ISEE Vocab

1. Affable - friendly, amiable, genial

2. Belligerent - argumentative, aggressive

3. Cordial - affectionate, warm

4. Dearth - a lack

5. Ephemeral - momentary, fleeting, here today gone tomorrow

6. Fecund - fertile

7. Guile - tricky, duplicitous 

8. Indolent - lazy

9. Malleable - able to be shaped

   10.  Pariah - outcast 

10. Aplomb - Self confidence

11. Approbation - Praise, approval

12. Arcane - Secret, only known by few

13. Benign - Kindly, favorable

14. Brusque - Short, abrupt 

15. Candor - Honesty

16. Decry - Criticize openly

17. Deft - Skillful

18. Eclectic - Wide variety of forms and styles

    10. Fetid - To have a foul odor  

Torrid - Giving off intense heat, passionate

Vivacious - Lively

Zenith - Highest point, apex

Predicament - To be caught in a pickle, jam, mess

Mutable - Able to change

Nominal - In name only, rather than in fact

Impudent - Blatant, rude

Ignominious - Humiliating

Frivolous - Of little importance

Exonerate - To acquit or free from guilt

1. Onerous - Burdensome

2. Plethora - Excess

3. Renegade - Traitor, Rebel

4. Waive - Give up

5. Abet - To encourage

6. Burnish - To polish

7. Debonair - Pleasant

8. Dour - Stern, Joyless

9.  Extricate - To free

   10. Flout - To disregard or disobey openly

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10. Gregarious - Sociable 

11. Hackneyed - Worn out

12. Haggard - Wasted

13. Hapless - Unlucky

14. Impasse - Deadlock

15. Inane - Meaningless, pointless

16. Lugubrious - Excessively mournful

17. Lurid - Sensational

18. Culpable - Deserving blame

    10. Corrosive - Eat away

19. Placid - Sedate

20. Tenacity - Stubbornness

21. Euphoric - Elated

22. Obsolete - Bulky

23. Ghastly - Awful

24. Strident - Harsh

25. Verbose - Talkative

26. Aversion - Dislike

27. Rife - Widespread

    10. Cede - Surrender
    11. Boon - Benefit
    12. Assuage - Relieve
    13. Prodigal - Wasteful
    14. Punitive - Penal
    15. Sagacity - Wisdom
    16. Disingenuous - Not genuine, not honest 

28. Malady - Disease

29. Proliferate - Increase

30. Entreat - Ask

31. Charlatan - A fraud

32. Assuage - Make less intense

33. Ephemeral - Short lasting

34. Fastidious - Attentive

35. Despot - Power in cruel way

36. Emollient - Moisturizer

    10. Ostracism - Exclusion
    11. Boor - Ill-mannered
    12. Carping - Hard to please
    13. Pliable - Able to be molded or bent
    14. Baleful - Rich in resources
    15. Insipid - Boring
    16. Credo, credere = to believe, trust
    17. Creed = what you believe
    18. Incredible = unbelievable
    19. Incredulous = not believing
    20. Credulous = overly believing
    21. Precocious - seeming smart with a lot to say
    22. Reciprocate - to give back
    23. Paunchy - chubby
    24. Belies - contradicts true meaning of something
    25. Stagnant - refusing to move; not moving 
    26. Doggedly – to unceasingly continue
    27. Absolved - freed from guilt
    28. Solve: 

• solve a puzzle = loosen the knot
• resolve = loosen the knot of the problem
• absolve = loosen from guilt
• dissolve = loosen the chemical bonds

1. Onus - burden 

2. Candid - to speak honestly

3. Mirage - allusion

4. Viscous - syrupy

   1. Fusty - stuffy, stale
   2. Refute - prove to be wrong
   3. Fissure - narrow opening
   4. Chagrin - embarrassment
   5. Admonish - reprimand
   6. Cognizant - aware
   7. Insatiable - unable to satisfy
   8. Adamant - insistent
   9. Indignant - offended

5. Parsimony - unwilling to spend (stinginess)

6. Maverick - uncomfortist

   1. Revert - to return
   2. Rebuff - to reject
   3. Wry - dryly ironic
   4. Accost - to verbally confront
   5. Adulation - high praise
   6. Insurgent - rebel
   7. Legacy - something passed down
   8. Nepotism - favoritism shown to relatives, especially in job positions
   9. Obtuse - stupid

7. Paucity - small quantity