SCAT PREP
Flashcard #1 \n**Term:**
Abhor
\n**Definition:**
To loathe or detest
**Flashcard #2** \n**Term:**
Abstemious
\n**Definition:**
Sparing in the use of food or drink
**Flashcard #3** \n**Term:**
Activism
\n**Definition:**
a person devoted to the active life
**Flashcard #4** \n**Term:**
Aesthetic
\n**Definition:**
Pertaining to beauty
**Flashcard #5** \n**Term:**
Agile
\n**Definition:**
characterized as well coordinated in movement
**Flashcard #6** \n**Term:**
Agitate
\n**Definition:**
to bother
**Flashcard #7** \n**Term:**
Ambiguous
\n**Definition:**
Unclear; having more than one meaning
**Flashcard #8** \n**Term:**
Antidote
\n**Definition:**
Remedy for a poison
**Flashcard #9** \n**Term:**
Apathy
\n**Definition:**
Lack of interest or caring
**Flashcard #10** \n**Term:**
Aplomb
\n**Definition:**
Great self-confidence
**Flashcard #11** \n**Term:**
Apprehensively
\n**Definition:**
anxiously; worried
**Flashcard #12** \n**Term:**
Arrogance
\n**Definition:**
Overconfidence
**Flashcard #13** \n**Term:**
Avail
\n**Definition:**
to aid; help succeed to help of or use
**Flashcard #14** \n**Term:**
Averse
\n**Definition:**
Strong dislike for something
**Flashcard #15** \n**Term:**
Ballistic
\n**Definition:**
enraged with anger
**Flashcard #16** \n**Term:**
Bedevil
\n**Definition:**
to cause a lot of problems for someone or something
(괴롭히다)
**Flashcard #17** \n**Term:**
Blueprint
\n**Definition:**
A detailed or plan for a building
**Flashcard #18** \n**Term:**
Bluntly
\n**Definition:**
lacking feeling or emotion
**Flashcard #19** \n**Term:**
Bogus
\n**Definition:**
not genuine; fake
**Flashcard #20** \n**Term:**
Cadence
\n**Definition:**
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words.
**Flashcard #21** \n**Term:**
Cajole
\n**Definition:**
To coax
**Flashcard #22** \n**Term:**
Compensate
\n**Definition:**
to pay for an action or job
**Flashcard #23** \n**Term:**
Comprehensive
\n**Definition:**
Including everything, complete
**Flashcard #24** \n**Term:**
Condemn
\n**Definition:**
To express strong disapproval of
**Flashcard #25** \n**Term:**
Confiscate
\n**Definition:**
to take by authority
**Flashcard #26** \n**Term:**
Conflagration
\n**Definition:**
A widespread fire
**Flashcard #27** \n**Term:**
Conformity
\n**Definition:**
The act of becoming similar or identical to
**Flashcard #28** \n**Term:**
Congenial
\n**Definition:**
Agreeable, compatible
**Flashcard #29** \n**Term:**
Contemptible
\n**Definition:**
deserving of contempt or scorn; despicable
**Flashcard #30** \n**Term:**
Conventional
\n**Definition:**
Traditional, mundane
**Flashcard #31** \n**Term:**
Coy
\n**Definition:**
Shy and modest
**Flashcard #32** \n**Term:**
Crimson
\n**Definition:**
deep, purple red color
**Flashcard #33** \n**Term:**
Culprit
\n**Definition:**
a person guilty of an illegal act
**Flashcard #34** \n**Term:**
Cynicism
\n**Definition:**
The belief that all human action is motivated by selfishness
**Flashcard #35** \n**Term:**
Dappled
\n**Definition:**
scattered around
**Flashcard #36** \n**Term:**
Debunk
\n**Definition:**
To expose the falseness of something or someone
**Flashcard #37** \n**Term:**
Declivity
\n**Definition:**
downward slope
**Flashcard #38** \n**Term:**
Defendant
\n**Definition:**
Someone who has been accused of committing a crime
**Flashcard #39** \n**Term:**
Deliberate
\n**Definition:**
Intentional, well thought out (ADJ.)
**Flashcard #40** \n**Term:**
Detrimental
\n**Definition:**
Causing damage or harm
**Flashcard #41** \n**Term:**
Divergent
\n**Definition:**
Moving in different directions from a common point
**Flashcard #42** \n**Term:**
Diversity
\n**Definition:**
The state of having different elements
**Flashcard #43** \n**Term:**
Dubiously
\n**Definition:**
uncertain
**Flashcard #44** \n**Term:**
Dupe
\n**Definition:**
A person that is easily deceived
**Flashcard #45** \n**Term:**
Elusive
\n**Definition:**
Cleverly avoiding or escaping
**Flashcard #46** \n**Term:**
Embezzlement
\n**Definition:**
Noun. stealing money that has been entrusted to your care
**Flashcard #47** \n**Term:**
Emitted
\n**Definition:**
to give off; or release
**Flashcard #48** \n**Term:**
Empathy
\n**Definition:**
understanding and entering into another's feelings
**Flashcard #49** \n**Term:**
Erratic
\n**Definition:**
Unpredictable; eccentric
**Flashcard #50** \n**Term:**
Esoteric
\n**Definition:**
Known only by a few
**Flashcard #51** \n**Term:**
Exacerbate
\n**Definition:**
To make worse
**Flashcard #52** \n**Term:**
Exasperated
\n**Definition:**
feeling of being extremely annoyed
**Flashcard #53** \n**Term:**
Exploit
\n**Definition:**
To take advantage of; to use selfishly for one's own ends
**Flashcard #54** \n**Term:**
Extraneous
\n**Definition:**
Not pertinent or relevant
**Flashcard #55** \n**Term:**
Fickle
\n**Definition:**
Changing frequently
**Flashcard #56** \n**Term:**
Fundamental
\n**Definition:**
Basic, essential
**Flashcard #57** \n**Term:**
Ghastly
\n**Definition:**
Shockingly frightful
**Flashcard #58** \n**Term:**
Graphite
\n**Definition:**
Noun. a soft grey piece of carbon, used in making pencil lead
**Flashcard #59** \n**Term:**
Gullible
\n**Definition:**
Easily deceived
**Flashcard #60** \n**Term:**
Heir
\n**Definition:**
A person who inherits another's belongings
**Flashcard #61** \n**Term:**
Hoard
\n**Definition:**
To accumulate or stash away
**Flashcard #62** \n**Term:**
Immaculate
\n**Definition:**
Very clean
**Flashcard #63** \n**Term:**
Impassive
\n**Definition:**
no feeling or emotion
**Flashcard #64** \n**Term:**
Impending
\n**Definition:**
About to happen
**Flashcard #65** \n**Term:**
Imperial
\n**Definition:**
commanding
**Flashcard #66** \n**Term:**
Implausible
\n**Definition:**
Not possible, not imaginable
**Flashcard #67** \n**Term:**
Implored
\n**Definition:**
to beg urgently
**Flashcard #68** \n**Term:**
Impudence
\n**Definition:**
Bold disrespect or rudeness
**Flashcard #69** \n**Term:**
Inaudible
\n**Definition:**
Too quiet to be heard
**Flashcard #70** \n**Term:**
Incorrigible
\n**Definition:**
Not capable of being reformed
**Flashcard #71** \n**Term:**
Incriminating
\n**Definition:**
showing proof of a crime
**Flashcard #72** \n**Term:**
Indecision
\n**Definition:**
Inability to decide
**Flashcard #73** \n**Term:**
Indelible
\n**Definition:**
Incapable of being erased
**Flashcard #74** \n**Term:**
Indifference
\n**Definition:**
Lack of interest, feeling, or opinion
**Flashcard #75** \n**Term:**
Indomitable
\n**Definition:**
Unable to be subdued or overcome
**Flashcard #76** \n**Term:**
Infallible
\n**Definition:**
Unable to be proven wrong
**Flashcard #77** \n**Term:**
Infer
\n**Definition:**
Predict by reasoning
**Flashcard #78** \n**Term:**
Ingenuity
\n**Definition:**
Cleverness, originality
**Flashcard #79** \n**Term:**
Innocuous
\n**Definition:**
Causing or intending little or no harm
**Flashcard #80** \n**Term:**
Inquisitive
\n**Definition:**
Curious
**Flashcard #81** \n**Term:**
Integrity
\n**Definition:**
Honesty, moral uprightness
**Flashcard #82** \n**Term:**
Intermittent
\n**Definition:**
Not continuous
**Flashcard #83** \n**Term:**
Intimidate
\n**Definition:**
to fill with fear
**Flashcard #84** \n**Term:**
Irrelevant
\n**Definition:**
Not necessary or important to the matter at hand
**Flashcard #85** \n**Term:**
Itinerant
\n**Definition:**
Unsettled
**Flashcard #86** \n**Term:**
Jargon
\n**Definition:**
Words used by people in a particular field of work
**Flashcard #87** \n**Term:**
Jubilantly
\n**Definition:**
Showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph;
**Flashcard #88** \n**Term:**
Lamentation
\n**Definition:**
An expression of deep sorrow or regret
**Flashcard #89** \n**Term:**
Lampoon
\n**Definition:**
Sharp satire
**Flashcard #90** \n**Term:**
Leery
\n**Definition:**
wary; suspicious
**Flashcard #91** \n**Term:**
Leverage
\n**Definition:**
the act to exert power or influence
**Flashcard #92** \n**Term:**
Levity
\n**Definition:**
Lightness; lacking seriousness
**Flashcard #93** \n**Term:**
Liberate
\n**Definition:**
to make free
**Flashcard #94** \n**Term:**
Magnate
\n**Definition:**
A person of great influence in a particular field
**Flashcard #95** \n**Term:**
Maimed
\n**Definition:**
mutilated; disfigured; seriously wounded
**Flashcard #96** \n**Term:**
Marred
\n**Definition:**
Impaired the perfection of; scarred
**Flashcard #97** \n**Term:**
Meager
\n**Definition:**
Lacking in amount or quality, poor
**Flashcard #98** \n**Term:**
Mediocrity
\n**Definition:**
Ordinariness, lack of distinction
**Flashcard #99** \n**Term:**
Melancholy
\n**Definition:**
A gloomy state of mind, sad or depressed state
**Flashcard #100** \n**Term:**
Menagerie
\n**Definition:**
collection of animals
**Flashcard #101** \n**Term:**
Methodical
\n**Definition:**
Orderly, having a set system
**Flashcard #102** \n**Term:**
Meticulous
\n**Definition:**
Very careful, attentive to details
**Flashcard #103** \n**Term:**
Miser
\n**Definition:**
One who saves greedily
**Flashcard #104** \n**Term:**
Mitigate
\n**Definition:**
To make less severe
**Flashcard #105** \n**Term:**
Mobility
\n**Definition:**
Ability to move or be moved
**Flashcard #106** \n**Term:**
Monarch
\n**Definition:**
A ruler; a king, queen, to rule
**Flashcard #107** \n**Term:**
Monotonous
\n**Definition:**
Boring; unvarying in tone or content
**Flashcard #108** \n**Term:**
Morose
\n**Definition:**
Gloomy; ill-tempered
**Flashcard #109** \n**Term:**
Mosaic
\n**Definition:**
A picture made of small pieces of stone or glass
**Flashcard #110** \n**Term:**
Mundane
\n**Definition:**
Ordinary or commonplace
**Flashcard #111** \n**Term:**
Negate
\n**Definition:**
To destroy the validity of something
**Flashcard #112** \n**Term:**
Notorious
\n**Definition:**
widely and unfavorably known
**Flashcard #113** \n**Term:**
Novel
\n**Definition:**
Original, new or different
**Flashcard #114** \n**Term:**
Novice
\n**Definition:**
A person who is new at something
**Flashcard #115** \n**Term:**
Nullify
\n**Definition:**
To make invalid or worthless
**Flashcard #116** \n**Term:**
Objective
\n**Definition:**
Not affected by personal feelings
**Flashcard #117** \n**Term:**
Obligation
\n**Definition:**
Something by which a person is bound to do of duty
**Flashcard #118** \n**Term:**
Obliterate
\n**Definition:**
To wipe out, remove all traces
**Flashcard #119** \n**Term:**
Obscure
\n**Definition:**
Not known; difficult to understand
**Flashcard #120** \n**Term:**
Obsessive
\n**Definition:**
Overly preoccupied
**Flashcard #121** \n**Term:**
Obsolete
\n**Definition:**
Outdated
**Flashcard #122** \n**Term:**
Ominous
\n**Definition:**
Signaling something evil is about to happen
**Flashcard #123** \n**Term:**
Opaque
\n**Definition:**
Not transparent
**Flashcard #124** \n**Term:**
Ornery
\n**Definition:**
difficult; stubborn
**Flashcard #125** \n**Term:**
Paradox
\n**Definition:**
Something that seems to contradict itself
**Flashcard #126** \n**Term:**
Parochial
\n**Definition:**
Having a narrow scope
**Flashcard #127** \n**Term:**
Pastiche
\n**Definition:**
Piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles
**Flashcard #128** \n**Term:**
Patent
\n**Definition:**
Obvious, readily visible
**Flashcard #129** \n**Term:**
Paucity
\n**Definition:**
Small amount or number
**Flashcard #130** \n**Term:**
Peculiar
\n**Definition:**
weird; strange; odd
**Flashcard #131** \n**Term:**
Penchant
\n**Definition:**
A strong taste or liking
**Flashcard #132** \n**Term:**
Perplexed
\n**Definition:**
confused or baffled
**Flashcard #133** \n**Term:**
Persecution
\n**Definition:**
Tormenting a person because of his or her beliefs
**Flashcard #134** \n**Term:**
Phenomena
\n**Definition:**
Occurrences, facts, or observable circumstances
**Flashcard #135** \n**Term:**
Philanthropist
\n**Definition:**
Someone who gives to worthy causes
**Flashcard #136** \n**Term:**
Pioneer
\n**Definition:**
N: A leader in a field V: To lead the way in a field
**Flashcard #137** \n**Term:**
Pious
\n**Definition:**
Having reverence for a god
**Flashcard #138** \n**Term:**
Plagiarist
\n**Definition:**
A person who presents someone else's work as his or her own
**Flashcard #139** \n**Term:**
Plateau
\n**Definition:**
A condition of neither growth nor decline
**Flashcard #140** \n**Term:**
Ponder
\n**Definition:**
Verb. reflect or thinking deeply on a subject
**Flashcard #141** \n**Term:**
Precarious
\n**Definition:**
Unstable; insecure
**Flashcard #142** \n**Term:**
Preclude
\n**Definition:**
To make impossible
**Flashcard #143** \n**Term:**
Predator
\n**Definition:**
a person or animal that preys on another person or animal
**Flashcard #144** \n**Term:**
Predecessor
\n**Definition:**
A person who precedes another in an office or position
**Flashcard #145** \n**Term:**
Premonition
\n**Definition:**
A feeling that something is about to happen
**Flashcard #146** \n**Term:**
Presumptuous
\n**Definition:**
Bold to the point of rudeness
**Flashcard #147** \n**Term:**
Prevailing
\n**Definition:**
Generally accepted, having superior power
**Flashcard #148** \n**Term:**
Prodigal
\n**Definition:**
Wasteful
**Flashcard #149** \n**Term:**
Profound
\n**Definition:**
great or intense
**Flashcard #150** \n**Term:**
Prominent
\n**Definition:**
Standing out; important
**Flashcard #151** \n**Term:**
Provincial
\n**Definition:**
Concerning a province of a state or country
**Flashcard #152** \n**Term:**
Provoke
\n**Definition:**
Anger; arouse; bring to action
**Flashcard #153** \n**Term:**
Public service announcement
\n**Definition:**
performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
**Flashcard #154** \n**Term:**
Purgation
\n**Definition:**
The process of getting rid of impurities
**Flashcard #155** \n**Term:**
Quibble
\n**Definition:**
V. To make a minor objection; N. A small objection
**Flashcard #156** \n**Term:**
Rebuttal
\n**Definition:**
Reply to criticism or challenge
**Flashcard #157** \n**Term:**
Recluse
\n**Definition:**
Someone who lives in seclusion
**Flashcard #158** \n**Term:**
Reconcile
\n**Definition:**
To settle a problem
**Flashcard #159** \n**Term:**
Reticent
\n**Definition:**
Shy
**Flashcard #160** \n**Term:**
Rectify
\n**Definition:**
Fix, correct
**Flashcard #161** \n**Term:**
Recuperate
\n**Definition:**
to recover
**Flashcard #162** \n**Term:**
Redundant
\n**Definition:**
Characterized by necessary repetition of words
**Flashcard #163** \n**Term:**
Regulate
\n**Definition:**
to control or direct by some particular method
**Flashcard #164** \n**Term:**
Regurgitation
\n**Definition:**
vomit
**Flashcard #165** \n**Term:**
Reign
\n**Definition:**
N. Having supreme power; V. To rule
**Flashcard #166** \n**Term:**
Renounce
\n**Definition:**
To give up or put aside
**Flashcard #167** \n**Term:**
Repeal
\n**Definition:**
To take back a law or other decision
**Flashcard #168** \n**Term:**
Replete
\n**Definition:**
Gorged or full; sated
**Flashcard #169** \n**Term:**
Reprimand
\n**Definition:**
scold; punish; correct behavior
**Flashcard #170** \n**Term:**
Repudiate
\n**Definition:**
To cast off or disown
**Flashcard #171** \n**Term:**
Residual
\n**Definition:**
Describing the part left over
**Flashcard #172** \n**Term:**
Resolute
\n**Definition:**
Strongly determined
**Flashcard #173** \n**Term:**
Resourceful
\n**Definition:**
Able to find solutions
**Flashcard #174** \n**Term:**
Rever
\n**Definition:**
To regard with awe
**Flashcard #175** \n**Term:**
Rivalry
\n**Definition:**
An ongoing competition
**Flashcard #176** \n**Term:**
Ruefully
\n**Definition:**
regretfully to be sorry
**Flashcard #177** \n**Term:**
Rustic
\n**Definition:**
Rural
**Flashcard #178** \n**Term:**
Sanction
\n**Definition:**
V. To give permission N. A coercive measure designed to make a person or persons comply
**Flashcard #179** \n**Term:**
Sanctuary
\n**Definition:**
A safe place or a room for worship
**Flashcard #180** \n**Term:**
Satiate
\n**Definition:**
Satisfy fully
**Flashcard #181** \n**Term:**
Saunter
\n**Definition:**
walk lazily(slowly) in no hurry
**Flashcard #182** \n**Term:**
Scam
\n**Definition:**
fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle
**Flashcard #183** \n**Term:**
Scurried
\n**Definition:**
to run quickly; scamper
**Flashcard #184** \n**Term:**
Sect
\n**Definition:**
A subgroup of a religion; a faction
**Flashcard #185** \n**Term:**
Sentinel
\n**Definition:**
A guard, a watchman
**Flashcard #186** \n**Term:**
Serene
\n**Definition:**
Calm, peaceful
**Flashcard #187** \n**Term:**
Skeptical
\n**Definition:**
Showing doubt and disbelief
**Flashcard #188** \n**Term:**
Slander
\n**Definition:**
Untruthful spoken attack on someone's reputation
**Flashcard #189** \n**Term:**
Slothful
\n**Definition:**
Lazy
**Flashcard #190** \n**Term:**
Sluggish
\n**Definition:**
Lacking energy
**Flashcard #191** \n**Term:**
Sobriety
\n**Definition:**
Being quiet or serious
**Flashcard #192** \n**Term:**
Soporific
\n**Definition:**
Causing sleep
**Flashcard #193** \n**Term:**
Speculation
\n**Definition:**
The act of thinking about or pondering something
**Flashcard #194** \n**Term:**
Spendthrift
\n**Definition:**
A person who spends money wastefully
**Flashcard #195** \n**Term:**
Stanza
\n**Definition:**
A section of a poem
**Flashcard #196** \n**Term:**
Stimulus
\n**Definition:**
Something that causes a reaction
**Flashcard #197** \n**Term:**
Stoic
\n**Definition:**
Not affected by passion or feeling
**Flashcard #198** \n**Term:**
Strident
\n**Definition:**
Harsh, grating
**Flashcard #199** \n**Term:**
Strive
\n**Definition:**
Try hard, make a major effort
**Flashcard #200** \n**Term:**
Stupefy
\n**Definition:**
To make less alert
**Flashcard #201** \n**Term:**
Stylized
\n**Definition:**
In a particular style, often an unrealistic one
**Flashcard #202** \n**Term:**
Subordinate
\n**Definition:**
Placed in lower order or rank
**Flashcard #203** \n**Term:**
Subtle
\n**Definition:**
Hardly noticeable
**Flashcard #204** \n**Term:**
Succinct
\n**Definition:**
Brief, concise
**Flashcard #205** \n**Term:**
Succumb
\n**Definition:**
To give way to superior force
**Flashcard #206** \n**Term:**
Sullen
\n**Definition:**
Sad, sulky
**Flashcard #207** \n**Term:**
Superficial
\n**Definition:**
Near the surface, slight
**Flashcard #208** \n**Term:**
Superfluous
\n**Definition:**
Unnecessary
**Flashcard #209** \n**Term:**
Supremacy
\n**Definition:**
The state of being supreme or having the most power
**Flashcard #210** \n**Term:**
Surfeit
\n**Definition:**
Excess, overindulgence
**Flashcard #211** \n**Term:**
Surly
\n**Definition:**
rude or bad tempered; hostile
**Flashcard #212** \n**Term:**
Swindle
\n**Definition:**
To cheat out of money or property
**Flashcard #213** \n**Term:**
Symmetry
\n**Definition:**
Balanced proportions
**Flashcard #214** \n**Term:**
Synchronize
\n**Definition:**
To cause to occur at the same time
**Flashcard #215** \n**Term:**
Synopsis
\n**Definition:**
Plot summary
**Flashcard #216** \n**Term:**
Systematic
\n**Definition:**
Regular
**Flashcard #217** \n**Term:**
Tacit
\n**Definition:**
Implied, not stated outright
**Flashcard #218** \n**Term:**
Taciturn
\n**Definition:**
Being of few words
**Flashcard #219** \n**Term:**
Tactful
\n**Definition:**
Saying or doing the proper thing
**Flashcard #220** \n**Term:**
Tactical
\n**Definition:**
when someone is acting in a strategic manner in other words, acting out a plan
**Flashcard #221** \n**Term:**
Taint
\n**Definition:**
To affect with something harmful; contaminate
**Flashcard #222** \n**Term:**
Tantamount
\n**Definition:**
Equivalent in effect or meaning
**Flashcard #223** \n**Term:**
Taxidermy
\n**Definition:**
the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form
**Flashcard #224** \n**Term:**
Tedious
\n**Definition:**
Tired of something time consuming
**Flashcard #225** \n**Term:**
Temper
\n**Definition:**
To moderate, to make less extreme
**Flashcard #226** \n**Term:**
Tenet
\n**Definition:**
Idea or belief
**Flashcard #227** \n**Term:**
Terminate
\n**Definition:**
Bring to an end
**Flashcard #228** \n**Term:**
Testimony
\n**Definition:**
Statement in support of something, often under oath
**Flashcard #229** \n**Term:**
Theologian
\n**Definition:**
One who studies religion
**Flashcard #230** \n**Term:**
Theoretical
\n**Definition:**
Not proven true, existing only as an idea
**Flashcard #231** \n**Term:**
Thesis
\n**Definition:**
Unproven theory, long research paper
**Flashcard #232** \n**Term:**
Tirade
\n**Definition:**
A long harsh or abusive speech
**Flashcard #233** \n**Term:**
Torpid
\n**Definition:**
Without energy; sluggish
**Flashcard #234** \n**Term:**
Tract
\n**Definition:**
A piece of land
**Flashcard #235** \n**Term:**
Traitor
\n**Definition:**
One who betrays someone, cause, or country
**Flashcard #236** \n**Term:**
Transcendent
\n**Definition:**
Going beyond known limits
**Flashcard #237** \n**Term:**
Trepidation
\n**Definition:**
a state of fear or anxiety
**Flashcard #238** \n**Term:**
Trite
\n**Definition:**
Overused, lacking freshness
**Flashcard #239** \n**Term:**
Truant
\n**Definition:**
Someone who cuts school or neglects his or her duties
**Flashcard #240** \n**Term:**
Truncate
\n**Definition:**
Shorten by cutting off
**Flashcard #241** \n**Term:**
Tumultuous
\n**Definition:**
Characterized by a noisy uproar
**Flashcard #242** \n**Term:**
Ubiquitous
\n**Definition:**
Being everywhere at the same time
**Flashcard #243** \n**Term:**
Unanimity
\n**Definition:**
Complete agreement
**Flashcard #244** \n**Term:**
Unbiased
\n**Definition:**
Without prejudice
**Flashcard #245** \n**Term:**
Uncanny
\n**Definition:**
Strange and mysterious
**Flashcard #246** \n**Term:**
Undermine
\n**Definition:**
To injure or destroy underhandedly
**Flashcard #247** \n**Term:**
Unethical
\n**Definition:**
Having bad moral principles
**Flashcard #248** \n**Term:**
Unheralded
\n**Definition:**
Unnoticed or unappreciated
**Flashcard #249** \n**Term:**
Uniform
\n**Definition:**
Alike, identical
**Flashcard #250** \n**Term:**
Unnerving
\n**Definition:**
Upsetting, causing nervousness
**Flashcard #251** \n**Term:**
Unprecedented
\n**Definition:**
Without parallel
**Flashcard #252** \n**Term:**
Unseemly
\n**Definition:**
Unbecoming
**Flashcard #253** \n**Term:**
Unsound
\n**Definition:**
Not solid; not well found; not healthy
**Flashcard #254** \n**Term:**
Unwitting
\n**Definition:**
Unaware
**Flashcard #255** \n**Term:**
Urbane
\n**Definition:**
Highly sophisticated
**Flashcard #256** \n**Term:**
Usurp
\n**Definition:**
To seize power by force
**Flashcard #257** \n**Term:**
Utility
\n**Definition:**
Usefulness
**Flashcard #258** \n**Term:**
Vacillation
\n**Definition:**
Wavering; going back and forth
**Flashcard #259** \n**Term:**
Vanquish
\n**Definition:**
Overpower completely
**Flashcard #260** \n**Term:**
Vengeful
\n**Definition:**
Wanting or seeking revenge
**Flashcard #261** \n**Term:**
Verbosity
\n**Definition:**
The use of too many words
**Flashcard #262** \n**Term:**
Verifiable
\n**Definition:**
Able to be proven true
**Flashcard #263** \n**Term:**
Versatile
\n**Definition:**
Capable of doing many things well
**Flashcard #264** \n**Term:**
Vigor
\n**Definition:**
Energy, vitality
**Flashcard #265** \n**Term:**
Virtually
\n**Definition:**
basically; for the most part
**Flashcard #266** \n**Term:**
Virtue
\n**Definition:**
Moral excellence
**Flashcard #267** \n**Term:**
Vitality
\n**Definition:**
Energy, liveliness
**Flashcard #268** \n**Term:**
Vivid
\n**Definition:**
Sharp, intense; making an impression on the senses
**Flashcard #269** \n**Term:**
Vociferous
\n**Definition:**
Loud
**Flashcard #270** \n**Term:**
Void
\n**Definition:**
To invalidate
**Flashcard #271** \n**Term:**
Vulnerable
\n**Definition:**
Capable of being hurt
**Flashcard #272** \n**Term:**
Wily
\n**Definition:**
Artful, cunning, sly, deceitful
**Flashcard #273** \n**Term:**
Witty
\n**Definition:**
Clever or amusing
**Flashcard #274** \n**Term:**
Wry
\n**Definition:**
Dryly humorous
**Flashcard #275** \n**Term:**
Yearning
\n**Definition:**
Deep longing
**Flashcard #276** \n**Term:**
Zeal
\n**Definition:**
Enthusiasm and intensity
Flashcard #1 \n**Term:**
Insinuation
\n**Definition:**
Slyly or subtly suggesting something
**Flashcard #2** \n**Term:**
Ostentatious
\n**Definition:**
Flashily and Pretentiously; showy to attract notice
**Flashcard #3** \n**Term:**
Entourage
\n**Definition:**
Bodyguards
**Flashcard #4** \n**Term:**
Impasse
\n**Definition:**
A stalemate/deadlock
**Flashcard #5** \n**Term:**
Abdicate
\n**Definition:**
To resign authority
**Flashcard #6** \n**Term:**
Recalcitrant
\n**Definition:**
Having an obstinately (stubborn) attitude towards authority
**Flashcard #7** \n**Term:**
Insolent
\n**Definition:**
Showing rudeness and a lack of respect
**Flashcard #8** \n**Term:**
Corral
\n**Definition:**
To gather together
**Flashcard #9** \n**Term:**
Garrulous
\n**Definition:**
Especially talkative
**Flashcard #10** \n**Term:**
Banal
\n**Definition:**
Lacking in material, boring
**Flashcard #11** \n**Term:**
Insipid
\n**Definition:**
Bland, lacking flavor
**Flashcard #12** \n**Term:**
Dissent
\n**Definition:**
To disagree or act against
**Flashcard #13** \n**Term:**
Licentious
\n**Definition:**
Unrestrained by law or morality
**Flashcard #14** \n**Term:**
Officious
\n**Definition:**
Eagerly offering unwanted help or advice
**Flashcard #15** \n**Term:**
Onerous
\n**Definition:**
Causing hardship
**Flashcard #16** \n**Term:**
Perfidy
\n**Definition:**
Deliberate breech of trust
**Flashcard #17** \n**Term:**
Burnish
\n**Definition:**
To polish
**Flashcard #18** \n**Term:**
Egress
\n**Definition:**
An exit
**Flashcard #19** \n**Term:**
Contrivance
\n**Definition:**
To maneuver
**Flashcard #20** \n**Term:**
Facsimile
\n**Definition:**
An exact copy, replica
**Flashcard #21** \n**Term:**
Mar
\n**Definition:**
Spoil, to impair the appearance of
**Flashcard #22** \n**Term:**
Flue
\n**Definition:**
A duct (ex/ .A chimney)
**Flashcard #23** \n**Term:**
Founder
\n**Definition:**
To sink
**Flashcard #24** \n**Term:**
Extol
\n**Definition:**
To praise enthusiastically
**Flashcard #25** \n**Term:**
Sully
\n**Definition:**
To damage (reputation)
**Flashcard #26** \n**Term:**
Aspirant
\n**Definition:**
Someone who aspires to be something
**Flashcard #27** \n**Term:**
Incumbent
\n**Definition:**
The holder of an office or post
**Flashcard #28** \n**Term:**
Bounty
\n**Definition:**
A generous gift
**Flashcard #29** \n**Term:**
Meek
\n**Definition:**
Passive and submissive
**Flashcard #30** \n**Term:**
Genteel
\n**Definition:**
Polite, refined and respected
**Flashcard #31** \n**Term:**
Winsome
\n**Definition:**
Appealing or attractive in appearance.
**Flashcard #32** \n**Term:**
Reproach
\n**Definition:**
To blame someone/ be disappointed
**Flashcard #33** \n**Term:**
Aghast
\n**Definition:**
Shocked
**Flashcard #34** \n**Term:**
Limber
\n**Definition:**
Supple, flexible
**Flashcard #35** \n**Term:**
Caprice
\n**Definition:**
A sudden and unaccountable change in mood
**Flashcard #36** \n**Term:**
Adage
\n**Definition:**
A short proverb added to the end expressing a general truth
**Flashcard #37** \n**Term:**
Fidelity
\n**Definition:**
Faithfulness to a person or a cause
**Flashcard #38** \n**Term:**
Mendicant
\n**Definition:**
A beggar
**Flashcard #39** \n**Term:**
Lexicon
\n**Definition:**
A dictionary
**Flashcard #40** \n**Term:**
Minutiae
\n**Definition:**
The trivial parts of something
**Flashcard #41** \n**Term:**
Decrepit
\n**Definition:**
elderly and infirm
**Flashcard #42** \n**Term:**
Employ
\n**Definition:**
To use
**Flashcard #43** \n**Term:**
Exalt
\n**Definition:**
Elevate
**Flashcard #44** \n**Term:**
Indefatigable
\n**Definition:**
Tireless
**Flashcard #45** \n**Term:**
Ambulatory
\n**Definition:**
A place for walking/relating to walking
**Flashcard #46** \n**Term:**
Foible
\n**Definition:**
A weakness in someone's character
**Flashcard #47** \n**Term:**
Innocuous
\n**Definition:**
Not harmful or offensive
**Flashcard #48** \n**Term:**
Veracious
\n**Definition:**
Speaking or representing the truth
**Flashcard #49** \n**Term:**
Vanity
\n**Definition:**
Excessive pride in oneself
**Flashcard #50** \n**Term:**
Earnest
\n**Definition:**
Serious, intense dedication