe; intense (especially pain).

Acute (importance)

Serious or crucial; critical.

Acute (insight)

Sharp or penetrating in insight or perception.

Affect (influence)

To influence or produce an effect.

Affect (display)

The perceived or outward display of emotions in a person.

Affect (pretend)

To pretend or counterfeit.

Agitate (physical)

To physically move or toss about.

Agitate (mental)

To make mentally upset or anxious.

Agitate (campaign)

To campaign or arouse public concern.

Allow

To permit.

Allow (admit)

To admit or concede.

Apartment

Not a rented dwelling, but a room.

Art

Skill, craft, talent, or cunning.

Base (support)

The founding platform or support for a structure.

Base (power)

The source of power or authority for a politician or figure of authority.

Base (character)

Low or mean; the worst and most ungenerous aspects.

Blunt (sharpness)

Not sharp or pointed; dull-edged.

Blunt (direct)

Very direct and forceful; not subtle or tactful.

Buckle (fastener)

A fastener that connects items, usually clothing.

Buckle (collapse)

To collapse inward due to excessive force or pressure.

Chaise

An open carriage pulled by a horse.

Channel (pathway)

A pathway or canal.

Channel (frequency)

A defined frequency for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals like radio or TV.

Channel (direct)

To direct or focus energy or effort in a certain direction.

Check (examine)

To examine or assess.

Check (restrict)

To restrict or restrain; to pull back.

Check (restraint)

A restraint or limit on something.

Clash (disagreement)

Disagreement or conflict.

Clash (conflict)

To come into conflict or engage in disagreement.

Clip (cut)

To trim or cut.

Clip (strike)

To quickly strike or impact.

Clip (shorten)

Anything trimmed or made shorter.

Clip (speed)

A pace; a fast speed.

Command (order)

To order or be in charge.

Command (state)

The state of being in charge of something.

Command (position)

To be in a position of power because of location; to look over or survey as if in a position of power.

Command (demand)

To demand or compel respect or authority.

Commission (mission)

A mission or job, often for a soldier.

Commission (rank)

An officer's position or rank.

Concentration (amount)

A large amount of something; having great density.

Concentration (focus)

The ability to focus and be mentally sharp.

Concentration (focus area)

An area of focus or effort, especially in one's academic or professional career.

Core (importance)

Of central or vital importance.

Core (component)

The central component of something, especially of fruit.

Core (remove)

To remove the central element of something.

Credit (borrowing)

The ability or rating of one's ability to borrow money.

Credit (believability)

To believe or find believable.

Critical (essential)

Essential or vital to something.

Critical (negative)

Negative; finding fault.

Critical (engagement)

Characterized by serious intellectual engagement and questioning.

Cultivate (grow)

To grow or nurture, as in a plant or crop.

Cultivate (develop)

To nurture in a metaphorical sense; to encourage or develop.

Culture (expression)

The concrete expression of a society's beliefs and values, especially in art, literature, and music.

Culture (nurture)

To nurture or grow something, especially microscopic organisms.

Culture (microorganism)

A particular type of microscopic organism.

Depress (emotion)

To make someone sad or despairing.

Depress (activate)

To press or activate a button or switch.

Device (purpose)

An item that achieves a certain purpose, especially electronic or mechanical.

Device (scheme)

A tricky scheme.

Device (literary)

A literary trope or figural element to achieve a specific purpose.

Digest (process)

To process food in the stomach.

Digest (understand)

To understand or comprehend over time.

Digest (abridged)

A compressed or abridged version of something.

Dim (brightness)

Not bright; tending toward darkness.

Dim (darken)

To darken or make less bright.

Dim (intellect)

Not smart; not mentally bright.

Discipline (quality)

The quality of being exacting and precise; following a strict regimen.

Discipline (correct)

To punish or correct.

Discipline (study)

An area of professional or academic study.

Distracted

Inattentive; unable to concentrate.

Distracted (mentally)

Mentally disturbed; insane.

Divert (change course)

To cause to change course.

Divert (entertain)

To entertain or amuse.

Divert (entertainment)

Something entertaining.

Due (owed)

Owed at the present time.

Due (fitting)

Appropriate or fitting.

Due (expected)

Expected or anticipated.

Due (fee)

A fee or obligation that must be paid.

Due (Exactly)

Directly or exactly.

Due (justice)

To give what justice demands.

Due (respect)

To earn respect because of hard work or effort.

Dull (sharpness)

Not sharp; not able to cut efficiently.

Dull (intellectual)

Not intellectually sharp.

Dull (boring)

Boring.

Engage (attention)

To occupy or attract the attention or efforts of someone.

Engage (involvement)

To be occupied or involved in.

Engage (mechanics)

In mechanics, to interlock or cause to become interlocked, as gears.

Execute (carry out)

To carry out, as an order.

Execute (perform)

To perform, as a role.

Execute (death)

To put to death, especially by the state.

Exponent (advocate)

An advocate or supporter; a proponent.

Express (words)

To put into words.

Express (mail)

To send by express mail.

Express (squeeze)

To press or squeeze out.

Express (indicate)

Clearly indicated or directly stated.

Fancy (imagine)

To imagine.

Fancy (illusion)

Something imagined; an illusion of the senses.