abate, verb ambivalence, noun

to reduce in amount, degree or severity the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional
attitudes
abdicate, verb
to renounce or relinquish a throne ameliorate, verb
to make better; to improve
aberrant, adjective
abnormal or deviant amity , noun
friendship; peaceful harmony
abeyance, noun
suspended action anachronism, noun
something or someone misplaced in time; an obsolete or
abject, adjective archaic form
utterly hopeless; humiliating or wretched
anarchy, noun
ablution, noun absence of governing body; state of disorder
act of cleansing
androgynous, adjective
abscond, verb being both male and female
depart secretly and hide
anomalous, adjective
abstemious, adjective abnormal; irregular
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
antipathy, noun
acquiesce, verb aversion; dislike
to comply, give in
apartheid, noun
acrid, adjective any system or caste that separates people according to
sharp or biting to the taste or smell race

acrimonious, adjective apathy, adjective

caustic, stinging or bitter in nature lack of interest or emotion; uncaring; indifference

adjoin, verb appease, verb

to be close or in contact with pacify or soothe; relieve

admonish, verb approbation, noun

to counsel against something; caution; warn; reprove approval; praise, consideration

adulterate, verb appropriate, adjective

to make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances acquire; take possession of for one’s own use

aesthetic, adjective arduous, adjective

artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the hard; strenuous
beautiful
artless, adjective
affable, adjective without guile; open and honest
friendly, courteous
ascetic, adjective
aggrandize, verb practicing self-denial; austere
to increase in power, influence and reputation
assiduous, adjective
aggregate, verb diligent, persistent, hardworking
gather; accumulate
assuage, verb
alacrity, adjective to make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy
cheerful promptness; eagerness (hunger); soothe (anger)

alleviate, verb atrophy, verb

relieve to waste away; wither or deteriorate; the wasting away of
body tissue
altruist, noun
a person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others audacious, adjective
daring; bold

amalgamate, verb austere, adjective

combine; unite in one body forbiddingly stern in appearance; severely simple and
unornamented
amatory, adjective
of or pertaining to lovers or lovemaking autonomous, adjective
self-governing; independent
ambiguous, adjective
unclear or doubtful in meaning banal, adjective
boring; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clichéd;
hackneyed
 compliant, adjective
belligerent, adjective yielding; conforming to requirements
warlike, given to waging war
compunction, noun
bemoan, verb a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong
to express pity for
concentric, adjective
benevolent, adjective having a common center
desiring to do good to others
conciliate, verb
benign, adjective to placate, win over
having a kindly disposition
conciliatory, adjective
bilateral, adjective reconciling; soothing
pertaining to or affecting two or both sides
condone, verb
bolster, verb overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
support; reinforce
conflagration, noun
bombastic, adjective a large destructive fire
pompous in speech and manner ; using inflated
language confluence, noun
merging into one
boorish, adjective
rude; insensitive confound, verb
confuse; puzzle
burnish, verb
make shiny by rubbing; polish congenital, adjective
existing or as such from birth
buttress, verb
support; prop up connoisseur, noun
person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art
capitulate, verb
to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms contention, noun
claim; thesis
capricious, adjective
unpredictable; fickle; changing one’s mind quickly and contentious, adjective
often quarrelsome

castigate, verb contravene, verb

to punish or criticize harshly to come into conflict with

catalyst, noun contrite, adjective

agent that increases the rate of a chemical action; feeling regret and sorrow for one’s sins or offenses;
person or thing that causes action penitent

caustic, adjective conundrum, noun

burning; sarcastically biting riddle; difficult problem

convalescent, adjective
chicanery, noun recovering from illness
trickery; deception by means of craft or guile
converge, verb
circuitous, adjective approach; tend to meet; come together
roundabout, indirect
convoke, verb
circumscribe, verb to call together
to draw a line around
convoluted, adjective
circumspect, adjective intricate and complicated
watchful and discreet
corroborate, verb
coagulate, verb to provide supporting evidence
thicken; congeal; clot
craven, adjective
cogent, adjective cowardly
convincing and well-reasoned
credulous, verb
commensurate, adjective too trusting; gullible
corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate
cursory, adjective
going rapidly over something; hasty; superficial
complacent, adjective
self-satisfied, unconcerned daunt, verb
intimidate; frighten
 discordant, adjective
decadent, adjective not harmonious; conflicting
decaying; deteriorating
discredit, verb
decorum, adjective defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
discrepancy, noun
default, verb lack of consistency; difference
failure to act
discrete, adjective
deference, noun separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
respect; courteous regard for another’s wishes
disingenuous, adjective
deferential, adjective lacking genuine candor; insincere
respectful; to yield judgment to
disinterested, adjective
deign, verb unprejudiced
to think fit or in accordance with one’s dignity
disjointed, adjective
delude, verb lacking coherence; separated at the joints
to mislead the mind of judgment of, deceive
dismiss, verb
denigrate, verb eliminate from consideration; reject
blacken
disparage, verb
deride, verb belittle
ridicule; make fun of
disparate, adjective
derision, noun fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely
contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule. dissimilar

derivative, noun disquiet, noun

unoriginal; obtained from another source a lack of calm or peace

dissemble, verb
desiccate, verb disguise; pretend; to disguise one’s real intentions or
to dry out thoroughly character

desultory, adjective disseminate, verb

aimless; haphazard; digressing at random distribute; spread widely; scatter (like seeds)

deterrent, adjective dissolution, noun

something that discourages; hindrance disintegration; looseness in morals

dichotomy, noun dissonance, noun

split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory discord; opposite of harmony
ones)
distend, verb
diffident, adjective to expand by stretching; swell out
lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and
timid. distill, verb
purify; refine; concentrate
diffuse, verb
to spread widely or thinly diverge, verb
vary; go in different directions from the same point
digression, noun
wandering away from the subject doctrine, noun
a principle or body of principles presented for
dilatory, adjective acceptance or belief; dogma
inclined to delay or procrastinate
document, verb
dilettante, noun provide written evidence
someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a
topic dogma, noun
a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
dirge, noun
lament with music dogmatic, adjective
opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
disabuse, verb
correct a false impression; to set right; to free from error doleful, adjective
sorrowful, mournful

discerning, adjective dormant, adjective

mentally quick and observant; having insight sleeping; lethargic; latent
dour, adjective euphemism, noun
sullen, gloomy an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that
is considered offensive
dupe, verb
to deceive; a person who is easily deceived exacerbate, verb
worsen; to increase bitterness or violence
duplicity, noun
deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing execrable, adjective
abominable
ebullient, adjective
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm exigency, noun
urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of
eclectic, adjective requiring immediate attention
selective; composed of elements from a variety of
sources exigent, adjective
urgent; requiring immediate action

efficacy, noun expound, verb

effectiveness ; power to produce desired effect to set forth in detail

effigy, noun exult, verb

a dummy; a likeness or image, especially of a person. to show or feel triumphant joy

effrontery, noun facetious, adjective

impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; joking (often inappropriately); humorous
presumptuousness
facilitate, verb
elicit, verb help bring about; make less difficult
draw out by discussion
fallacious, adjective
elocution, noun false; misleading
art of clear and expressive speaking
fatuous, adjective
embellish, verb brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story
fawning, adjective
empathy, noun trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or
the identification with the feelings or thoughts of others cringing

empirical, adjective fervor, noun

based on experience glowing ardor; intensity of feeling

emulate, verb flag, verb

imitate; rival droop; grow feeble; to decline in vigor or strength

endemic, adjective fledgling, adjective

prevailing among a specific group of people or in a inexperienced
specific area or country
flout, verb
engender, verb reject; mock; show contempt for
to produce, cause or bring about
foment, verb
enhance, verb to arouse or incite
increase; improve
forestall, verb
enigma, noun prevent by taking action in advance
a puzzle; a mystery
fractious, adjective
ephemeral, adjective irritable, peevish
short-lived; fleeting
frugality, noun
equanimity, noun thrifty; economy
calmness of temperament; composure
fusillade, noun
equivocate, verb continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism
lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
futile, adjective
erudite, adjective useless; hopeless; ineffectual
learned, scholarly, bookish
garrulous, adjective
loquacious; talkative; wordy
eulogy, noun
expression of praise, often on the occasion of goad, verb
someone's death urge on
grandiloquent, adjective
pompous or inflated in language; bombastic; using high- incorporate, verb
sounding language introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite

gregarious, adjective incursion, noun

sociable a hostile entrance into a place

guile, noun indeterminate, adjective

deceit or trickery uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

guileless, adjective indigence, noun

without deceit poverty

gullible, adjective indigent, adjective

easily deceived experiencing want or need; impoverished.

harangue, noun indolence, noun

long, passionate, and vehement speech state of being lazy or slothful

homogeneous, adjective induce, verb

of the same kind to move or lead by influence

hyperbole, noun inert, adjective

exaggeration; overstatement inactive; lacking power to move

hypocritical, adjective infusion, noun

affecting virtues or qualities one does not have liquid extract so obtained

idolatry, noun inherent, adjective

worship of idols; excessive admiration firmly established by nature or habit

immutable, adjective inimical, adjective

unchangeable hostile, unfriendly

impair, verb innocuous, adjective

injure; hurt harmless

impassive, adjective insensible, adjective

without feeling; imperturbable; showing or feeling no unconscious; unresponsive
emotion
insidious, adjective
impede, verb intended to trap or beguile
hinder; block
insinuate, verb
impermeable, adjective hint; imply; creep in
impervious; not permitting passage through its
substance insipid, adjective
lacking in interest or flavor; dull
imperturbable, adjective
calm; placid insolent, adjective
boldly rude or disrespectful
impervious, adjective
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed insularity, noun
narrow-mindedness; isolation
impetuous, adjective
quick to act without thinking interloper, noun
someone who intrudes in the domain of others
implacable, adjective
incapable of being pacified
intractable, adjective
implicit, adjective unruly; stubborn; unyielding
understood but not stated
intransigence, noun
implode, verb refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
burst inward
intransigent, adjective
refusing to agree or compromise
inadvertently, adjective
unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly inundate, verb
overwhelm; flood; submerge
incongruity, noun
lack of harmony; absurdity irascible, adjective
irritable; easily angered
inconsequential, adjective
insignificant; unimportant irresolute, adjective
uncertain how to act; weak lying; habitually dishonest

itinerary, noun metamorphosis, noun

plan of a trip change of form

laconic, adjective meticulous, adjective

brief and to the point; using few words excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous

lassitude, noun mitigate, verb

languor; weariness to soften, to lessen

latent, adjective mollify, verb

potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden to calm or make less severe; soothe

laud, verb morose, adjective

praise ill-humored; sullen; melancholy

lethargic, adjective mundane, adjective

drowsy; dull worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday

levee, noun nascent, adjective

earth or stone embankment to prevent flooding starting to develop

levity, noun negate, verb

lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity cancel out; nullify; deny

litigate, verb obdurate, adjective

to make the subject of a lawsuit stubborn, hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion

log, noun oblique, adjective

record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day having a slanting or sloping direction
activities
obsequious, adjective
loquacious, adjective overly submissive and eager to please; servile;
talkative sycophantic

lucid, adjective obsolescent, adjective

easily understood; clear; intelligible becoming obsolete

luminous, adjective obstreperous, adjective

shining; issuing light noisily defiant, unruly

magnanimity, noun obtuse, adjective

generosity not sharp, pointed or acute

magnanimous, adjective obviate, verb

generous in forgiving an insult or injury to prevent; make unnecessary; get rid of

magnate, noun officious, adjective

a powerful or influential person meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one’s
services

maladroit, adjective omnivorous, adjective

clumsy, tactless eating or absorbing everything

malevolent, adjective onerous, adjective

characterized by or expressing bad will troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

malign, verb opprobrium, noun

to speak harmful untruths about, to slander public disgrace; infamy; vilification

malingerer, noun oscillate, verb

one who feigns illness to escape duty vibrate; waver

malleable, adjective ostentatious, adjective

capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention

maverick, noun panoply , noun

rebel; nonconformist a wide-ranging and impressive array or display

maxim, noun paragon, noun

an expression of general truth or principle model of excellence or perfection

mendacious, adjective partisan, adjective

one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party pragmatic, adjective
practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the
pathological, adjective practical worth or impact of something
pertaining to disease
preamble, noun
paucity, noun introductory statement
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness
precarious, adjective
pedantic, adjective uncertain; risky
showing off learning; bookish
precipitate , adjective
penchant, adjective adj. rash, premature, hasty, sudden
strong inclination; liking
preclude, verb
penury, noun to prevent the presence of
severe poverty; stinginess
precocious, adjective
perennial, adjective unusually advanced or mature in mental development or
something long-lasting talent

perfidious, adjective precursor, noun

treacherous; disloyal; willing to betray one’s trust forerunner

perfunctory, adjective predilection, noun

superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or preference, liking
enthusiasm; done in a routine way;
presentiment, adjective
peripatetic, adjective a feeling of anticipation over a future event
walking or traveling about; itinerant
presumptuous, adjective
permeable, adjective arrogant; taking liberties
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass
through prevaricate, verb
to lie or deviate from the truth
pervasive, adjective
spread throughout pristine, adjective
characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled

petulant, adjective probity, noun

showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance honesty; uprightness; incorruptibility

philanderer, noun problematic, adjective

one who carries on flirtations doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing

philanthropy, noun prodigal, adjective

charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness lavish; wasteful; reckless with money

philology, noun profound, adjective

the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity deep; not superficial; complete
and determine their meaning
prohibitive, adjective
phlegmatic, adjective tending to prevent the purchase or use of something;
calm; not easily disturbed inclined to prevent or forbid

piety, noun proliferate, verb

devoutness; reverence for God grow rapidly; spread; multiply

placate, verb propensity, noun

pacify; conciliate natural inclination

plasticity, noun propound, verb

ability to be molded to set forth for consideration

platitude, noun propriety, noun

trite remark; commonplace statement correct behavior or conduct, obedience to rules and
customs
plethora, noun
excess; overabundance proscribe, verb
to condemn as harmful or odious; ostracize; banish;
plummet, verb outlaw
fall sharply
protract, verb
porous, adjective to prolong, draw out, extend
full of pores; like a sieve
provident, adjective
having or showing foresight person hardened in sin; wicked person; devoid of a
sense of decency
prudence, noun
wisdom, caution or restraint repudiate, verb
disown; disavow; to reject the validity of
puerile, adjective
childish, immature resolution, noun
determination
pugnacious, verb
to quarrel or fight readily resolve, verb
to make a firm decision about
punctilious, adjective
strict or exact in the observance of formalities reticent, adjective
silent; reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
pungent, adjective
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic reverent, adjective
respectful; worshipful
pusillanimous, adjective
lacking courage or resolution sage, noun
person celebrated for wisdom
qualified, adjective
limited; restricted salient, adjective
prominent or conspicuous
querulous, adjective
full of complaints salubrious, adjective
conducive or favorable to health or well-being
quibble, noun
minor objection or complaint sanction, noun
approve; ratify
quiescence, noun
n. the condition of being at rest, still, inactive satiate, verb
satisfy fully
quiescent, adjective
adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive; motionless saturate, verb
soak thoroughly
rarefied, adjective
made less dense (of a gas) savor, verb
enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
recalcitrant, adjective
obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; secrete, verb
unruly hide away or cache; produce and release a substance

recant, verb sedition, noun

disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly incitement of discontent or rebellion against a
confess error government

recluse, noun skeptic, adjective

hermit; loner doubter; person who suspends judgment until having
examined evidence supporting a point of view
recumbent, adjective
lying down; reclining; leaning sociopath, noun
a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a
refute, verb sense of moral responsibility
disprove
solicitous, adjective
rejoinder, verb worried; concerned
to reply, retort
soporific, adjective
relegate, verb sleep-causing; lethargy; marked by sleepiness
banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
specious, adjective
remonstrate, verb having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually
to say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof fallacious)

reprehensible, adjective spectrum, noun

deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy. colored band produced when a beam of light passes
through a prism
reprisals, noun
retaliation against an enemy sporadic, adjective
occurring irregularly

reproach, verb stigma, noun

express disapproval or disappointment a mark of shame or discredit

reprobate, noun stint , verb

to restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing violation of a law; sin
with
truculence, noun
aggressiveness; ferocity
stipulate, verb
to lay down as a condition of an agreement; require by vacillate, verb
contract waver; fluctuate

stolid, adjective venerate, verb

dull; impassive; unemotional; lacking sensitivity revere

strut, verb veracity, noun

walk pompously wal filled with trust and accuracy

verbose, adjective
subjugate, verb wordy
to conquer
verity, noun
subpoena, noun truthfulness
a writ requiring appearance in court to give testimony
viable, adjective
subside, verb practical or workable
settle down; descend; grow quiet
vicarious, adjective
substantiate, verb performed, exercised, received or suffered in place of
establish by evidence; verify; support another

subterfuge, noun vilify, verb

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule to slander, to defame

supercilious, adjective viscous, adjective

arrogant, haughty, condescending sticky, gluey

supersede, verb vituperative, adjective

cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete abusive; scolding

supplicate, verb vociferous, adjective

to make humble and earnest entreaty crying out noisily

supposition, noun volatile, adjective

hypothesis; surmise changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly

tacit, adjective volition, noun

understood; not put into words free choice, free will; act of choosing

taciturn, adjective voracious, adjective

silent, not talkative having a great appetite

tangential, adjective warranted, adjective

peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing justified; authorized

tenable, adjective wary, adjective

capable of being held, maintained or defended very cautious

tenacious, adjective whimsical, adjective

holding fast; holding or tending to hold persistently to capricious; fanciful
something
zealot, noun
tirade, noun fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
extended scolding; denunciation; harangue

torpor, noun
lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

tortuous, adjective
winding; full of curves

tractable, adjective
docile; easily managed or controlled

transcendent, adjective
going beyond ordinary limits

transgression, noun