English final vocab

1. Charisma – n. – ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty
2. Dichotomy – n. – division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions
3. Forsake – v. – to abandon; to renounce; to relinquish
4. Garish – adj. – too bright or gaudy; showy
5. Melancholy – adj. – sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom
6. Neophyte – n. – a recent convert to a belief; a beginner or novice
7. Perennial – adj. – continual; happening again and again or year after year
8. Requisite – adj. – required; necessary
9. Spawn – v. – to bring forth; to produce a large number
10. Tranquil – adj. – free from disturbance or agitation
11. Benign – adj. – kind; beneficial; doing little or no harm
12. Compelling – adj. – forceful; causing to yield
13. Desultory – adj. – moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
14. Endemic – adj. – native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous
15. Incisive – adj. – cutting right to the heart of the matter
16. Largess – n. – generous giving of gifts (or the gifts themselves); generosity; philanthropy
17. Mortify – v. – to humiliate
18. Plebian – adj. – common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois
19. Reprove – v. – to rebuke (criticize) severely or formally
20. Unmitigated – adj. – not lessened or eased

1. Condescend – v. – to descend voluntarily to the level of the person one is dealing with
2. Detractor – n. – one who takes or draws away; one who belittles another
3. Expunge – v. – to erase or remove completely
4. Haughty – adj. – showing great pride in oneself and disdain for others
5. Infallible – adj. – incapable of error; dependable
6. Ominous – adj. – threatening; sinister; serving as an omen
7. Predilection – n. – partiality or preference
8. Reprimand – adj. – to rebuke (criticize) severely or formally
9. Succinct – adj. – clearly and briefly stated; terse
10. Venerable – adj. – worthy of respect or reverence by reason of age and dignity, character, position, etc.
11. Callow – adj. – immature; inexperienced
12. Duress – n. – imprisonment; the use of force or threats
13. Eccentric – adj. – not conventional; kooky; irregular
14. Furor – n. – fury; rage; frenzy
15. Iniquity – n. – lack of righteousness or justice; wickedness
16. Mundane – adj. – ordinary; boring; not heavenly and eternal
17. Rancor – n. – bitter, long-lasting ill will or resentment
18. Sequester – v. – to set or keep apart
19. Torpor – n. – sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
20. Viscous – adj. – having a sticky fluid consistency

Collusion – n. – conspiracy; secret cooperation
Dispensation – n. – release from obligation
Enfranchise – v. – granting the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote
Formidable – adj. – causing fear or dread
Imprudent – adj. – lacking in judgment or caution; without thought of consequences
Machination – n. – scheming done for an evil purpose
Neologism – n. – new word or phrase; new usage of a word
Perpetrate – v. – to do something evil or offensive
Reclusive – adj. – withdrawn from society; hermitlike
Uncouth – adj. – uncultured; awkward and clumsy
Caustic – adj. – cutting, biting, or sarcastic
Destitute – adj. – extremely poor; utterly lacking
Exasperate – v. – to annoy thoroughly; to make angry or impatient
Frenetic – adj. – frantic; frenzied
Paltry – adj. – insignificant; worthless
Proselytize – v. – to convert or recruit someone from one religion or doctrine to another
Reticent – adj. – quiet ; restrained ; reluctant to speak
Sojourn – v. – live somewhere temporarily
Stoic – adj. – outwardly indifferent to joy, pain, grief, or pleasure
Vestige – n. – remaining bit of something; last trace

Contingent (adj.) – dependent upon
Defame (v.) – libel or slander; to ruin the good name of
Esoteric (adj.) – understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or
interest
Foment (v.) – stir up; instigate
Ingenuous (adj.) – Showing innocent or childlike simplicity
Malleable (adj.) – Easy to shape or bend
Obsequious (adj.) – Excessively eager to serve or obey someone
Primeval (adj.) – of the earliest times or ages
Soporific (adj.) – sleep-inducing; very boring
Vernacular (n.) – everyday speech
Confluence (n.) – coming together or meeting at one point; a flowing together and joining,
especially of rivers
Dictum (n.) – formal statement of a person’s judgment or principle
Expound (v.) – to state or explain in detail, point-by-point
Humility (n.) – absence of pride; state of being humble
Innate (adj.) – existing naturally, rather than acquired
Maxim (n.) – a fundamental principle; an old saying
Patrician (n.) – a person of noble birth; an aristocrat
Recrimination (n.) – a bitter accusation, made in retaliation for something
Sagacity (n.) – the quality of being sound in judgment and wise
Staccato (adj.) – Made up of abrupt, distinct elements or sounds

Consternation (n.) – state of paralyzing disappointment
Doctrinaire (adj.) – inflexibly committed to a theory, regardless of its practicality
Founder (v.) – fail; collapse; sink
Inept (adj.) – clumsy; incompetent
Morose (adj.) – gloomy; sullen
Pedestrian (adj.) – Unimaginative; banal(boring and ordinary)
Replete (adj.) – Completely filled; abundant
Squalor (n.) – filth; wretched, degraded, or repulsive living conditions
Unwitting (adj.) – unintentional; not aware
Vicarious (adj.) – experienced in the imagination through the actions or feelings of another
Cajole (v.) – persuade someone to do something he or she does not want to do
Demagogue (n.) – political leader who appeals to the prejudices and desires of ordinary people
rather than by using rational argument
Encroach (v.) – trespass; to make gradual or stealthy inroads into
Idyllic (adj.) – naturally peaceful; charming in a rustic way
Laud (v.) – Praise; applaud; celebrate
Peruse (v.) – read, typically in a careful or thorough way
Ramification (n.) – consequence; a branching out
Static (adj.) – stationary; not changing or moving
Terse (adj.) – succinct; using no unnecessary words
Ubiquitous (adj.) – being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent