Units 1-6

1. Acquisitive – Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

2. Myopic – Lacking imagination or foresight; shortsighted.

3. Talisman – An object believed to bring good luck or protect against harm.

4. Undulate – To move with a smooth, wavelike motion.

5. Frenetic – Fast and energetic in a disorganized or wild way.

6. Ludicrous – So foolish or unreasonable as to be amusing.

7. Mordant – Sharp and critical; biting (especially in humor).

8. Hallow – To honor as holy; to make sacred.

9. Idiosyncrasy – A peculiar or unusual habit or trait.

10. Ignominy – Public shame or disgrace.

11. Abject – Extremely bad or severe; miserable.

12. Complicity – Involvement in a wrongful act.

Units 6-11

17. Sylvan – Relating to forests or wooded areas.

18. Testy – Easily irritated; impatient.

19. Convivial – Friendly, lively, and enjoyable.

20. Pertinacious – Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action; stubborn.

21. Paucity – A scarcity or lack of something.

22. Portend – To serve as a warning or sign of a future event.

23. Saturate – To soak thoroughly; to fill completely.

24. Collusion – Secret cooperation for a deceitful purpose

25. Peregrination – A long, meandering journey.

26. Tyro – A beginner or novice.

27. Obtuse – Slow to understand; dull-witted.

28. Shambles – A state of complete disorder or ruin.

29. Burnish – To polish or shine by rubbing.

30. Eclectic – Deriving ideas or styles from a broad range of sources.

31. Rudiments – The basic principles or elements of a subject.

Units 12-15

33. Interpolate – To insert something (e.g., words) into a text or conversation.

34. Canard – A false or baseless rumor or story.

35. Captious – Tending to find fault or raise petty objections.

36. Efficacy – The ability to produce a desired result; effectiveness.

37. Consign – To deliver something to a person’s custody; to assign.

38. Gainsay – To deny or contradict.

39. Moratorium – A temporary prohibition or suspension of an activity.

40. Dissidence – Political or social disagreement.

Units 1-10

1. Taciturn – Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; silent by nature.

2. Propriety – Conformity to socially accepted standards of behavior; decency.

3. Propinquity – Nearness in place or time; kinship.

4. Incumbent – Necessary as a duty or responsibility; currently holding office.

5. Derelict – Dilapidated; abandoned; neglectful of duty.

6. Felicitous – Well-suited; pleasing and appropriate.

7. Furtive – Attempting to avoid notice; secretive.

8. Paltry – Ridiculously or insultingly small; worthless.

9. Attenuate – To reduce in force, value, or intensity; weaken.

Units 11-13

12. Impecunious – Lacking money; penniless.

13. Nadir – The lowest point of misfortune or despair.

14. Perfunctory – Done without enthusiasm or care; mechanical.

15. Contrite – Feeling remorse or guilt.

16. Beatific – Blissfully happy; saintly.

17. Febrile – Feverish, agitated, or overly excited.

Units 14-15

22. Amenity – A desirable or useful feature; pleasantness.

23. Inviolable – Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored.

24. Nascent – Just coming into existence; beginning to develop.

25. Pittance – A very small or inadequate amount of money.

26. Promulgate – To proclaim or make widely known (e.g., a law or idea).

Units 1-9

1. Eschew – To deliberately avoid or abstain from something.

2. Glean – To gather information or material bit by bit.

3. Garner – To collect or accumulate something (e.g., information, support).

4. Neophyte – A beginner or novice in a subject or activity.

5. Raiment – Clothing or garments.

6. Saturnine – Gloomy, slow, or sardonic in temperament.

7. Imperturbable – Unable to be upset or excited; calm under pressure.

8. Paroxysm – A sudden outburst of emotion or action (e.g., laughter, coughing).

Units 10-14

11. Reconnoiter – To survey or scout an area, especially for military purposes.

12. Deprecate – To express disapproval of; to belittle.

13. Fetish – An excessive devotion to or obsession with something.

14. Laconic – Using very few words; concise to the point of seeming rude.

15. Affront – An action or remark that causes offense.

16. Decorous – Proper, polite, and in good taste.

17. Behemoth – Something enormous in size or power.

18. Blandishment – Flattery intended to persuade or coax.

19. Loath – Reluctant or unwilling.

Units 14-15

21. Wizened – Shriveled or wrinkled with age.

22. Epicurean – Devoted to sensual pleasure, especially fine food and drink.

23. Improvident – Lacking foresight; reckless with resources.

24. Iniquity – Immoral or grossly unfair behavior

Units 1-7

1. Substantiate – To provide evidence or support for the truth of something.

2. Overt – Done or shown openly; not secret or hidden.

3. Suppliant – A person making a humble plea to someone in power.

4. Primordial – Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.

5. Bastion – A stronghold or fortified place; a defender of a principle.

6. Incarcerate – To imprison or confine someone.

7. Nettle – To irritate or annoy someone.

8. Agnostic – A person who believes that the existence of God or ultimate reality is unknown or unknowable.

9. Indictment – A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.

10. Travesty – A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

12. Jettison – To throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship; to discard something no longer needed.

Units 8-12

16. Conciliate – To stop someone from being angry or discontented; to placate.

17. Echelon – A level or rank in an organization or society.

18. Lackadaisical – Lacking enthusiasm or determination; carelessly lazy.

19. Slough – To shed or remove a layer (e.g., skin); a swamp or bog.

20. Calumniate – To make false and defamatory statements about someone.

21. Pedantry – Excessive concern with minor details or rules.

22. Peregrination – A long and meandering journey.

25. Inexorable – Impossible to stop or prevent; relentless.

26. Necromancer – A person who practices magic, especially involving communication with the dead.

27. Sequester – To isolate or hide away.

28. Defunct – No longer existing or functioning.

29. Discomfit – To make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed.

30. Hapless – Unfortunate or unlucky.

31. Languish – To become weak or feeble; to suffer neglect.

Units 13-15

32. Abstruse – Difficult to understand; obscure.

33. Canard – A false or baseless rumor or story.

34. Cynosure – A person or thing that is the center of attention.

35. Deign – To do something that one considers beneath their dignity.

36. Engender – To produce, cause, or give rise to something.

37. Ghoulish – Morbidly interested in death or disaster.

38. Pariah – An outcast or someone despised and avoided.

39. Aperture – An opening, hole, or gap.

40. Panegyric – A public speech or text in praise of someone or something.

41. Rectitude – Moral uprightness; righteousness.