UWorld Vocabulary
Word | Word Forms | Meaning |
Abate | Abating, Abater | To reduce in intensity; to lessen |
Abet | Abetment, Abettor | To support or encourage |
Abhor | Abhorrer | To hate something |
Abnegate | Abnegation | To deny or to give up the right or privilege to something |
Abscond | Absconder | To escape, run away, or let go of something |
Advocate | Advocation, Advocative, Advocator | To support or argue for a cause |
Allude | Allusion | To refer to something indirectly; commonly used in literature |
Ambiguity | Ambiguous | Something that can be understood or interpreted in more than one manner |
Analogy | Analogous, Analogousness | A comparison of two otherwise unalike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect; widely used in literature |
Apprehend | Apprehension, Apprehensibility | To arrest someone; recognize the meaning of an idea or a thing |
Articulate | Articulative, Articulator | To explain something clearly |
Bane | Something capable of causing destruction or ruin | |
Bereft | Lacking something needed, wanted, or expected; a person grieving death of a loved one | |
Bias | Biasness | To possess an inclined outlook towards an object or an idea |
Berate | To scold someone strongly | |
Brevity | Brief | Something or event that is short in length or duration |
Corroborate | Corroboration, Corroboratory, Corroborative | To support with evidence or authority |
Cache | Caching | A secure place that is used to store objects secretly |
Dearth | Lack or absence of something | |
Capitalize | Capitalization | To profit from a resource or an opportunity |
Capitulate | Capitulation | To surrender on terms agreed upon in advance |
Credible | Credibility | Something that can be trusted on the basis of logic or rationale |
Complacent | Complacency | Accepting something after being self-satisfied |
Construe | To construct or interpret meaning out of a sentence or words | |
Contentious | Contentiousness | Inclined towards argument or dispute |
Covet | Covetable, Coverter | Want or desire |
Debunk | Debunker | To expose the falseness of a fact |
Defunct | Extinct or no longer functioning | |
Didactic | Didactical, Didacticism | Something that is intended to be taught |
Delegate | Delegation, Delegatee, Delegator | A representative; to entrust work or responsibility to another person |
Dispel | To drive away something (can also be a belief system or a myth) | |
Doctrine | Indoctrinate | Something considered an established opinion (can be a belief or a set of moral codes) |
Dogma | Dogmatic | Something considered an established opinion (belief or set of codes) |
Eclectic | Composed of elements drawn from various sources | |
Embezzle | Embezzled, Embezzlement | To take something dishonestly for one’s own use |
Elicit | Elicitation, Elicitor | To draw out an answer or explanation by skillful questioning |
Empirical | Something capable of being derived, verified, or disproved by observation or experiment | |
Emulate | Emulator | To try to be like or better than something |
Espouse | Espouser | To take up and support as a cause; to marry someone |
Extort | Extortion | To take something forcefully from a person |
Expedite | Expedition | To speed up the process or progress of an event |
Extraneous | Extraneousness | Alien; something that exists or comes from outside |
Equivocal | Equivocality | Something that is unclear or uncertain in its meaning |
Foil | A very thin sheet of metal; something or someone that serves as a contrast to another | |
Fallacy | Fallacious | A false or mistaken idea |
Fortuitous | Fortuitousness | Fortunate or lucky |
Flagrant | So bad as to be impossible to overlook | |
Grandiloquent | Grandiloquence | A lofty, extravagant, or bombastic style, especially used in literature |
Hapless | Haplessness | Unfortunate |
Gratuitous | Gratuitousness | Something required by the circumstance but done or provided freely |
Hegemony | Hegemonic | The social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group |
Heterogeneous | Heterogeneity | Something consisting of different elements from various sources |
Hubris | A heightened sense of self-pride or overconfidence | |
Idiosyncrasy | Idiosyncratic | A way of behaving or thinking characteristic of a person |
Impetuous | Impetuousness | Impulsive |
Impute | Imputable, Imputability | To blame someone unjustly |
Incumbent | Incumbency | Someone who occupies a particular position or place |
Incite | To move to action; to make something happen | |
Insurgent | Insurgency | Someone who revolts against authority or government; a rebel |
Licentious | Licentiousness | Someone who disregards moral, ethical, or legal restraints |
Linchpin | Someone or something that holds together multiple pieces or people | |
Litigate | Litigation, Litigancy | To decide and settle in a court of law |
Maxim | Universal truth, principle, or proverb | |
Multifarious | Something that has multiple variety | |
Nadir | The lowest point of something | |
Opine | Opinion | To put forth one’s point of view about something |
Ostensible | Ostensibility | To demonstrate or exhibit |
Ostracism | Ostracize | The state of being outcast or barred from a group |
Noxious | Noxiousness | Something harmful or destructive |
Paradigm | Paradigmatic | An example showing how something is to be done; a model |
Partisan | Partisanship | A person strongly devoted to a cause or group |
Pejorative | A word or phrase with negative connotations | |
Penchant | Persistent knack or interest in something | |
Placid | Placidity | Free of disturbance; calm |
Prerogative | An exclusive or special right, power, or privilege | |
Prompt | Something that asks someone to act; being ready and quick to act | |
Prosecute | Prosecution | To carry on a legal action against an accused person |
Quaint | Something marked by beauty, skillful design, or old-fashioned | |
Quixotic | Impractical especially in foolish pursuit of ideals | |
Refute | To deny or disregard | |
Relegate | Relegation | To banish or send into exile; to carry out a decision |
Requisition | Requisite | To require or demand something, especially by authority |
Sanctity | Sanctum | The quality of being holy or sacred |
Sanguine | To be sure and certain; also a blood-red color | |
Spur | Impulsive; to move to action | |
Sanctuary | A safe or sacred place | |
Solicit | Solicitous, Solicitation | To approach with a request or plea; to petition a judicial body |
Serendipity | Serendipitous | The gift of finding valuable things not looked for |
Surreptitious | Done, made, or acquired by stealth and secrecy | |
Tirade | A long violent angry speech | |
Torpid | Torpidity | Someone lacking energy or enthusiasm |
Torrent | Torrential | A violent or forceful flow of wind or water |
Travesty | An inferior imitation of something | |
Ubiquitous | Existing or being everywhere at the same time | |
Undermine | To weaken or ruin secretly or gradually | |
Utilitarian | Utilitarianism | Someone who believes value lies in usefulness |
Veracity | Veracious, Veraciousness | Being true |
Vestige | Vestigial | A trace or mark left by something |
Vilify | To utter slanderous and abusive statements against | |
Warrant | Warranty | To give proof of the authenticity or truth of something |