Vocab


A

  • Adept at (adj): highly skilled or proficient in a particular area.

  • Affecting (adj): touching or moving emotionally.

  • Amalgamated (adj): combined or united to form one structure, organization, or group.

  • Amass (v): to gather or collect (especially wealth or information), typically over time.

  • Amorphous (adj): without a clearly defined shape or structure.

  • Appease (v): to make someone less angry or hostile.

  • Arcane (adj): mysterious; known or understood by only a few.

  • Assent (v): to express approval or agreement, especially after careful consideration.

  • Assuage (v): to relieve or ease (an unpleasant feeling).

  • Ascribe (v): to attribute something to a cause or source.

  • Attrite (v): to gradually reduce or wear down through sustained pressure.

  • Augment (v): to increase or make larger.

B

  • Banal (adj): ordinary; lacking originality or freshness.

  • Belies (v): to give a false impression of; to contradict.

  • Breadth (n): the extent or range of something, especially knowledge or coverage.

  • Burgeon (v): to grow or develop rapidly.

C

  • Circumspection (n): the quality of being cautious and unwilling to take risks.

  • Circumvent (v): to avoid by going around or bypassing.

  • Coalesce (v): to come together to form one mass or whole; to combine.

  • Coniferous (adj): relating to trees that produce cones and have needle-like leaves.

  • Consensus (n): general agreement.

  • Constrict (v): to limit or control tightly.

  • Convened (v): to come or bring together for a meeting.

  • Corollary (n): a natural consequence or result of something.

  • Corroborate (v): to confirm or support with evidence or authority.

  • Counterproductive (adj): having the opposite of the desired effect.

  • Cynical (adj): distrustful of others’ motives; believing people act out of self-interest.

  • Customary (adj): traditional; commonly practiced.

D

  • Decisive (adj): able to make decisions quickly and effectively; conclusive.

  • Decouple / Decoupled from (v): to separate or disengage from something.

  • Defunct (adj): no longer existing or functioning.

  • Denigrate (v): to unfairly criticize; to belittle.

  • Desultory (adj): lacking a clear plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; random or disconnected.

  • Detect (v): to discover or identify the presence of something.

  • Discern (v): to detect or recognize something with effort.

  • Disparage (v): to speak of in a disrespectful or belittling way.

  • Dissonance (n): lack of harmony or agreement; tension from clashing elements.

  • Dogmatic (adj): strongly opinionated; asserting opinions as truth.

E

  • Eclipsed (v): to overshadow or surpass.

  • Elude (v): to escape from or avoid.

  • Engender (v): to cause or give rise to.

  • Equivalence (n): the condition of being equal in value, meaning, or effect.

  • Erratic (adj): unpredictable; not regular or consistent.

  • Extraneous (adj): irrelevant or unrelated to the subject.

  • Efficacious (adj): effective; producing the intended result. (Note: not in original list, but useful synonym for “effectual”)

F

  • Factious (adj): joking or sarcastic in tone; humorous. (Note: should likely be “facetious” based on context)

  • Feasible (adj): possible, practical, or achievable.

  • Fictitious (adj): not real; invented or imagined.

  • Fluctuate (v): to change frequently in size, amount, or quality.

  • Forestalls (v): to prevent or hinder by taking action ahead of time.

H

  • Heterogeneous (adj): diverse in character or content.

I

  • Idiosyncratic (adj): peculiar or unique in character.

  • Imperative (adj): of vital importance; crucial.

  • Impartiality (n): fairness; the state of being unbiased.

  • Ineffectual (adj): not producing the desired effect.

  • Inconspicuousness (n): the quality of not attracting attention.

  • Indoctrinate (v): to teach someone to accept beliefs uncritically.

  • Ineluctable (adj): unavoidable; inescapable.

  • Intercede (v): to mediate or intervene on behalf of another.

M

  • Mediated by (v): brought about through an intermediary.

  • Misconstrue (v): to interpret something wrongly.

  • Modulate (v): to adjust or regulate.

N

  • Nebulous (adj): vague; unclear or ill-defined.

  • Nullify (v): to cancel out or make void.

P

  • Palpable (adj): easily perceptible; capable of being felt or touched.

  • Perfunctory (adj): done with minimal effort or reflection.

  • Pervasive (adj): widespread and spreading throughout.

  • Precipitate (v): to cause something to happen suddenly or unexpectedly.

  • Predicated on (v): based on.

  • Preclude (v): to prevent something from happening.

  • Promulgated (v): formally declared or made known.

  • Provocative (adj): causing a strong reaction; intentionally stimulating.

  • Proxy (n): a substitute or authorized representative.

  • Punitive (adj): intended as punishment.

R

  • Reciprocity (n): mutual exchange of privileges or actions.

  • Repudiate (v): to reject or refuse.

S

  • Satirized (v): mocked or ridiculed using satire.

  • Satiate (v): to satisfy fully, especially hunger or desire.

  • Scrupulous (adj): meticulous; showing great attention to detail.

  • Stymie (v): to prevent or hinder.

  • Steward (n): someone responsible for managing or looking after something.

  • Spurious (adj): false or fake.

  • Superfluous (adj): unnecessary or excessive.

  • Supplanted (v): replaced, often by force or strategy.

T

  • Tenable (adj): able to be defended or maintained.

U

  • Ubiquitous (adj): present or found everywhere.

  • Ubiquity (n): the state of being everywhere.

V

  • Variable (adj): not consistent; likely to change.

  • Vigilance (n): the action of keeping watch for danger or difficulties.

  • Viscous (adj): thick and sticky in consistency.