Advanced Vocabulary Lecture Notes

A collection of advanced vocabulary terms, including their definitions and mnemonic associations from the lecture notes.

Erudition

Great knowledge; education knowledge

Proclivity

Natural tendency

Arcane

Secret, ancient

Guile

Cheater

Bequeath

Leave by will; after death

Disdain

Contempt; dislike

Despot

Cruel ruler; dictator

Deference

Respect

Cursory

Quick/superficial

Esoteric

Known by few; experts only

Pulchritude

Beauty; pretty

Abate

Reduce

Accentuate

Emphasize

Aberration

Abnormality

Quixotic

Idealistic; dreamer

Lugubrious

Very sad; gloomy

Ineffable

Indescribable; no words

Intransigent

Uncompromising; stubborn

Juxtapose

Place side by side; next to

Debilitate

Weaken

Adapt (verb)

Adapt avua,porutha pedua

Adopt (v)

Accept

Adept (adj)

Skilled or expert

Iterating

Repeating again and again

Tempting

Attractive

Instigating

Encouraging (usually bad)

Delve

Investigate deeply

Enticed

Attracted

Tepid

Slightly warm; unenthusiastic

Eulogize

Praise highly

Intuitive

Instinctive

Chicanery

Deception

Mendacity

Lying

Ostensible

Apparently true

Grandiloquent

Pompous

Vacillation

Indecision/ uncertain

Imperious

Arogant

Impulsive

Acting without thinking

Garrulous

Talkative

Enigmatic

Mysterious

Vestiges

Remains

Anomaly

Abnormality

Apathetic

Uninterested

Benevolent

Kind

Caustic

Harsh

Abstruse

Hard to understand

Accolade

Praise/Award

Intractable

Impossible to understand

Remnants

Leftovers

Belligerent

Aggressive

Convoluted

Complicated

Munificent

Very generous