Vocabulary Words

Question	Answer
Apathy	Lack of emotion or interest
Ambiguous	Having more than one meaning
Fervent	Passionate
Vagrant	A wandering homeless person
Revere	To worship
Denounce	To speak out against
Stagnant	Not moving
Candid	Honest; Frank
Impartial	Unbiased
Ostentatious	Showing off
Contentious	Quarrelsome
Reprove	To scold; to find fault with
Cursory	Hasty, not thorough
Profligate	Extremely wasteful; wildly extravagant
Miser	Someone who hoards money
Jocular	Joking
Fracas	Uproar; brawl
Corroborate	To confirm
Precarious	Dangerously unstable
Bolster	To support
Daunt	To intimidate; to discourage
Superficial	Shallow; on the surface only
Lucid	clear; easy to understand
Aesthetic	Concerned with art or beauty
Prodigal	Extravagant; wasteful
Assess	To estimate the value of; to measure
Deter	To prevent, especially by threatening
Complacent	Smug; self-satisfied; overly confident
Contempt	Disdain; hatred
Eloquent	Speaking well; articulate
Virtue	Moral excellence
Guile	Cunning; deceitfulness
Censor	To delete objectionable material
Hypocritical	Insincere
Eccentric	Odd; unusual; quirky
Disdain	Contempt; intense dislike
Abstract	Theoretical; lacking substance
Enigma	Mystery
Inevitable	Unavoidable; bound to happen
Inferred	Derived by reasoning; implied, as a conclusion
Diverse	Varied
Apprehensive	Fearful; worried
Benevolent	Good; kind-hearted; generous
Virulent	Very harmful (like a virus)
Pious (piety)	Deadly religious
Provincial	Narrow-minded; unsophisticated
Resignation	Acceptance of a situation
Resolution (resolve)	Determination
Servile	Overly submissive; cringing; like a servant
Diligent	Hard-working
Refute	to disprove
Anarchy	lack of government; chaos
Miser	One who saves greedily
Discord	Disagreement
Monotonous	Without variety; tiresome
Trivial	Unimportant; insignificant
Profound (profundity)	deep; insightful
Phenomenon	an observable fact or occurrence
Tentative	Temporary; not final
Contemporary	Living at the same time; modern
Adversary	an opponent; enemy
Gravity (grave)	seriousness (second meaning)
Banal	common; dull; ordinary
Depravity	moral corruption
Temper	to moderate; to soften
Censure	to blame; to criticize
Extol	to praise
Erratic	Irregular; without direction
Euphony	Pleasant sound
Antagonist	Opposition; hostility; resistance
Arbitrary	Subject to individual judgment
Austere	Severe; without frills
Expedite	to make faster or easier
Heresy	an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
Condescend	to talk down to
Fallacious (fallacy)	false; untrue
Intangible	Abstract; not capable of being touched or felt
Arrogant	Acting superior to others; snooty
Compatible	able to co-exist; harmonious
Solicity	to ask for; to seek
Elusive (elude)	tough to catch; hard to pin down
Facilitate	to make easier; to help
Static	Stationary; not moving
Ironic	Satiric; unexpected
Dogmatic	Stubbornly opinionated
Flagrant	Shocking; outstandingly bad
Frivolous	Not serious; trivial; silly
Taciturn	Quiet; saying little
Infamous	Notorious; scandalous
Authoritarian	Like a dictator
Exhaustive	Thorough; complete
Profuse	Flowing freely; generous; excessive
Expedient	Useful for effecting a desired result
Fastidious	Not easy to please; overly critical
Prosaic	Uninspired; dull; banal
Languid	slow; tired; drooping; weak
Astute	Perceptive; clever
Brevity	Briefness
Incoherent	Impossible to understand; chaotic
Mitigate	To make milder; to make less severe
Reprehensible	Shameful; bad
Augment	To add; to increase; to make bigger
Engender	to create; to produce
Deride (derision)	to ridicule; to make fun of
Novel	New
Solemn	serious; grave
Ambivalent	Undecided
Reticent	quiet; uncommunicative; taciturn
Fervor	passion; zeal; great enthusiasm
Scanty	Inadequate; minimal
Pragmatic	Practical
Didactic	Instructive
Deference (defer)	a show of respect
Vacillate	to waiver between choices
Endorse	to approve of; to give support to
Conspicuous	easily seen; out in the open
Negligence	carelessness; neglect; indifference
Ephemeral	short-lived; fleeting; transitory
Relegate	To dismiss to an inferior person
Futile	hopeless; worthless; useless
Condone	to forgive; to overlook
Dissent	disagreement
Conciliate	to sooth; to end a dispute; to reconcile
Disparity	inequality; difference
Disparage	to speak badly of; to belittle
Conventional	ordinary; customary; normal; traditional
Auspicious	favorable; positive
Universal	existing or present everywhere
Fickle	Unpredictable; capricious; whimsical
Furtive	secretive
Remorse	sadness; regret
Respite	A rest; a pause; a break
Scrutinize	To examine closely
Coalesce	To come together; to merge; to join
Orthodoz	Standard; commonly accepted; conventional
Innate	Inborn; inherited
Preclude	to prevent; to make impossible
Efface	To erase; to wipe out
Marred	Damaged; bruised
Ameliorate	To make better; to improve
Prodigious	of enormous quantity or size
Immutable	Unchanging; permanent
Stoic	indifferent to pleasure and pain
Innocuous	Harmless
Indolence	laziness
Amiable	Friendly
Laud	to praise
Caustic	Burning; uncomplimentary
Atrophy	to waste away from lack of use
Meander	to wander randomly
Instigate	to start trouble
Heed	to obey
Virtuoso	an accomplished musician
Deplete	to use up; to reduce
Compliant	Submissive; obedient
Inadvertent	Accidental; unintentional
Acquiesce	to agree finally; to go along with something
Levity	Humor
Belittle	to put down; to disparage
Extraneous	Irrelevant; extra; unnecessary
Digress	to stray away from the subject
Emulate	to copy something admired; to imitate
Appease	to make peace with; to satisfy
Sage (sagacious)	a wise person
Nostalgic	yearning for the good old days
Assuage	to soothe
Saccharine	overly sweety
Stanza	a section of a poem
Jeopardy	Danger
Supercilious	Haughty; arrogant
Avarice	Greed
Blithe	free-spirited; carefree
Scrupulous	Careful; diligent; moral
Volatile	Changeable; unstable; explosive
Peripheral	on the edge; surrounding; unimportant
Hedonistic	pleasure-seeking; indulgent
Amity	friendship
Benefactor	a generous donor; someone who helps
Apocryphal	a doubtful origin; mythical
Slander	to defame; to speak maliciously of someone
Animosity	hatred
Stringent	strict; harsh; severe
Hackneyed	banal; over-used
Amass	to accumulate; to pile up
Verbose	wordy; overly talkative
Trepidation	fear
Desecrate	to profane a holy place
Fortuitous	accidental; happening by chance or luck
Vehement	Urgent; passionate; forceful
Credulous	gullible; overly trusting
Blasphemy	heretical departure from accepted practice
Lax	careless; not diligent; relaxed
Cryptic	mysterious; puzzling; enigmatic
Esoteric	Understood only by a select few
Pretentious	Not fitting in; out of place
Merger	A joining; a uniting
Pedestrian	common; ordinary; banal
Prudent	careful; cautious
Sycophant	a boot licker; a brown-noser
Rescind	to repeal; to take back; formally

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