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ABASE

to humble; disgrace

ABATE

to reduce in amount, degree, or severity

ABJURE

to reject; abandon formally

ABSCOND

to leave secretly

ACCRETION

a growth in size; an increase in amount

ACIDULOUS

sour in taste or manner

AERIE

a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded,


dwelling

AFFECTED

phone; artificial

AGGRANDIZE

to increase in power, influence, and reputation

ALACRITY

speed or quickness

AMORTIZE

to diminish by installment payments

ANTIPATHY

extreme dislike

ARDOR

intense and passionate feeling

ARROGATE

to claim without justification; to claim for oneself


without right

ATTENUATE

to reduce in force or degree; weaken

AUGUST

dignified; grandiose

AXIOM

premise; postulate; self-evident truth

BEVY

group

BIFURCATE

to divide into two parts

BLIGHT

to afflict; to destroy

BLITHE

joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

BONHOMIE

good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer

CALUMNY

a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation

CLOYING

sickly sweet; excessive

COGENT

convincing and well-reasoned

CORROBORATE

to support with evidence

CRAVEN

lacking courage

CREDULOUS

too trusting; gullible

DECLIVITY

downward slope

DELETERIOUS

subtly or unexpectedly harmful

DEMAGOGUE

a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion


or prejudice

DEMUR

to express doubts or objection

DERIDE

to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

DESULTORY

jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

DIFFIDENT

lacking self-confidence

DILATORY

intended to delay

DILETTANTE

someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a


topic

DISABUSE

to set right; free from error

DISCERN

to perceive or recognize

DISPARATE

fundamentally different; entirely unalike

DISSEMBLE

to present a false appearance' to disguise one's real


intentions or character

DISTEND

to swell, inflate, or bloat

DITHER

to act confusedly or without clear purpose

DROLL

amusing in a wry, subtle way

EFFICACY

effectiveness

EFFRONTERY

impudent boldness; audacity

ENERVATE

to reduce in strength

EQUIVOCATE

to use expressions of double meaning in order to


mislead

ESCHEW

to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)

EXPONENT

one who champions or advocates

FATUOUS

stupid; foolishly self-satisfied

FAWN

to grovel

FOMENT

to arouse or incite

FRACTIOUS

unruly; rebellious

FURTIVE

secret, stealthy

GLIB

fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual

HEGEMONY

the domination of one state or group over its allies

HOARY

very old; whitish or gray from age

IMPERTURBABLE

not capable of being disturbed

IMPETUOUS

quick to act without thinking

IMPIOUS

not devout in religion

IMPRECATION

a curse

INCULCATE

to teach; impress in the mind

INGRATIATE

to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek


to please somebody so as to gain an advantage

INIMICAL

hostile; unfriendly

INTER

to bury

INTRACTABLE

not easily managed or manipulated

INTRANSIGENT

uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

INUNDATE

to overwhelm; to vover with water

INVECTIVE

abusive language

INVESTITURE

ceremony conferring authority

INVIDIOUS

envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote illwill

ITINERANT

wandering from place to place

JETTISON

to discard; get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering

JINGOISM

belligerent support of one's country

JOCULAR

playful; humorous

LASSITUDE

a state of diminished energy

LEERY

suspicious

LEGERDEMAIN

trickery

LICENTIOUS

immoral; unrestrained by society

LIMPID

clear; transparent

LISSOME

easily flexed; limber; agile

LUGUBRIOUS

sorrowful; mournful; dismal

MANNERED

artificial or stilted in character

MARTINET

strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules

MENDACIOUS

dishonest

MENDICANT

beggar

MERCURIAL

quick, shrewd, and unpredictable

MERETRICIOUS

gaudy; falsely attractive

MILITATE

to operate against; work against

MIRTH

frivolity; gaiety; laughter

MISSIVE

a written note or letter

NASCENT

starting to develop; coming into existence

NUANCE

a subtle expression of meaning or quality

NUMISMATICS

coin collection

OBVIATE

to prevent; to make unnecessary

OCCLUDE

to stop up; prevent the passage of

OFFICIOUS

too helpful; meddlesome

OSTENSIBLE

apparent

OVERWROUGHT

agitated; overdone

PANEGYRIC

elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise

PECCADILLO

minor sin or offense

PEDANT

someone who shows off learning

PERFIDIOUS

willing to betray one's trust

PERFUNCTORY

done in a routine way, indifferent

PERSPICACIOUS

shrewd, astute, or keen-witted

PHILISTINE

a person who is guided by materialism and is


disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

PITHY

profound or substantial yet concise succinct, and to the


point

PLUCKY

courageous; spunky

POLEMIC

controversy; argument; verbal attack

POLITIC

shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with


things; diplomatic

POSIT

to assume as real or conceded; propose as an


explanation

POTENTATE

monarch or ruler with great power

PRECIPITATE

to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking


deliberation

PRECIS

short summary of facts

PRESCIENT

having foresight

PREVARICATE

to lie or deviate from the truth

PROCLIVITY

a natural inclination or predisposition

PRODIGAL

lavish; wasteful

PROFLIGATE

corrupt; degenerate

PROPITIATE

to conciliate; to appease

QUERULOUS

inclined to complain; irritable

QUIESENT

motionless

REDRESS

relief from wrong or injury

REJOINDER

response

REPLETE

abundantly supplied; complete

REPOSE

relaxation; leisure

REPUDIATE

to reject the validity of

REQUITE

to return or repay

RESTIVE

impatient, uneasy, or restless

RETICENT

silent; reserved

RIBALD

humorous in a vulgar way

SAGACIOUS

shrewd; wise

SALIENT

prominent; of notable significance

SEDITION

behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder


against the state

SENTIENT

aware; conscious; able to perceive

SOLECISM

grammatical mistake; blunder in speech

SPECIOUS

deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but


fallacious

STOLID

unemotional; lacking sensitivity

SULLY

to tarnish; taint

SURFEIT

excessive amount

SYNCOPATION

temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

TORPOR

extreme mental and physical sluggishness

TURGID

swollen as from fluid; bloated

UMBRAGE

offense; resentment

UNCONSCIONABLE

unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust

UNEQUIVOCAL

absolute; certain

VENERABLE

respected because of age

VESTIGE

a trace; remnant

VICISSITUDE

a change or variation; ups and downs

VITUPERATE

to abuse verbally; berate

WAN

sickly pale

WANTON

undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless

WIZENED

shriveled; withered; wrinkled

WRAITH

a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just

before his/her death

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