WORDS MAN YEAHHHHHHHHHH

1. affable - friendly, good natured, easy to talk to. Hitler was not a very affable man - it was
difficult to engage him in conversation.

2. affected - fake, not genuine, artificial, pretentious, designed to impress. A lot of

musicians, I feel, are affected; they are all talk and no substance.

3. affront - to insult; an action or remark that causes outrage or offense. Hitler frequently
affronted his officers, particularly when they did dumb shit.

4. alacrity - eagerness; brisk and cheerful readiness. I went to my friend's concert with
alacrity - I could hardly wait for it to start.

5. allay - to calm/pacify; to diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, worry). Hitler's fears of
Steiner's attack failing had to be allayed if the generals wanted to stay on his good side.

6. antipathy - negative feelings; deep-seated feeling of dislike, aversion. Karl Marx felt a
strong antipathy towards communism.

7. arraign - to call or bring someone before a court to answer a criminal charge. Euthypro's
father was arraigned by his son for killing a slave.

8. avocation - secondary occupation. One could call my composing an avocation, or a

secondary/minor job - but I consider it to be of equal importance to my being a
mathematician.

9. belie - contradict; fail to give a true notion or impression; fail to fulfill. Emperor
Palpatine's appearance belied his true unlimited power.

10. burgeoning - flourishing, spreading, begin to grow/increase rapidly. EA's PR team

grimaced at the burgeoning number of downvotes on their comment.

11. calumny - slander, malicious misrepresentation. The making of false/defamatory

statements in order to damage someone's reputation; slander. In Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington, the main character faces great calumny, but holds out to redeem his own
name.

12. churlish - rude, insensitive; rude in a mean-spirited and surly way. I would say that a lot
of Korean girls I know are quite churlish - they just bitch at me for no reason.

13. cloying - distastefully excessive; to disgust or sicken with an excess of sweetness,

richness, or sentiment. A lot of contemporary musicians may say that Wagner's music is
cloying; it is oversaturated with rich harmonies, and romantic sentiments are super
extra.
14. cogent - convincing (argument); clear, logical. It seems that most of the people in our
society lack the ability to produce a clear, cogent argument.

15. commiserate - express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize. I must commiserate with
Anakin, despite his atrocities; he was seduced by Palpatine, and got fucked.

16. complicity - involvement in a crime. It was not until the very end that the Jedi council
suspected Palpatine's complicity in a plot to overthrow the Jedi.

17. comport - to conduct oneself, to behave; to agree with. I could not continue comporting
as my girlfriend's father continued insulting my family - I lashed out, spoke my mind, and
broke up with her on the spot.

18. compunction - remorse; deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed. I was a little
astonished that Jaime Savitz felt no compunction after committing her first murder. (LOL
JK SORRY JAIME)

19. conciliatory - soothing, consoling; intended or likely to placate or pacify. I think we

should take a conciliatory approach to talking with the boss, instead of exhibiting candor.

20. conflate - combine into one. One of my ultimate goals as a musician is to conflate all of
the different musical styles and developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

21. confluence - a coming or flowing together; the city was built at the confluence of the
river.

22. connivance - willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing, especially an

immoral or illegal act. Though the Dean was bound by his code of conduct to not allow
us to sneak out, he displayed his connivance by leaving the back door to the dorms
unlocked.

23. consecrate - make or declare something sacred. The Holy Trinity Church was consecrated
in 1845.

24. consign - deliver to a person's custory. After the divorce, for some strange reason the
children were consigned to neither the mother nor the father, but instead an uncle.

25. consternation - feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected. To

Hitler's consternation, Steiner's attack was not carried out.

26. consummate - showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect. I would say
that the work of Dmitri Shostakovich was quite consummate - despite the protests of the
Soviet government at the time, he truly created flawless masterpieces.

27. contravene - conflict with (a right, principle), especially to its detriment. During the
1920's, many contravened Prohibition; alcohol was too central to the existence of the
 American culture.

28. controvert - to deny the truth of something; to argue about something. You may attempt
to controvert all you want, Padme, but I witnessed The Peaceful is Willing to at kill the
child with my very own eyes.

29. contumatious - stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority. I have no idea why, but
the Smith's child is just so darn contumatious - even when it's in his own benefit, he
refuses to listen to his own parents.

30. convivial - friendly, agreeable, festive. I would say that the Christmas party at the Fisher's
had quite the convivial atmosphere - no one really started any fights or anything.

31. countenance (v) - accept/approve of. He was reluctant to countenance giving more
emergency powers to Chancellor Palpatine - he had grown quite strong already.

32. covetous - avaricious; having or showing a great desire to possess something, typically
something belonging to something else. Gollum, from Lord of the Rings, was always so
covetous; he so terribly desired the One Ring, which was in Frodo's possession.

33. craven - contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. That one character in the Hobbit is
the very embodiment of craven - he even attempted to dress as a woman in order to
avoid fighting.

34. cupidity - greed for money or possessions. I would say that most people in the United
States demosntrate great cupidity - if you entice them with money, all you need is a
sufficient amount to have them commit /any/ heinous act.

35. dearth - lack, scarcity. The dearth of Jedi marked the era of the Galactic Empire, during
which Lord Vader and Emperor Palpatine ruled with tyranny.

36. debase - lower the value of, reduce the quality or value. I must say, ever since this
restaurant changed owners, the service and the food have both greatly debased.

37. debonair - urbane, suave, confident, stylish, charming. I would say that a lot of men from
Hong Kong are debonair; they dress well, speak well, and are very well-read.

38. decadence - decaying? The act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state;
deterioration; decay. I will not tolerate the ongoing moral decadence in the US; drastic
measures must be taken so that we once again have morality.

39. deft - skillful, quick in one's movements. Kobe Bryant's deft moves are quick and precise;
they get the ball right where it needs to go.

40. defunct - no longer functioning or existing. I wish I could say that racism was defunct, or
that it no longer exists, but I am ashamed to say that that is not the case.
41. deign - do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity. I cannot deign to
listen to popular music.

42. deleterious - harmful. Being a plebeian is deleterious; you'll probably die in a few years
or so.

43. deluge - to flood or gush forward. The deluge of schoolchildren burst into the fall,
overwhelming the teachers.

44. demoniac - of, like, or characteristic of a demon or demons. After he ate his edibles,
instead of becoming chiller, he become demoniac and bit off the head of his best friend.

45. denigrate - criticize unfairly, disparage, blacken the reputation of. There is a tendency to
denigrate the poor, but it is not their fault that they are like that, and they do not
deserve such criticism.

46. denouement - the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of hte plot
are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. The denouement of Macbeth
contains a Deux ex Machina - yeah, I guess he wasn't born of a man all right!

47. depose - remove from office suddenly and forcefully. In The Legend of Korra, the Earth
Queen was deposed after Zaheer killed her...it is questionable whether that scene is
appropriate for television or not.

48. depravity - wickness, corruption. Eric Cartman is the embodiment of depravity - he is so

evil and corrupt in every way.

49. depredation - act of attacking or plundering. We must defend against the depredations
of the warriors from the north - they will stop at nothing to destroy our lands!

50. deride - express contempt for, ridicule. The critics derided and mocked the proposals of
my friend, and I got really mad and beat the shit out of them.

51. descry - catch sight of. She descried the bird on the tree, taking a shit on the dude below.

52. desecrate - treat ( a place or thing) with violent disrespect, violate. During the Holocaust,
many Jewish burial grounds were desecrated - their tombstones were used to build
roads.

53. despot - a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it
in a cruel or oppressive way. For some reason, the 30's and 40's were filled with despots
- Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin are among many to name.

54. destitute - poor, without the basic necessities of life. He was left destitute after his house
burned down, as he was living paycheck to paycheck.
55. desuetude - a state of disuse. (de use-tude)Though the old arcade use to be popular, no
one goes anymore; it fell into desuetude after the stock market crash.

56. desultory - (de-result-ory? no results?) lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm. The

reason many people suck at things is because they are desultory in their approach - one
must be focused, and have a plan for what they want to do.

57. diatribe - a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something. I should not
have to endure the diatribe and verbal batterings that my girlfriend's father unleashed
upon me - I broke up with her on the spot and went home.

58. dictum - a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source. He received a dictum

that he was to return to his father immediately; he was crestfallen that he could not
elope with his lover first.

59. diffidence - modesty or shyness resulting form a lack of self-confidence. A lot of asian
girls in the States are show diffidence - they are never sure of themselves, probably
because they've been told they're shit their whole lives.

60. dilettante - someone who dabbles in the arts. That guy is a dilettante - a super casual,
who has no idea what he's doing.

61. din - a loud, confused noise. I cannot stand the din that emanated from the other room
whilst I was trying to study.

62. dirge - a lament for the dead, a mourning piece of music. Chopin's Sonata No. 2 was
quite the dirge; it was even played at his own funeral.

63. disabuse - to correct something that was wrong, an idea; to persuade someone that an
idea or belief is mistaken. I must disabuse those who believe that searing a piece of
meat seals in the juices.

64. disaffected - dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing to support
them. I was disaffected with the new President; I decided to switch parties in hopes of
finding better leadership.

65. disavowal - denial of any responsibility or support for something; repudiation. His
disavowal of Stalin got him shot.

66. discerning - having or showing good judgment. His discerning mother correctly guessed
that it was going to rain tomorrow.

67. disclaim - refusal to acknowledge, deny. (disclaimers) The school disclaimed any
responsibility for the death of John's little brother; in response, he shot the principal.

68. discomfit - to make someone uneasy or embarrassed. I was very discomfited when my
 boss decided to chew me out in front of everyone.

69. disconsolate - sad; unhappy. I was quite disconsolate after she-who-must-not-be-named

broke up with me.

70. discordant - inharmonious, disagreeing, incongruous. Your beliefs about physics are
discordant with your beliefs about God.

71. discursive - digressing from subject to subject. (scatterbrained) Professor Benzhara was
very discursive; he would constantly tell little anecdotes that had nothing to do with the
subject during his lectures.

72. disenfranchise - to remove a civil right from, to marginalizes. President Trump keeps
disenfranchising those of colored skin.

73. disinclination - a reluctance or lack of enthusiasm. His disinclination for my music made
me upset.

74. disingenuous - (not/dis ingenuous: genuine?) not candid or sincere, typically by

pretending that one knows less about something than one really does. That innocent,
teary-eyed look is just part of a disingenuous act to get me to do something.

75. disinterested - bipartisan; not influenced by the considerations of personal advantage;

having or feeling no interest in something. Teachers of Government and Econ must
remain disinterested in their teachings; it would be controversial if they swayed the
political opinions of their students in any way.

76. disparage - regard or represent as being of little worth. I don't understand why tiger
moms love to disparage their children - imagine being told every day, "you're
worthless!"

77. disparate - disagreeing, different in kind, not allowing comparison. My interests are so
disparate, I wonder if it's the same person doing all of it sometimes.

78. dispassionate - not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational/impartial. It

is important to be dispassionate when arbitrating a dispute - one must be fair, or risk
upsetting a lot of people.

79. dispirited - having lost enthusiasm and hope, disheartened. He was dispirited after losing
his first tournament.

80. disputatious - fond of or causing heated arguments. There was a point where Wes was
very disputatious - he argued incessantly and drove everyone mad.

81. disquietude - anxiety, uneasiness. Though the library is quiet during dead week, there is
an air of disquietude that hangs; everyone is freaking out about their finals.
82. disquisition - strong or elaborate essay or discussion about a particular subject. I would
like to write a disquisition about how terrible music has become these days.

83. dissimulate - conceal or disguise one's thoughts, feelings, or character. Since he wasn't
sure what his boss was like, he was careful to dissimulate his fondness of memes, lest he
get fired.

84. dissolution - the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body.
After the surrender of the Nazi army, the following months quickly saw the dissolution of
the Nazi party.

85. diurnal - daily; of or during the day. Fapping to JAV is a diurnal activity for me - it's hard
to go a single day without it.

86. divest - deprive someone of their rights, powers, or possessions. I am unlikely to be

divested of my authority without a struggle.

87. docile - submissive. It is a myth that many asian girls are docile - they love biting back.

88. doctrinaire - seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to

practical considerations. Instead of just the doctrinaire views of the Jedi order.

89. doleful - expressing sorrow, mournful. I was quite doleful after Microsoft destroyed my
favorite childhood game - the Halo series.

90. domicile - home. His wife has a domicile of origin in Germany.

91. domineer - assert one's will over another in an arrogant way. The thing I hate the most
about some women that come to power is that because they were so oppressed their
entire life, they domineer over their male subordinates in order to compensate for what
they missed.

92. dotage - the period of life in which a person is old and weak. I am not looking forward to
my dotage - Spencer said that he would shotgun himself once he reached it.

93. dour - relentless severe, stern, or gloomy in manner of appearance. I was very dour in
middle school - I wore all black, and carried a foreboding air about me.

94. dowdy - unfashionable and without style in appearance (typically used of a woman). A
lot of weeaboos, as children, are quite dowdy - they have no idea how to dress.

95. draconian - excessively harsh and severe. Singapore is quite draconian in their
punishments - I believe they'll kill you for masturbating.

96. dregs - sediment, remnants of a liquid left in a container with sediment/grounds. I used
to eat coffee dregs, and people thought I was crazy.
97. drivel - silly nonsense. Please do not waste my time with that drivel - say something
sensical!

98. droll - curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement. n: a jester/entertainer;
a buffoon. Kjo is quite the droll - he is funny, but in a very boring way.

99. ductile - malleable. Gold is quite ductile; fool's gold is not.

100. duplicity - deceitfulness, double-dealing. The duplicity of certain people cannot

be overstated - you must remain wary of their schemes.

101. dutiful - conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty. You are a dutiful child
- you always do what I ask, without complaint!

102. ebullient - excited, cheerful, full of energy. I never understand how you are so
ebullient in the morning without coffee - I get up at 11 am if left to my own devices.

103. eclectic - selective, deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad range of sources. I
aim to be an eclectic composer.

104. edict - an official order of proclamation issued by a person in authority. The edict
from the King was that all of the prisoners wre to die.

105. edify - instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually. I find myself

working to edify the children at Telos education; I am somewhat successful.

106. effectual - effective in producing an outcome. I would say that masturbating is

effectual in relieving me of sexual tension.

107. effervescence - bubbles in a liquid/fizz; vivacity and enthusiasm. The

effervescence of my child was too much for me to handle; I went to my study, where I
had peace and quiet.

108. effete - ineffectual, no longer capable of effective action. After having his arms
broken, Josh was effete; he couldn't do anything.

109. effrontery - insolent or impertinent behavior. He had the effrontery to draw a

giant penis on the wall at his old high school.

110. effusive - expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an

unrestrained or heartfelt manner. I was given an effusive welcome after my return from
the war.

111. eloquence - the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. I am
studying vocab in hopes of being able to display eloquence.
112. elucidate - show or explain; to make something clear. I find the key to analysis is
to elucidate the proofs to oneself.

113. emaciated - abnormally thin or weak, especially due to illness/starvation. Many

people in third world countries are emaciated - they aint' got food!

114. emendation - the process of making a revision or correction to a text. I love the
creation part of writing, but the emendation drives me insane!

115. enamored - in love. I am quite enamored of Angie.

116. encipher - convert into a coded form; encrypt.

117. enclave - a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory of

distinct inhabitants. That one country in the middle of South Africa is an enclave.

118. enconium - a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something

highly. I really want to write an encomium of Sergei Rachmaninoff; I worship the man.

119. encroachment - intrusion on a person's territory or rights. I was quite upset by

the police's encroachment of my individual liberties - there was no reason to suspect me
of anything.

120. endemic - regularly found among particular people of a certain area. Stupidity
amongst League of Legends players is endemic.

121. enervate - cause someone to feel drained of energy, weaken. Eating a large meal
enervates me; I feel like I get a food coma and I want to sleep.

122. enfranchise - give civil rights to. The blacks were enfranchised by Abraham
Lincoln after the civil war.

123. engender - to give rise to, to produce. My speed engendered his awe.

124. enjoin- instruct or urge someone to do something. I enjoined my students to do

more problems, but I was unsure whether they would listen to me or not.

125. enmity - the state of feeling hostile to someone. I felt great enmity upon hearing
Donald Trump's name.

126. ennul - boredom. I was overwhelemed with ennul, so I turned on the television.

127. enrapture - give intense pleasure or joy to. I enraptured Bobbi when I made her
orgasm.

128. entreat - ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something. I entreated by

best friend to buy me a cigarette; I was going to lose it otherwise.
129. ephemeral - short-lasting. The lives of fireflies are ephemeral.

130. epigram - a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing
way. I cannot think of an epigram right now, but I hope to in the near future.

131. episodic - not happening all the time; containing or consisting of a series of
loosely connected parts or events. My headaches were episodic; we were provided only
with an episodic account of the war.

132. epithet - an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a characteristic quality of

something. An epithet of me would be "unique;" it perfectly encapsulates me.

133. epoch - a period of time. In the epoch of the civil war, shit was rough.

134. equable - not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even tempered. I would say
that Ross Maddenwald was very equable; no matter how hard someone pressed him, he
wouldn't get angry.

135. equanimity - mental calmness, composure, evenness of temper. Equable and

equanimity mean literally the same thing; I wish to display equanimity after blundering
in chess; if I could remain calm, maybe I could salvage a draw.

136. equivocal - open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous. I hate when
people make equivocal statements; they think that the multiple meanings makes them
cool, but really it just makes them fucking retarded.

137. equivocate - using ambiguous language to conceal the truth. People think
they're smart when they try to equivocate, but they're just being unscholarly.

138. erudite - having or showing great knowledge or learning. I hope to be erudite; I

want to know literally everything.

139. eschew - avoid, abstain. I tried to eschew drug abuse in my youth; I was very
successful.

140. esoteric - intedned to be/likely only understood by a small number of people

with a specialized interest. I would say that Modular Forms are very esoteric; only a
handful of people in the world understand it.

141. espouse - adopt or support. I have espoused polytonality, atonality, and

neotonality in my music.

142. essay - to put to the test. I essayed his hypothesis about Heidi's affection for
Tom.

143. estimable (esteem-able) - worthy of great respect. His actions were very
 estimable; he single-handedly carried 12 bodies to the helicopter while under heavy
enemy fire.

144. ethereal - extremely delicate and light in a way that seems to perfect for this
world.

145. euphony - pleasing to the ear, with words. Poetry up until the 20th century
displayed great euphony; afterwards, it became very difficult to listen to.

146. evanescent - soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or
disappearing. The thing that sucks about love is its evanescence; it soon fades and one is
left with lament and sorrow.

147. evince - reveal the presence of. I evinced my hatred for my boss; she was very
surprised.

148. evenhanded - fair and impartial. I try to be evenhanded in the treatment of my

two children, so they learn fairness early on.

149. exact (v) - demand or obtain. I exacted 500,000 dollars from that mothafucka
down the street.

150. excise - a tax charged on certain goods. Man I don't want to pay this excise tax.
To cut away; to cut out. That nigga got his stomach excised by the serial killer; he then
put it in a jar.

151. excoriate - censure or criticize severely. I don't know why, but certain professors
love to excoriate each other for no good reason. It's like they criticize for the sake of
criticizing.

152. exculpate - show something is not guilty of wrongdoing. He was exculpated after
new evidence showed that he was 500 miles away from the scene of the crime at the
time of the murder.

153. execrable - extremely bad or unpelasant. I can't stand that these people think
that they're amazing, when really they are execrable.

154. execrate - feel or express great loathing for. I execrate people who believe in
implicit social hierarchies. Like I really, really hate them.

155. exegesis - critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.

Most exegeses are actually just bullshit - they just make shit up about what's going on in
the bible.

156. exhort - strongly encourage to do something. I exhort you to draw pictures when
you attempt the problem - if not, you deserve to get it wrong.
157. exigency - urgent need or demand. The exigency of chocolate during the war
made it so that hazelnuts came to the forefront of the market; Nutella hence became
popular.

158. exodus - departure. Let's have an exodus to the beach this summer.

159. exorbitant - unreasonably high/excessive. The exorbitant prices of the loot crates
angered many redditors.

160. expatiate - speak or write at length of in detail. I love to expatiate about my

subjects; my friends call it "raygunning."

161. expatriate - a person who lives out side their native country. I am an expatriate,
or an immigrant.

162. expiate - atone for. I am constantly told by the Jesus people that I must expatiate
for my sins. I don't know man.

163. explicate - analyze and develop in detail. Many people shallowly learn a concept,
but I feel it's important to explicate deeply, that way you get a real understanding.

164. expository - intended to explain or describe. An expository essay.

165. expropriate - take away (property) from its owner. I must expropriate this car
from you - it is very nice and I want it.

166. expunge - erase or remove completely. I wanted to expunge that muthafucka

from the face of this earth.

167. expurgate - remove matter thought to be objectionable. Many words are

expurgated from the music of Enimem; censored.

168. extant (existent) - still in existence. I am glad I am still extant; though I question
that every day.

169. extemporaneous - impromptu, wihtout preparation. I feel it's good to constantly

practice, so that impromptu events are never extemporaneous.

170. extenuating - make something seem less serious or more forgivable. There were
extenuating circumstances for why I punched your father in the face.

171. extirpate - root out and destroy completely. Hitler attempted to extirpate the
Jews.

172. extol - praise enthusiastically. Stalin extolled Shostakovich's fifth symphony,

despite denouncing the fourth.
173. extradition - transfer of prisoners between countries. My grandfather was
extradited from the U.S. back to Japan after his capture during WW2.

174. extricate - free from a constrint or difficulty. "I feel that I can then extrication he
to."

175. extrinsic - not part of the essential nature or something; from the outside. A lot
of extrinsic factors may affect time budgets.

176. exuberance - ebullience. I got a good night's sleep, and am feeling very
exuberant.

177. exult - show or feel elation/jubilation, especially as the result of success. I

exulted over winning my first chess match.

178. facetious - treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.

Spencer and I are quite facetious - we joke about taboo shit all the time.

179. factious - relating or inclined to factions. Your factious speech is making people
take sides.

180. factitious - artificial/deveoped. Your persona is completely factitious - this is not

who you are.

181. farce - a comic work with buffoonery. That one South Park episode is a farce -
nothing like that could even remotely happen, but it was funyn af.

182. fastidious - very attentive and concerned about accuracy and detail. I would say
my old boss was quite fastidious - everthing literally had to be perfect.

183. fatuous - silly and pointless. I found the demands of my boss very fatuous - there
was no point.

184. fawning

185. feckless - lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible. You're nothing

more than a feckless mama's boy. You can't do anything!

186. fecundity - fertility. The fecundity of women between the ages of 13 and 29 is
quite high.

187. felicitous - well chosen/suiting, pleasing/fortunate. It is quite felicitous that I

drew all of the right cards.

188. feral - wild. You eat like a feral creature.

189. ferment (n) - agitation and excitement among a group of people. Trump's wall
 proposal caused great ferment amongst the citizens.

190. ferret (v) - to search about. I ferreted for my dog.

191. fervor - intense and passionate feeling. I play the piano with great fervor; my
passion is awe-inspiring.

192. fester - become septic, gross af. Who knows what kind of filth is festering in the
cracks between the walls?

193. fiat (n) - authoritative decree. His fiat ordered the servants to kill the bad
people.

194. firebrand - a piece of burning wood; someone who is passionate about a

particular cause, typically radical. Most sjw's are quite the firebrands.

195. fitful - active or occurring intermittently, not regular or steady. The fitful displays
of affection caused him to yearn for more.

196. flag (v) - droop, grow feeble. I flagged after having my energy drained by the
vampire.

197. flagrant - conspicuously or obviously offensive. His flagrant remarks left me

enraged.

198. fledgling - person/organization that is

immature/inexperienced/underdeveloped. After all of the German soldiers died, they
sent 16-year-old fledglings to the front lines to die.

199. flippant - not showing a serious/respectful attitude. That is enough of your

flippant remarks! Go to your room!

200. flounder - struggle to move/thrash about wildly. I floundered about the stage
after losing my balance.

201. flout - openly disregard. Despite the degree against cell phones, I flouted said
decree by calling my girlfriend in the middle of class.

202. foible - minor weakness/eccentricity in character. After getting married, I'll have
to tolerate all of her foibles.

203. foist - impose unwelcome/unnecessary shit on. He foisted a very large debt
upon me.

204. foment - instigate/stir up. Prokofiev's music fomented political unrest.

205. foray - a raid. We forayed the enemy encampment and left none alive.
206. forbearance - patient self-control, restraint, tolerance. One of the hardest things
in chess is to show forbearance; one is always tempted to go for hte attack and go wild.

207. forestall - prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time. Forestalling in

chess is called prophylaxis.

208. forlorn - sad, abandoned, lonely. The forlorn watchman died of loneliness.

209. forswear - agree to give up or do without. I have a hard time forswearing fish.

210. forthright - straightforward. I wish you could be more forthright; I hate

circumlocutions.

211. fortuitous - happening by accident. The similarity between your guys's essays
cannot be fortuitous.

212. founder (v) - to fill with water and sink. Unfortunately, as the Titanic foundered,
a bunch of people died.

213. fracas - noisy disturbance/quarrel. There was a fracas at the bar, and they were
kicked out.

214. fractious - irritable and quarrelsome. They fight and squabble like fractious
children.

215. franchise

216. frenetic - fast and energetic in a wild way. (frenzy-tic) His frenetic behavior made
me lock him up.

217. frivolous - not having any serious purpose or value. Her frivolous complaints
about my paper made me want to punch her in the face.

218. frolicsome - lively and playful. Lots of frolicking about.

219. fulminate - express vehement protest. That I have to revolt can also be stated -
that I must fulminate. "Not. Just. That I have to fulminate."

220. fulsome - complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. I became very

suspicious of his fulsome attitude - was he just being nice to get something from me?

221. functionary - a person who has to perform official functions or duties; an official.
Those capitol hill functionaries are all corrupt.

222. funereal - having the mournful, somber character. The funereal expression on
his face made me think somethign was wrong.
223. furor - an outbreak of public anger or excitement. The 1+2+... = -1/12 video
caused furor amongst mathematicians.

224. furtive - attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically due to guilt. Since the
two lovers were forbidden to love, they spent a furtive day together.

225. gadfly - fly that bites, annoying person. Philip Chang is a gadfly; he seriously gets
on my nerves.

226. gaffe - unintentional act or remark causing embarassment; blunder. Social

blunder. Saying certain Chinese words with the wrong intonation might be a serious
gaffe.

227. gainsay - deny/contradict. I must gainsay; you are wrong!

228. gall - bold, impudent behavior. He had the gall to ask me for a refund after
breaking the stereo.

229. galvanize - shock or excite someone, typically into taking action. Obama's speech
galvanized the black community into becoming better people.

230. gamely - in a brave, spirited way. I gamely charged into battle, screaming at the
top of my lungs.

231. gamut - range/scope of something. The whole gamut of human emotion is quite
terrifying. We should talk about the gamut of functions, instead of range.

232. gape

233. garbled - reproduce a message in a confused/distorted way. Every time I tried to

get Annie to relay a message, she would garble incoherent nonsense.

234. garish - obstrusively bright/showy, lurid. I think neon is garish; it's stupidly
bright.

235. garrulous - excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters. I dated a garrulous

girl once, who would just not ever shut up about anything.

236. gauche - lacking ease or grace, unsophisticated, socially awkward. I would say
that NEETs are quite gauche; they are totally unsophisticated and hella awk.

237. gaudy - bright/showy to the point of tastelessness. One might argue that the
works of Franz Liszt are gaudy; too showy and too overdone.

238. gazette - magazine, official journal. The mathematics Gazette.

239. geniality - niceness. Affableness.

240. genteel - polite, refined, respectable, often in an affected/ostentatious way. I
fucking hate corporate culture - everyone is so genteel; they act nice but I know they are
fucking pieces of shut underneath.

241. germane - relevant. I wish you would talk about germane things, instead of
changing the subject every 5 words.

242. germinal - earliest stage of development. When the project was in its germinal
stage, we were under heavy scrutiny, as the backers were unsure how progress would
go.

243. germinate - come into existence and develop. My chess game germinated into a
strong attacking style.

244. gesticulation - expressions/gestures, used to emphasize one's words. I liked the

speaker very much, but found his gesticulations to be very distracting; they were almost
like twitches.

245. gibe - mocking or insulting remark. Tilly Ramsay loves to throw gibes at her
father.

246. gingerly - in a careful/cautious manner. I gingerly played the slow section of

Liebestraume.

247. glaring - highly conspicuous, harshly bright. glaring errors on your resume will
unfavorably impress potential employers.

248. glean - extract information from various sources. I gleaned various tomes for
information regarding spectral music.

249. glib - fluent/voluble but insincere, shallow. Fake people are very glib; they say all
the right things, but are shallow af about it.

250. glimmer

251. glut - excessively abundant. There was a glut of bananas that we didn't really
know what to do with.

252. graduated (adj) - characterized by or arranged in degrees. He developed a

graduated curriculum, with 10 levels, for hte piano.

253. grandiloquent - pretentious and using really big words, to impress.

254. grate - make a harsh noise. This merely grates on my ears.

255. gratify - to please. I was gratified by my own performance on the GRE.

256. gratis - without charge, free. I enjoyed the gratis meal; it was good for my wallet.

257. gratuitous - uncalled for, lacking good reason, unwarranted. I don't appreciate
the gratuitous insults to my character; I've done nothing to you!

258. gregarious - sociable. I would say that Valerie is very gregarious, whereas I like to
hide in my room.

259. grouse - grumble, complain. He groused about his curfew, but that only made
me ground him.

260. grovel - lie or move abjectly on the ground with one's face downward. He
groveled at his feet, begging for mercy.

261. gruff - rough and low in pitch. He was a gruff dude; he played in the mud and
boxed all day.

262. habituate - make or become accustomed to or used to something.

263. hackneyed - boring, overdone. Cliches are hackneyed.

264. hallowed - honor as holy. His pencil was hackneyed as the "holy pencil."

265. hapless - unfortunate. The hapless boy had all of his possessions taken from him.

266. harangue - lengthy, aggressive speech. A diatrible; to lecture someone in an

aggressive manner. I could do without the harangue; if you're going to hit me, just hit
me.

267. hardy - robust, capable of enduring. His dick was quite hardy; it could go forever.

268. harping (n) - tiresome dwelling on a subject. Quit harping about my books!

269. harrowing - acutely distressing. That harrowing movie made me get up and walk
out.

270. harry (v) - persistently attack/harass. I harried my opponent until he resigned;

attack after attack.

271. haughtiness - arrogantly superior and disdainful. I could not stand his
haughtiness after winning; I challenged him to a rematch and wiped the floor with him.

272. heckler - someone who insults, makes fun of, or teases. I beat the shit out of all
of the hecklers at my school, and they stopped teasing people.

273. hegemony - power, over a country

274. hermetic - not affected by outward influence or power; made airtight by fusion
or sealing. My hermetic nature made left me unconcerned with the happenings outside.

275. heterodox - unorthodox.

276. heyday - prime

277. histrionic - overly theatrical. I dislike musicals because thy're too histrionic; the
bursting into song ruins the vibe. Michael Stancliff is very histrionic; I wish he would stop
being so dramatic and talk normally.

278. hortatory - tending or aiming to encourage someone to do something. His

hortatory remarks led me to believe he had some kind of agenda for me.

279. hubbub - a busy, noisy situation. The hubbub I was placed in was too loud for me
to focus.

280. hubris - excessive pride or self-confidence. People who suck at things tend to
exhibit hubris - their pride is what gets in the way of their improvement.

281. husbandry - the care, cultivation and breeding of crops and animals; frugality. As
a big spender, I am not too fond of my wife's husbandry; I simply want to blow money!

282. hypercritical - literally what it sounds like

283. hypocritical - behaving in a way that suggests that one has higher standards or is
noble. I hate that hypocritical bitch - she thinks she's so above it all.

284. iconoclastic - rebelling against the traditions of the time

285. idiosyncrasy - weird quirks, eccentricity

286. idolatry - the worship of idols, excessive admiration

287. idyllic - extremely happy or picturesque. My friend and his wife are an idyllic
couple. (ideal?)

288. ignominy - shame. You have brought ignominy upon your famiry!

289. illimitable - infinite. The illimitable stupidity you have displayed is harrowing.

290. illusory - not real. Your illusory beliefs need to be abjured.

291. imbrioglio - confused, complicated, embarrassing situation. "The Watergate

Imbroglio" Every date I go on somehow turns into an imbroglio - all sorts of weird,
embarrassing things happen.
292. immaculate

293. immutable - cannot be changed. My feelings for your are immutable - they will
remain like this forever.

294. impalpable - unable to be felt by touch. His dick was impalpable - it was too tiny,
so you couldn't feel it LOL

295. impassable - the impassible cliffs.

296. impasse - a situation in which no progress is possible; a deadlock. It seems we

have reached an impasse - someone needs to give a little, or else we'll all forever hate
each other.

297. impecunious - having little or no money. We were quite impecunious in high

school - in order to eat, I had to hustle for money.

298. impenitent - not repenting, unremorseful. He was impenitent after the murders,
so we all hated him.

299. imperious - assuming power without justification. Some women are just so
damn imperious; they assume they have the right to power because they crave it so
badly.

300. impertinent - rude. How can you be so impertinent? Don't you have any
manners?

301. imperturbable - unable to be upset, calm. Annoy me as much as you want, I'm
imperturbable.

302. impetuous - acting quickly without thought or care. I always lose my chess
games because I am impetuous - if I just slow down and think, I'd do a lot better.

303. impetus - force or energy with which a body moves. The impetus for his prowess
is his hard work.

304. impinge - having an effect or impact, especially a negative one. Unfortunately,

his abusive father impinged greatly on the childhood of Stan. He became a crazy drug
addict.

305. implacable - not capable of being appeased, changed, or mitigated. His

implacable enemy refused to sign the peace treaty.

306. impolitic - unwise. His impolitic remarks landed him a seat in detention.

307. imponderable - difficult to estimate, assess, or answer. There are some

 imponderable questions left open in math.

308. importunate - persistent to the point of annoyance. The problem with Philip
Chang is that he is importunate in his attempts to talk to someone - he is too persistent.

309. importune - ask persistently. No matter how many times you importune me, the
answer is no.

310. imposture (imposter - the state form)

311. impregnable - cannot be defeated or destroyed. The impregnable warrior beat

the shit outta everyone.

312. impropriety - a failure to obseve standards or show due honesty or modesty.

(inappropriateness) Your impropriety is forcing me to consider kicking you out of my
house.

313. improvident - not having or showing foresight; spendthrift/thoughtless. His

improvident behavior proved disastrous, as he had not considered the consequences of
his actions.

314. impudence - cocky boldness. Many Asian fuccbois display impudence; they are
so cocky and I want to punch them in the face.

315. impugn - dispute the truth, validity, or honesty or something. I impugn whether
you have actually had sex with a million girls.

316. impunity - exemption from punishment. Nixon was granted impunity from his
punishment.

317. impute - attribute. His stupidity can be imputed to his mother...or to his worship
of Hitler.

318. inalienable - cannot be taken away. "Inalienable rights"

319. inane - silly, stupid. I'm tired of inane League of Legends players spouting
nonsense and idiocy.

320. inchoate - just begun, rudimentary. I am an inchoate chess player - you can't
expect me to be good!

321. incipient - at the beginning stage. At the incipient stage of a human's life, they
are called "toddlers."

322. incisive - intelligently analytical, clear-thinking. The goal of any philosopher is to

be incisive - to think clearly and sharply.
323. incongruity - inappropriate, out of place. The incongruity of his behavior
appalled me .

324. incontinent - lacking self-restraint, espeically over urinating or defecating. His

incontinent nature meant that I had to be the one to restrain him in case things got out
of hand.

325. inconvtrobertible - cnanot be denied (self-explanatory)

326. incorrigible - cannot be corrected, improved, or reformed

327. incredulous - unwilling/unable to believe. Padme was incredulous about Anakin

slaughtering children.

328. inculcate - instill by persistent instruction. I attempted to inculcate moral

righteousness into my students by repeatedly correcting their ill wills.

329. indefatigable - persisting tirelessly. I am indefatigable in my pursuit of greatness -

I never give up.

330. indelible - making marks that cannot be removed. Burn marks are indelible -
once they're there, they're there regardless.

331. indemnify - compensate for harm or less. I had to indemnify the owner after
rekking his car.

332. indigence - a state of extreme poverty. It kind of sucks that after he was robbed,
he was left in indigence.

333. indigent - poor, needy. Some really insecure girls are very indigent in their
relationships, which leads to toxicity of all kinds.

334. indignation - anger/annoyance provoked by unfair treatment. (in dignity) I felt

great indignation after hearing about what happened to the people in Salem,
Massachusetts.

335. indignity - shameful

336. indissoluble - unable to be destroyed, lasting. My friednship with SPencer is

indissoluble - nothing can break it up.

337. indolent - lazy. It is very often said that I am indolent, and that I never do
anything; that is very rarely the case, however.

338. indomitable - impossible to subdue of defeat (in-dominate-able)

339. indubitable - impossible to doubt, unquestionable (in-dubious-able)

340. industrious - diligent and hardworkign (industry?) I would say that I am quite
industrious when it comes to things I like; I am quite assiduous as well.

341. ineffable - too great or extreme to be described in words. The climax of

Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto, second movement is simply ineffable - I have no
words for it.

342. ineffectual - not producing any of the desired effect

343. inequity (LOL) - unfairness. Can be how like this? Like this too wide of the mark.
Like this inequity.

344. inexorable - unstoppable, unpreventable. Your inexorable doom awaits you.

(Exorcise = stop? In exorable...)

345. infallible - perfect, cannot fail (cannot fail)

346. infirmity - physical/mental weakness. Senility and infirmity are unfortunate, but
happens to all old people.

347. ingeious

348. ingenuous - innocent and unsuspecting. In her high school days, Annie was quite
ingenuous; she was so innocent, and so trusting.

349. ingrate - an ungrateful person. I fucking hate ingrates, especially those spoiled
rich kids who treat their parents like hsit.

350. ingratiate - bring oneself into favor with flattery. I fucking hate when people try
to ingratiate others; why is flattery necessary?

351. inimical - tending to obstruct or harm. Cuong can seem quite inimical; his
facetious remarks often make one think that he might just shoot up a school one day.

352. inimitable - (in imitable) - cannot be imitated.

353. iniquitous - grossly unfair and morally wrong. Like this inequity. Very iniquitous.
(This word is basically inequity...) Inequityness = iniquitous

354. injurious - likely to cause damage or harm. Jumping off bridges is injurious to
your well being.

355. innocuous - not harmful/offensive. When I said that your butt looked big, I
meant it in an innocuous way; please don't get mad.

356. insalubrious - unhealthy/not wholesome

357. inscrutable - impossible to understand/interpret (in-scrutinizeable; scrutinize =
examine closely) Galois' inscrutable handwriting left his work obscured for years until
they finally deciphered it.

358. insensate - lacking physical sensation. (in-sensate) After his spinal injury, he was
insensate in his legs.

359. insensible - without one's mental faculties. They knocked each other insensible
in their brawl.

360. insidious - intended to trap or beguile. He hatched an insidious plan to kidnap

the child.

361. insipid - lacking flavor. This insipid dessert needs some seasoning.

362. insolvent - unable to pay debts owed. People who very often take out loans are
insolvent; they are unable to pay them back.

363. insularity - ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures/ideas/peoples outside

one's own expereince. (Insulated-ness; in this case, to do with people). His insularity is
sickening; he needs to expose himself to more cultures.

364. insuperable - cannot be overcome. (in super-able; super here means

greater/over) I am experiencing insuperable financial problems right now.

365. intelligentsia - body of intelligent people in society

366. intercede - get in the way on behalf of another. I interceded in John's argument
with his wife, as it seemed like things were about to get violent.

367. interdict - prohibit (say-between?) In the United States, there is an interdict

against incest.

368. interminable - cannot be stopped/endless

369. internecine - destructible to both sides in a conflict. Medieval warfare was

internecine; commanders often shot flaming arrows at their own troops engaged in
warfare, as it was the fastest way to kill the bad guys.

370. intractable - hard to deal with/control (in tractable; tract = grasp?) Wesley was
quite intractable at one point - I could not deal with him.

371. intransigence - refusal to change one's views about something. (in - can't; transi-
change? can't change?) Wesley's intransigence about many issues really frustrated me,
as he refused to listen to sound arguments.
372. intrepid - fearless, adventurous. Kiefer is quite the intrepid person; he would go
on any and all adventures. (trepidation = fear; in-treoid = no fear)

373. inundate - overwhelm with things or people to be dealt with; flood. He was
inundated with phone calls that morning.

374. inured - accustom someone to something, especially something unpelasant.

After a while, I was inured to dissonances and atonal music.

375. invective - insulting, abusive, or highly critical langugae (n). I refused to listen to
any more of my girlfriend's father's invective.

376. inveigh - speak/write with great hostility. Nationalists inveighed against those
who worked with the British.

377. inveigle - persuade by means of deception or flattery. Deceptive con artists love
to inveigle people into doing something for them, and I can't stand it.

378. inveterate - having a particular habit, activity or interest that is unlikely to

change. My love of piano is inveterate; I will probably continue playing until I die.

379. invidious - likely to arouse or incur resentment/anger in others. His invidious

faux pas's angered the crowd.

380. inviolable - never to be broken/infringed. (cannot be violated) His inviolable

rules were followed to the letter.

381. invocation - prayer, act of invoking.

382. irascible - having or showing a tendency to be easily angered (irritable?) My

brother is irasicble; the slightest thing can set him on a rampage.

383. irreconciliable - points of view so differnt they cannot be made compatible. Our
beliefs are irreconciliable; we are literally antitheses of each other.

384. irrefutable - cannot be denied/disproved.

385. irremediable - impossible to cure. (impossible to remedy)

386. irreproachable - faultless; beyond criticism. (reproach = express disapproval)

387. irresolute - uncertain, hesitant (not resolute)

388. irrevocable (ir-revoke-able) - cannot be changed, reversed, or recovered. This is

an irrevocable decision; are you sure?

389. jaundiced - yellowed; bitterness, resentful, envious. He looked at the boy dating
 his crush with jaundiced eyes.

390. jocular (joke-ular) - joking, humorous, playful. My jocular mood was not
received well by the serious crowd.

391. jubilation - great happiness and triumph. With great jubilation, I jumped up as I
won my first piano competition.

392. judicious - with good judgment (jud = judge)

393. juncture

394. knotty - extremely difficult/intricate (of a problem) This knotty Knot Theory
problem took me a while to solve.

395. lachrymose - tearful. (la-CRY-mose) He was very lachrymose after heraing that
his favorite rapper died.

396. laconic - using very few words. Would you rather prefer someone who is
garrulous, or someone who is laconic?

397. lambaste - to criticize harshly. I do not need to lambaste my work; I already

know how terrible it is!

398. lampoon - publicly criticize using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm. He was lampooned
with large caricatures of his face that were burned.

399. languish - lose or lack vitality; grow weak/feeble. All must languish as they get to
old age; weakness is unavoidable!

400. languor - state, often pleasant, or tiredness. (languid)

401. larceny - the wrongful taking and carrying away of personal goods of another
with the intent to convert to the taker's own use. Jack Sparrow frequently committed
larceny, in particular in particular by stealing ships.

402. largess - generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others. I love the largess of
philanthropists - they just love to give shit away!

403. lassitute - state of physical of mental weariness; lack of energy. My lassitude is

making it really hard for me to study - I just want to go to bed.

404. latent - existeing but not yet developed/manifested; hidden; concealed. Tommy
harbored a latent desire to shoot up the school; the dude was a nutcase.

405. laud - praise highly, especially in a public context. "Many people with a southern
accent frequently say "PRAISE THE LAWD!" but I think it would be better if they said
 "LAUD THE LAWD!""

406. lavish - sumptuously rich, elaborate, luxurious, extravagant. The nice part about
befriending rich people is the lavish banquets they hold.

407. levity - humor or frivolity, especially in the treatment of a serious matter. I was
known for my levity; even when it came to things like school shootings or mass murders,
I felt compelled to make jokes.

408. libel - a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation. I

don't know why people like to publish libel to defame people - why don't they find real
facts instead of making shit up? It's way more effective.

409. limn - depict or describe in painting or words. (Highlight) His works limned the
injustice of the Apartheid system in South Africa.

410. lionize - treat as a celebrity. In South Korea, professional gamers are lionized and
treated like sex icons.

411. liquidate - eliminate, dissolve, disband, wind up the affairs of. His con artist
company was liquidated after they got busted by the FBI.

412. listless - lacking energy or enthusiasm. Working a full time job made me very
listless - I didn't want to fucking do anyhting.

413. litigation - the process of taking legal action. I suggest you stay away from my
daughter if you wish to avoid litigation - our family has quite the deft lawyer.

414. livid - furiously angry. I was absolutely livid after finding out that my daughter
had gotten a boyfriend...and quite disconsolate as well.

415. loath (adj) - unwilling, reluctant, disinclined, averse. He was quite loath to having
to do the dishes - but I forced ihm to anyway.

416. lope - run or move with a long bounding stride. Since my legs are very long, on
dates, I lope as my date trails behind me, as they're usually shorter than me (and hence
have shorter legs).

417. loquacious - tending to tak a great deal; talkative. Garrulous. Would you rather
date a garrulous girl or a girl who exhibits diffidence?

418. lucid - expressed clearly, easy to understand. I attempt to make my lessons lucid,
otherwise students would have absolutely no idea what hte fuck was going on.

419. lucrative - producing a great deal of profit. Wesley's seemingly lucrative scheme
to sell Coffee La Croix was proved to be a sham after we realized that the bubbles would
 not stay in the coffee, despite having a pressure cooker.

420. lucre - money. I'm a toydarian! Mind tricks don't work on me. Onnnlyyyyyyy
lucre.

421. lugubrious - looking or sounding sad and dismal. Philip was quite lugubrious
after finding out that he was not allowed to engage in sexual relations with anyone
under the age of 18.

422. luminary - a person who inspires or influences others. Bruce Lee was a luminary
- generation after generation aspire to be like him.

423. luscious- having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste. (or very sexually attractive). A
luscious woman...the red velvet cake that she served me was quite...luscious...amongst
other things.

424. lustrous - having luster, shining. Them diamonds on my wrist lookin' quite
lustrous muthafucka

425. luxuriant - rich and profuse in growth, lush. We waded through forests of dark,
luxuriant foilage, hoping to not get caught in any vines or anything.

426. macabre - disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of

death or injury. The HAunted House run by the Johnson's were, instead of hte usual
playful Halloween stuffs, quite macabre - I thought I might die if I walked in there.

427. machinations - a plot of scheme. The machination to assassinate Hitler was

unsuccessful.

428. magisterial - having or showing great authority. His magisterial air made it so
that everyone wanted to be led by him.

429. magnanimity - generosity. A lot of people lack magnanimity; they do not know
how to be generous, or rather they canont afford to.

430. magnate - a wealthy and influential person, especially in business. Bill Gates is
quite the magnate; he is so rich and influential that he can turn entire /countries/ right
side up.

431. magniloquent - using high-flown or bombastic language. Magniloquent and

grandiloquent mean very closely the same thing. I dislike when magniloquent people do
not know the meanings of the words that they use, but if they do use the words
properly, I wholeheartedly enjoy it.

432. maladroit - ineffective, clumsy. (antithesis of "adroit") I would say that my first
attempts to conflate the different harmonic disciplines of the 20th century was quite
 maladroit and clumsy; however, after a few months, I think I've made significant
progress.

433. malady - a disease or ailment. (malaria? mal = bad, think opposite of remedy)
No one had a name for the malady or ailment that befell him, but it cost him his life.

434. malaise - a general feeling of discomfort, illness ,or uneasiness whose exact
cause is difficult to identify. I couldn't quite put my finger on the malaise I felt, but
something about the room gave a malevolent air.

435. malcontent - someone who is dissatisfied and rebellious. (straightforward

enough). The malcontent Turner daughter can frequently be heard screaming at her
parents.

436. malefactor - a person who commits a crime or some other wrongdoing.

(opposite of benefactor, which is a person who does good.) While typically those that
are in jail are malefactors, that is not always the case.

437. malfeasance - wrongdoing, especially by a public official. Hillary Clinton's

political campaign for president was marred with accusations of malfeasance.

438. malign - evil in nature or effect, malevolent. v: to speak about someone in a

spitefully critical manner. I became very annoyed when they maligned my girlfreind right
in front of me. The malign people wanted to rob a store for no good reason.

439. malignant - malevolent. (straightforward enough)

440. malingerer - a person who pretends illness, especially in order to get out of
work. I am somewhat of a malingerer; I pretended to be sick when I didn't feel like going
to work.

441. maudlin - self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.

After a few drinks, I am usually maudlin, particularly when you-know-who springs to my
mind.

442. maverick - an unorthodox or independent minded person. I do not subscribe to

any extreme beliefs; I am a maverick, as I think for myself.

443. meager - lacking in quantity or quality. His meager earnings were not enough to
support his lavish lifestyle.

444. mealymouthed - afraid to speak frankly or straightforwardly. One of my biggest

qualms with Mr. Smith is how mealymouthed he is - he clearly hates his work
environment, but is too pusillanimous to say anything about it.

445. meek - having a quiet, gentle, humble nature. A lot of people I know are quite
 meek and timid; they are quiet and docile.

446. megalomania - obsession with the exercise of power, especailly in the

domination of others. (Mega = big lo=? mania) Evil villians in most Disney movies
frequently exhibit megalomania; for some reason, they all want to rule the world.

447. mendacious - not telling the truth, lying. (mentir in spanish means "to lie") The
mendacious propaganda attempted to convince the communist population that
everyone was well fed, when in reality half the country was starving.

448. menial - nto requiring much skill and lacking prestige. I quit my menial job as
front office assistant, as I felt I was wasting myself on said unintelligent pursuits.

449. navigable - able to be navigated

450. nebulous - in the form of a cloud, hazy; unclear, vague, or ill-defined. I readily
cringe at nebulous speech; I am of the opinion that everything shoudl be well formed
and clear.

451. nefarious - wicked or criminal. The nefarious crime lord was hunted down and
killed.

452. neologism - a newly coined word or expression. (neo = new, logism =

word/expression; think syllogism = same expression, or conclusion)

453. neophyte - a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. I am a neophyte in

chess, however, I have already attained a significant amount of skill.

454. nepotism - favor granted to relatives. I deplore that in corporate culture, and in
politics, nepotism is endemic; everyone gives jobs and positions to their family
members.

455. noisome - having an extremely offensive smell; disagreeable, unpleasant. I am

not too happy about the noisome, putrid odor that is radiating from the basement, and I
do not want to know what is causing it either.

456. nominal - existing in name only (nomi- name); of money: very small. Under the
Soviet regime, Yugoslavia existed only as a nominal country; it was essentially under the
control of the USSR.

457. nondescript - lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics. Mass

media is making all of the youth nondescript; there is no individuality; everyone likes the
same things, and does the same things.

458. nonentity - a person or thing iwth no special or interesting qualities, an

unimportant person or thing. My biggest fear is that I end up wedded to a nonentity; I
 want someone with intersting and special qualities.

459. nonplus - surprise and confuse someone so much that they do not know how to
react. He was nonplussed by his father's outburst that he stood in shock for a solid 10
minutes.

460. noxious - harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant. The noxious fumes permeated
the room, and we were forced to evacuate.

461. nuptial - having to do with marriage. The nuptial bliss that followed Anne's
fiance's proposal made the boss so cheerful that she gave us the afternoon off.

462. obdurate - stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

What I hate about old people is that they are sometimes obdurate; no amtter how much
you attempt to convince them, they remain bulldogged in their ways.

463. obfuscate - render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. In an attempt to sound

intelligent, Tommy ended up obfuscated his work, and no one could read a darn thing.

464. obsequious - obedient or attentive to an excessive degree. Yandere's are very

obsequious; they are too much sometimes.

465. obstinate - stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of

action. Obstinate and obdurate mean very closely the same thing. His obstinate
approach to things made me fire him, as we only wanted flexible people on our team.

466. obstreperous - noisy and difficult to control. The preschoolers this year were
particularly obstreperous; we received noise complaints, and no one knew how to keep
them under control.

467. obtrude - become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

468. obviate - remove (a need or difficulty); avoid, prevent. We must obviate the
impending attack of our enemy by blowing up the bridge.

469. occlude - stop, close up, obstruct an opening, orifice, or passage. Though this
sunblock says that it does not occlude my pores, it actually does and makes me very
upset.

470. occult - mysterious, secret, relating to magic, astrology, or system claiming secret
knowledge. The occult organization was disbanded after causing 50,000 deaths.

471. odious - extremely unpleasant, repulsive. His odious appearance made me want
to avoid him.

472. odium - general/widespread hatred/disgust directed toward someone as a result

 of their actions. The odium against Donald Trump was insurmountable; everyone hated
him for some reason.

473. officious - assertive or authority in an annoyingly domineering way. My officious

boss likes to micromanage in the most vehement way.

474. omnipresent - common, widespread, widely/constantly encountered. The

omnipresent problem of stupidity amongst the youth (and adults, for that matter) is
quite difficult to solve.

475. onerous - involving an amount or effort and difficulty that is oppressively

burdensome. She made my job excessively onerous by forcing all sorts of frivolous
constraints that I was to abide by.

476. opprobrium - harsh criticism or censure. I do not believe that the opprobrium
unleashed upon Rachmaninoff's first symphony was fair; after all, the conductor was
drunk.

477. opulence - great wealth or luxuriousness. I hope to achieve opulence some day; I
want to buy a house in Taiwan and Sweden, and have little weekend houses all over the
world.

478. oracular - relating to an oracle, prophetic; hard to interpret, enigmatic. He loved

to speak in riddles nad puzzles; his diary was so oracular that after he died, it took local
scholars months to translate the whole thing, despite its short length.

479. orator - a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled (oral-er I
guess?) The orator made a very interesting speech regarding the role of anime in the
development of youth.

480. ordain - order/decree officially, confer holy orders on. He was ordained as a
priest by the Vatican the other day. Good for him. Whoopdee doo.

481. ostensible - stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so. North Korea
provided its citizens with the ostensible image that their team had won the world cup.

482. ostentatious - characterized by vulgar or pretentious display, designed to

impress or attract notice

483. outmoded - old-fashioned. (mode = fashion?) Composing traditional tonal music

in the 21st century is considered to be outmoded, or old-fashioned.

484. outstrip - move faster than and overtake. I hate racing against Chris; he would
give me a head start, and then outstrip me, despite starting with a huuuuuuuge
disadvantage.
485. overbearing - unpleasantly or arrogantly domineering. He was fed up with his
overbearing boss, who provided him with no freedom and drove him to dangerously
high stress levels.

486. overweening - showing excessive confidence or pride. The child's overweening

ambition made me quite envious; I decided to support him wholeheartedly.

487. overwrought - in a state of nervous excitement or energy. After Beth said yes to
Matt's prom proposal, he was so overwrought that night that he could hardly sleep.

488. palatial - resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid. The palatial home
that we had built looked like something a prince would live in.

489. pall - a cloth spread over a coffin/tomb. When Marines killed in action are flown
back, they use the American flag as a pall over their coffin.

490. palliate - make less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause. When it
comes to viral infections, medicine can only palliate the symptoms; the immune system
is the only thing that can break down the viruses. ( make palatable?)

491. palpable - so intense as to seem almost tangible; able to be touched or felt. His
sense of remorse was quite palpable, you could almost grab it.

492. paltry - small, meager; petty, trivial. His paltry demands overlooked the bigger
issue here - people are fucking stupid, and his proposed changes won't fix that.

493. panacea - a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. If only a panacea
existed for all sorts of maladies that existed - being human would be a lot easier that
way.

494. panache - flamboyant confidence or style or manner. I am quite panache in my

dealings; I love being showy and flammy, and there's not much people can say or do to
change me.

495. pandemic - occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally
high proportion of the population; pandemic maleria.

496. pander - gratify or indulge. David was always there to pander to her every whim;
that dude was whipped af.

497. panegyric - a public speech or published text in priase of someone or something.

(encomium) I wish someone would write a panegyric/encomium in honor of my works
some day, but I'll probably be dead when that happens.

498. parable - a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lessons. The
parable of the train conductor is often used as an analogy of how God sacrificed his son
 to save eveyone from sin or something like that.

499. paragon - model of excellence or perfection. The Chang's daughter was a

paragon of what a student should be; perfect grades, plays 2 sports and is in CIF for both
of them, student body president, gregarious, etc...

500. paraphernalia - miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for an

activity. I bought some nuts, bolts, and other paraphernalia for buildign a birdhouse.

501. pariah - an outcast. Philip Chang is a social pariah - no one likes him, and he is
constantly shunned. (That is, unless you count underage jailbait)

502. parochial - relating to a church parish (church council), having a narrow outlook
or scope. The worldview of many children are incredibly naive and parochial.

503. paroxysm - a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or

activity. Jane suddenly exploded in a paroxysm of coughing; it turns out she had
whooping cough.

504. parsimony - extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. My best

friend Spencer is of Jewish descent, but also just happens to display parsimony; he hates
spending money.

505. pass - no longer fashionable, out of date. Playing Factory-first builds in Terran
vs. Protoss is now passe; everyone now opens iwth the 1 barracks expand.

506. pastiche - a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style
of a previous work. A lot of composers want to compose pastiches, but unfortunately, in
the modern world, one must innovate.

507. pathos - suffering, sensation of pain. He felt great pathos after the demise of his
father.

508. paucity - the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities;

scarcity. Everyone on the island died because of the paucity of food.

509. patrician - an aristocrat or a nobleman. (Patrician = belonging to the patriarchy?)

510. pauper - a very poor person. Homeless people are usually paupers; they are
broke af and have no money. But sometimes, rich people decide to be homeless for a
while, so this is not always the case.

511. peccadillo - a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin. I don't know why
you're so upset; I'm sure you can overlook a few peccadillos like being called mean
names.s
512. pecuniary - relating to or consisting of money. Though John is more attractive
than me, I have the pecuniary advantage in the courtship of Mary; I think Mary prefers
wealth over looks anyway.

513. pedant - a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or
with displaying academic learning. (A doctrinaire). Jaime Savitz is quite the pedant; she
cares only about the rules and nothing else.

514. pedantic - of or like a pedant. The Jedi are too pedantic; sometimes it is
beneficial to break a few rules.

515. pejorative - expressing contempt or disapproval. I did not enjoy the pejorative
remarks that the critic cast upon my work.

516. penance - punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin. His father thrust
upon him a hefty penance after he broke his neighbor's car.

517. penchant - a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do

something. I have a penchant for learning new vocabulary words, and flaunting them
about grandiloquently.

518. penitent - feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong. (think
penitentiary; it is a place where people go to feel bad about themselves I guess). After
Mary robbed the bank, she was very penitent, so much so that she actually went back
that night and returned the money.

519. penury - extreme poverty; destitution. After the stock market crash, Mr. Jones
fell into penury; he did not have a single dime to his name.

520. perdition - a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and
unpenitent person passes after death; utter disaster, ruin, destruction. Repent now, or
you will fall into perdition!

521. peregrination - a journey, especially a long or meandering one. The Hobbit is

based on J.R.R. Tolkien's peregrination through the mountains of Europe.

522. peremptory - insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a

brusquely imperious way; commanding. His boss's every order was peremptory;
regardless of what he was doing, he was to drop it immediately and do it right away.

523. perennial - lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time;

enduring/continually recurring. His perennial love for his wife was demonstrated in the
sense that they were married for 80 years.

524. perfidious - deceitful and untrunstworthy. I would say that Chancellor Palpatine
 is perfidious; I do not trust him.

525. perfunctory - carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection; hasty,

superficial. Before we go on an in-depth analysis, we should do a perfunctory screening
to see where we should focus our attention.

526. peripatetic - traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various
places for relatively short time periods. Touring is quite the peripatetic life; many times,
you'll wake up in one city, spend the day in another, and fall asleep in yet a different city.

527. pernicious - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Microaggressions are unintentionally pernicious statements that those firebrands are
attempting to rid the world of.

528. perquisite - perk. Special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position.
One of the perquisites of being so good at everything is that you can find interesting
ways to combine old ideas.

529. perspicacious - having a ready insight into and understanding of things; acute,
keen. I love working with perspicacious students; they pick up very quickly, and make the
observations I look for them to make.

530. perspicuity - clarity, plainness, intelligibility. One of the things I loved about
reading Prof. Emmerich's writings is the perspicuity - everythign was perfectly
understandable, concise, and elegant.

531. perspicuous - clearly expressed/understood; lucid. ^same as above

532. pert - attractively lively or cheeky (or a girl or young woman). Alma Deustcher is
quite pert; she is so vivacious and her eyes glisten when she plays!

533. pertinacious - holding firmly to an opinion/course of action. One of the things

with politics is that one must be pertinacious; one must stick to their opinions, despite
what others say.

534. pertinent - relevant, applicable, apposite. I would say that solving tactics puzzles
is pertinent in terms of improving in chess.

535. peruse - read, in a thorough/careful way. I perused through my copy of My

System by Aron Nimzowitsch.

536. perverse - showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is
unacceptable, despite consequences. I will have no more of your perverse behavior! You
will follow the rules!

537. pestilential - (pest - bother )relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases;

 widespread and troublesome. I would say that not wearing any clothes while you sleep
during cold nights is pestilential; you'll probably get sick.

538. petulant - childishly sulky or bad tempered. Even though Mr. Rogers was over 60
years old, he was very petulant; he bitches all the time about nothing and gets really
mad.

539. pharisaical - practice without regard to the spirit (form without function), self-
righteous, hypocritical. I would say that a lot of Chinese martial arts nowadays are
pharisaical; they all do the forms, but have no idea what they mean.

540. philistine - one who is hostile or indifferent to the culture and the arts, or who
has no understanding of them. You filthy philistine - get cultured!

541. phlegmatic - having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition. Professor

Dumbledore was very phlegmatic; despite the fact that shit was blowing up all over the
place, he remained completely calm, all the way until his death at the hands of Snape.

542. piecemeal - characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over a period

of time; in a fragmentary way; gradually. We remodeled our house piecemeal because of
budgetary constraints.

543. piquant - engagingly provocative, agreeable stimulating to the taste. (pique my

attention) The music of Igor Stravinsky is quite piquant; it is very provocative, but in a
good way.

544. pith - essential part, substantial quality, importance. We finally reached the pith
of the discussion after 6 days of circumlocution.

545. pithy - having substance nad point, tersely cogent. I am glad that my teacher is
quite pithy; he is always straight and to the point, with very profound comments.

546. placate - to soothe or mollify by concessions; appease. The Allies attempted to

placate Hitler in order to avoid a second world war, however, at the end of the day they
were forced into another world war.

547. placid - serenely free of interruption or disturbance. I enjoy my placid spot at the
park; it's quiet, it's serene, and I can actually get work done.

548. plaintive - expressive suffering or woe; melancholy. He heaved a plaintive yelp

after discovering that his best friend perished in the war.

549. plasticity - capacity for being molded or altered. Her social plasticity astounded
me; she was the biggest two face bitch I have ever met.

550. platitude - the quality of being dull or insipid. I would eat your food, but I don't
 like platitude. It tastes of nothing.

551. plaudit - an act or round of applause; enthusiastic approval. I hope I receive

great plaudit at the premiere of my first symphony. (applause)

552. plebeian - one of the common people. I do not want to be a plebeian; I want to
be a member of the intelligentsia.

553. plenary - complete in every respect. He had a plenary plan, which encompassed
every single possibility that could occur.

554. plenitude - completeness, abundance. I was overwhelmed by the plenitude of

his Star Wars collection - he literally had every single comic and book ever released!

555. pliant - pliable, ielding, suitable for varied uses. I enjoy his pliant attitude; he is
extremely easy to manipulate.

556. plight - to put or give in pledge, engage; an unfortunate or precarious position.

My plight seemed to be a source of laughter for evil Mrs. Jones over there.

557. plumb - vertical, a lead weight attached to a line used to indicate a vertical
direciton. Architects use plumbs so that they can build walls straight up and down.

558. plutocracy - government by the wealthy. Poor people are opposed to a

plutocractic government; if one is established, the poor will have no say, only the rich.

559. poignancy - state of pungently pervasive, spreading through every part. The
poignancy of his errors made it so that he always got something wrong.

560. polemic - disputant, aggressive attack on/refutation of the opinions/beliefs of

another. Prof. Keith was a polemic; he loved debunking the beliefs of others.

561. polemical - being a polemic

562. polity - political organization. The polities of Medieval England were quite crazy;
everyone kept killing each other for some reason.

563. pomposity - pompous demear, speech, behavior

564. ponderous - of very great weight, unweildy/clumsy due to weight and size. Big
swords look cool, but they are very often ponderous, and unwieldy in battle due to their
heavy weight.

565. pontifical - pompous, pretentious; pertaining to a bishop or a pope. I could not

stand his pontifical demeanor; he was so pretentious I Wanted to hit him.

566. portent - somethign that foreshadows a coming event. The portents of the
 King's arrival made everyone clean up the town.

567. posterity - the offspring of one progenitor to the furtheset generation. All future
generations. Though J.S. Bach was considered old fashioned by his contemporaries, he
was beloved by the posterity.

568. potentate - a monarch/ruler, esepcially an autocratic one. (potent = strong, ate =

person) I hate potentates; I believe in democratic rule.

569. practicable - able to be done or put into practice successfully. Practical. I must
say, playing the Benoni as a beginner is not very practicable; there is too much theory to
learn.

570. precept - a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought. Though

precepts are good in the sense that they ensure that peopl are moral, it is always
dangerous to be told what ot think.

571. precipitate (adj, v) - cause to happen suddenly/prematurely (usually bad) - The

incident precipitated a political crisis, causing chaos everywhere. (also adj)

572. prcis - a summary/abstract of a text/speech. Scholarly papers are always

presented with a precis, that way a reader knows what he/she is getting into before they
read it.

573. precocious - (of a child) having developed certain abilities/proclivities at an

earlier age than usual. "Well, aren't you...precocious." - Legend of Korra

574. predilection - a preference/special liking for something; bias. I have a

predilection for Asian food; my palate is just so used to it.

575. predispose - make someone liable/inclined to a specified attitude, action, or

condition. I am genetically predisposed to high blood pressure. (pre-disposition)

576. prefatory - introductory. There will be a prefatory address by Mr. Will Smith
before the game begins. (preface-atory)

577. premonitory - give premonition; warning beforehand. (literally it has

premonition in there) The premonitory words left by my assailant made me aware of his
attack just in time; I was able to dodge it.

578. preponderance - quality/fact of being greater in number, quantity, or

importance. The preponderance of women among older people show that being man
leads to dying earlier?

579. prerogative - a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class. You

need to check your prerogative, man! Look at all of this privilege you have!
580. presage - a sign/warnign that something bad will happen. The cloudy skies were
a presage for the impending storm to come, so fishermen were not allowed to leave the
docks.s

581. prescience - (pre-science) the fact of knowing something before it takes place;
foreknowledge. Oracles possess great prescience; they know what is to happen.

582. presentiment - intuitive feeling about future, especially one of foreboding. (self-
exlanatory)

583. presumptuous - failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.

John is presumptuous in the sense that he always goes a little too far.

584. preternatural - beyodn what is normal or natural. When the house lit on fire, the
fireman rushed in and out with preternatural speed.

585. pretext - reason justification given that is not the real reason. He used the
pretext of the Manchurian train incident to start an attack on CHina.

586. prevaricate - speak/act in an evasive way. He seemed to prevaricate when he

was asked whether or not he had a girlfriend.

587. privation - a state in which things that are essential are lacking. (deprivation)
During world war 2, citizens of the world faced privation and rationing.

588. probity (LOL) - quality of having strong moral principles, honesty and decency.
But the West Emperor depends on the improbity.

589. procivility - tendency to do somethign regularly. I had a procivility to studying

really hard; I was obsessed with academics.

590. prodigal - spending money/resources freely/recklessly; spendthrift. His prodigal

nature drove the company to bankruptcy in months.

591. profligate - recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources. Professors

in the UCLA Anderosn School are very profligate; they very often spend without htinking.

592. profusion - an abundance or large quantity or something. He had a profusion of

insults for throwing at people that he didn't liek.

593. progenitor - a person or thing from which something originates. The emperors
of the Zhou dynasty is the progenitor for the Zhous in China and Taiwan; it is the 10th
most common surname.

594. progeny - a descendent; offspring. I hope my progeny grow up to be as awesome

as I am some day.
595. prognosticate - foretell or prophesy. Foretunetellers claim to be able to
prognosticate; but they are usually just charlatans. (prognosis; outlook)

596. proletarian - working-class. In Soviet Russia, it was very important that

everything was accessible to the proletarians.

597. proliferate - increase rapidly in numbers. The number of shitty movies

proliferated in the 21st century.

598. prolific - plentiful, present in large numbers. The prolific composer J.S. Bach
composed over 1000 works during his lifetime.

599. prolixity - extended to great, unnecessary length. Many college essays are quite
prolix; because the people have no idea waht they are talking about, they just try to fill
up the paper.

600. promulgate - promote or make widely known. SJW's are constantly trying to
promulgate social awareness, particularly about things that are not politically correct.

601. propogate - spread and promote widely, breed. The French propogated the idea
that the English were terrible people.

602. propensity - an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way. He

had a propensity to act like a fucking retard.

603. prophylactic - intended to prevent disease.

604. propitiate - win/regain favor by doing something that pleases them. I am so sick
of people in the business wordl attempting to propitiate their superiors - why don't they
just do a good job instead of trying to faltter them?

605. propitious - favorable. These are propitious conditions for us in this match!
(prosper?)

606. propound - put forward for consideration by others. He propounded the idea of
using a two-house legislature, and they loved it! (proport)

607. propriety - the state of quality of conforming to conventionally accepted

standards/morals. Tom always behaved with the utmost propriety; he always followed
the rules.

608. prosaic - lacking poetic beauty, like prose (literally, prose-ic). A lot of people
prefer poetic language, but I find that it is inaccurate; dull yet prosaic language is much
more accurate.

609. proscribe - forbid, especially by law; condemn. Drinking was proscribed during
 Prohibition in the 1920's

610. proselytize - convert or attempt to convert, especially in terms of religion/belief.

Do not attempt to proselytize me into becoming a Christian - I am far too skeptical for
that.

611. prostrate - lying stretched out on the ground, with one's face downward. When
you kowtow, as they say, you prostrate and beg.

612. protean - able to change frequently or easily; versatile. Protean Tommy was able
to do literally anything. Shostakovich was a remarkably protean composer, one at home
in wide range of styles.

613. protract - prolong. You do not need to protract this game - your death is
unavoidable.

614. provenance - origin, source. The provenance of your stupidity must be your
father. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

615. provident - making provisino for hte future, frugal. (seems like providence is
thinking in terms of the future) Many millenials are not provident; not having lived
through hard times, they do not know to save for the future.

616. provincial - concerning a province of a country or empire

617. proviso - condition attached to an agreement. I agreed to babysit his daughter

with the proviso that he would buy me a guitar.

618. prowess - skill

619. prude - person who claims to be easily shocked by sex or nudity. Jaime Savitz is
such a prude; anything to do with sex or nudity makes her freak out!

620. puerile - childishly silly and trivial. My puerile boss loved to blow up about
nonsensical things all the time.

621. pugnacity - (pugnacious) inclined to quarrel or fight readily. Members of high

school wrestling teams typically exhibit pugnacity; they want to fight all the time.

622. pulchritude - beauty. Angie exhibits great pulchritude.

623. punctilious - showing great attention to detail or correct behavior (kind of like
puntualness; the two usuall go together) Most people that succeed in the workplace are
very punctilious; they pay attention to everything.

624. pundit (your pundit got armor!) - an expert that is called to give opinions to the
 public. I don't know why, but for some reason, many news stations fail to consult
pundits; they just make up biased opinions.

625. punitive - inflicting or intended as punishment. (punishing) His punitive rules

were meant to punish the people that caused them to be passed.

626. purport - appear or claim, especially falsely; profess. (n: meaning)

627. purported - alleged, claimed, reputed, rumored.

628. purveyor - one who sells/deals in particular goods. We need to find a purveyor
of vape pens, as my father wants one.

629. pusillanimous - timid, cowardly.

630. putative - generally considered or reputed to be. The putative axioms of

Geometry are quite useful.

631. quack (n) - a charlatan. That quack actually had no idea how to play chess.

632. quandary - a state of perplexity/uncertainty over what to do in a difficult

istuation. After my opponent sacrificed his queen, I was left in a quandary, as I saw that
checkmate was coming for me shortly.

633. quarry (n, v) (n: a placefrom which stone/other things are extracted) (v: to
extract), prey, dig into. I do not appreciate you quarrying into my personal life. (query)

634. quash - reject/void/put an end to. He quashed the insurrection and executed all
those involved.

635. querulous - complaining in a whining manner. My boss accused me to being

querulous, and complaining and whining all the time.

636. quibble - slight objection/criticism. My only quibble about BFII is the loot crate
system.

637. quiescent - state or period of inactivity/dormancy. Obi-Wan went into a

quiescent period, hiding from the Empire whilst watching over Luke Skywalker.

638. quietude - calmness, stillness. (opposite of disquietude)

639. quintessence - most perfect/typical example. You know this!

640. quip - a witty remark(n and v) I was very angry, but my son made a quip that I
could not help but appreciate, and I let him off the hook.

641. quiotic - exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. One of hte many
 complaints about millenials is that our wishes are quiotic and impractical.

642. quizzical - indicating mild or amused puzzlement. She gave me a quizzical look
after I did some weird idiosyncrasy.

643. quorum - minimum number of members to make a meeting valid. The meeting
was adjourned prematurely since the quorum was not met; more people needed to
show up for any votes to take place.

644. quotidian - daily. Le Pain Quotidian literally means "Daily Bread"

645. rail (v) - scold, rant. You may rail at my brother, but he still don't listen.

646. ramify - spread/branch out. The explosion ramified through the streets,
decimating everything.

647. rancor - bitterness/resentfulness;especially longstnading. The meetings between

the Montagues and Capulets were fraught with rancor.

648. rankle - causing persistent annoyance/resentment. Since I had a grudge against

Sarah Kim, I ensured that my behavior would rankle her.

649. rapacious - aggressively greedy or grasping. Those rapacious landlords never

know when to stop.

650. rapport - close harmonious relationship with good communication. It is

important to build good rapport with your clients, otherwise the dealings will not go as
well.

651. rapt - completely fascinated by what one sees/hears. I was rapt after hearing the
Rite of Spring for the first time.

652. rarefied - of lower pressure than usaul, thin; distant from live sand concerns of
ordinary people. I would say that I am quite rarified; I seldom care about everything. The
air up here is quite rarified; it's so thin!

653. ratiocination - process of exact thinking/reasoning. (Ratio: comparison) I

perform ratiocination on a daily basis; I love htinking.

654. raucous - making a disturbingly harsh/loud nouse. I hate children; they're so

raucous, and I can't concentrate from the noise.

655. rebuff - reject in an abrupt or ungracious manner. Annie was asked to prom, but
because she was in a bad mood that day, she rebuffed him and he got really upset.

656. recalcitrant - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or

 discipline. Rebels are quite recalcitrant; they love to rebel without a cause.

657. recant - say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief. Heretics were burned
if they would not recant. At the end of his life, Galileo was forced to recant his ideas
about the universe.

658. recidivism - the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. The reason parole
exists is because of the recidivism of the criminals; you never know if they'll fuck up
again.

659. recompense - make amends to someone for loss;harm, indemnify.

(recompensate) He was recompensed by the government after the rescue operation
blew up his house.

660. recondite - little known, abstruse. The Critique of Pure Reason is full of recondite
information.

661. recourse - a source of help in a difficult situation. Obi-Wan, help me! You are my
only recourse.

662. rectitude - morally correct behavior/thinking; righteousness. The CHang's

daughter was a symbol of rectitude; she always did the right hting.

663. redoutable - formidable. He was a redoutable opponent; he really gave me a

challenge.

664. redress - remedy/set right (in an unfair situation). I wish to redress the
grievances of the customers.

665. refractory - stubborn or unmanageable/resistant. He was so refractory to any

change that I fired him immediately, since he could not keep up.

666. rejoinder - a reply, especially a sharp or a witty one. Though typically children
are punished for touting rejoinders at their parents, I welcome them; it means my child
is thinking.

667. relegate - consign or dismiss to an inferior rank/position. After the fiasco of the
factory exploding, the manager was relegated to a mere factory worker.

668. relent - abaondon or mitigate a harsh condition or cruel treatment. She was
going to beat the shit out of him, but relented. (Think relentless)

669. remiss - negligent. It was very remiss of him to not feed the dogs that day.

670. remonstrance - a forcefully reproachful protest. The remonstrances of the SJW's

were heard all over the nation.
671. renumerative - financially rewarding; lucrative. The renumerative schemes of
Wesley made the LAN people rich.

672. renege - go back on a promise. I promise never to renege on this promise.

-Eminem

673. repartee - conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or

replies. When I talk to a smart child, it's not so much a conversation as it is a repartee;
we're constantly throwing witty retorts at each other.

674. replete - fitted or well supplied. The truck was replete with camping gear.
(deplete vs replete)

675. repository - place, building where things are stored. I put all of my books in the
repository I created for them in my home.

676. reprehensible - deserving censure or condemnation. His reprehensible acts

deserved bitter criticism.

677. reprieve - cancel or postpone the punishment of. I pray that you reprieve the
sentence on my child - he's only 12! He was no idea what he's doing!

678. reprisal - an act of retaliation. As a Buddhist, I am very against the idea of

reprisals; just because someone did something terrible to you, that doesn't mean you
should do somethign terrible in rturn.

679. reproach - address someone in such a way as to express disapproval. He looked

at me with reproachful eyes after I failed my first exam.

680. reprobate - an unprincipled person; unprincipled. Many of hte youth in China

are quite reprobate; after the Cultural Revolution, all sense of moral guidance was lost.

681. reprove - reprimand, censure. He was reproved for drawing a giant penis on the
wall.

682. repudiate - refuse to accept/associate with. I repudiated Philip Chang; I wanted

nothing to do with him.

683. repugnance - intense disgust. I looked at my brother with repugnance; I could

not stand what he had become.

684. reputed - be generally said or believed to do something or to have particular

characteristics. (reputation)

685. requisite - made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations. (think

pre-requisities)
686. requite -make appropriate reutrn for(unrequited love)

687. resplendent - atractive and impressive through being richly colorful or

sumptuous. His house was resplendent in the sense that it was very colorful.

688. restitution - the restoration or something lost to its proper owner. Seeking the
restitution of land back to the Native Americans!

689. restive - stubbornly resisting control. My dog is very restive; she refuses to sit
down.

690. resumption - the action of beginning something again after a pause or

interruption. (resume)

691. reticent - not revealing one's thoughts/feelings readily. I was quite reticient in
my dealings with the Senate; they would take every little slip and use it against me.
(retain)

692. retrench - reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty. During

the great crash of 1928, Roosevelt attempted to fix the economy by retrenching;
spendign was cut dramatically.

693. reverent

694. revile - criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner. For some reason, but
girlfriend's father felt the need to revile me every time I did something wrong.

695. revulsion - a sense of disgust and loathing. Many of the liberals in the United
States feel revulsion for Donald Trump. (revolved [adj])

696. rhapsodize - speak/write about someone or something with great enthusiasm

and delight. (Rhapsody) Abraham Lincoln is often rhapsodized in textbooks as the hero
who freed the slaves.

697. rife - common occurrence, widespread. The field was rife with mosquitoes.

698. riveting - compelling, engrossing

699. rout - a disorderly retreat of defeated troops. After the unexpected bombs
exploded, the soldiers degenerated into a rout.

700. ruminate - think deeply. I very often take long walks around Torrance where I
ruminate about my compositions, or about mathematical concepts.

701. saboteur - someone who sabotages

702. saccharine- excessively sweet

703. sacrosanct - regarded as too important to be interfered with. My thinking
periods are sacrosanct; I cannot be interrupted, as this is a matter of national security.

704. sagacious - having shown keen mental discernment and good judgment. He was
quite sagacious in the later rounds; he made all of the right moves.

705. salubrious - healthful, wholesome

706. salutary - producing good effects, beneficial. We received a salutary lesson on

the origins of human life.

707. sanctimonious - making a show of being morally superior to other people. One
thing I hate about people who commit hte moral high ground fallacy is how
sanctimonious they are; they constantly flaunt that they are better people.

708. sanguinary - involving or causing much bloodshed. The sanguinary actions of the
King resulted in many people dying.

709. sanguine - optimistic in a really bad situation. Despite the fact that everything
was blowing up, Pvt. Sanders remained sanguine.

710. sardonic - grimly mocking or cynical. Ian and I are both quite sardonic; we make
cynical jokes about the human population all the time.

711. scanty - small or insufficient in quantity. His scanty wages were not enough to
cover his rent, let alone buy meals.

712. scintilla - a tiny trace/spark of a specified quantity/feeling. I reached to pull the

lever, but stopped because a scintilla of doubt appeared.

713. scotch (v) - decisively put an end to. After putting up with the rumors that Jill
and Jack were dating for a month, Jill went to the front of the school and scotched the
rumors. She then defecated on the person who started them.

714. scruple - a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety
of something. I had a scruple about my con scheme, but I went ahead with it anyway.
(compunction, uneasiness, misgivings)

715. scrupulous - diligent, thorough, attentive to detail. One thing that I am, but my
boss does not think I am, is scrupulous; in my music, I pay attention to every last detail.

716. scurrilous - making or spreading sancalous claims about someone with the
intention of damaging their reputation. The thing with so many high school girls,
especially if they're bitchy af and watch gossip girl, is that they are scurrilous; they love
starting random rumors just for the hell of it.
717. sedition

718. sedulous - showing dedication, diligence. He watched his figure with the most
sedulous care.

719. seethe - bubble up as a result of being boiled. His seething ange was terrifying.

720. semblance - outward appearance/apparently form of something, esp. when

reality is different. He tried to reorganize his belongings so that they formed some
semblance of order.

721. seminal - strongly influencing later developments. The work of Igor Stravinsky
was seminal; it had an effect on generations to come.

722. seminary - special school providing education for religious fucks; place of origin.
The religious dudes made their child attend a seminary.

723. senility - the condition of being senile. (Old and weak af)

724. sensitization - opposite of desensitization; process of becoming sensitive to

something.

725. sententious - given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. People were

very turned off by the sententious manner in which he gave his speech; it was too fake
and pompous.

726. sequester - isolate or hide away. I was so terrified that I sequestered

(absconded) in my room.

727. serendipity - the occurrence and development of events by chance in a good

way. I was quite fond of my serendipity; I got very lucky all the time.

728. servile - having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others. I

hate how servile fake people try to be to get on my good side; if I'm going to be nice to
you, I'm going to be nice to you. I fucking hate fake people. (it has the word "serve" in it)

729. shirk - avoid/neglect (a duty or responsibility). I love how fake people always say
they'll do a job, but then shirk like crazy, and after I clean up their messes, they take all
the credit.

730. shoddy - badly made or done. (shitty)

731. shunt - shove or turn aside. He was shunted aside.

732. sinecure - a position requiring little or not work but giving the holder status or
financial benefit. I fucking hate how so many high level positions are just sinecures; they
 hardly ever do anything, and can play around all day.

733. skinflint - a person who spends as little money possible. Spencer is a skinflint of
a jew; he doesn't like to spend money. At all.

734. skittish - excitable or easily scared. My cat is quite skittish; he runs away at the
sight the slightest motion.

735. skulduggery - trickery. I will not fall for your skulduggery this time!

736. skulk - keep out or sight, usually sinister. He skulked in the shadows, awaiting the
return of his prey.

737. slake - quench/satisfy. I slaked my thirst with some good ol' fashion lemonade.
Will you slake my thirst m'lady?

738. slapdash - done too hurriedly and carelessly. Your slapdash assembling of this
bike will probably kill someone! Slow down and take more time.

739. slight (n) - insult caused by a failure to show proper respect. One of the things I
was completely oblivious of in the workplace of my slights; apparently I offended a lot of
people.

740. slipshod - characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization. Failures are

usually slipshot; they aren't careful, they're disorganized, and they don't think things
through.

741. slothful - lazy. The slothful boy didn't get out of bed for 4 days straight - because
he didn't feel like it.

742. slovenly - messy and dirty. On the weekends I am slovenly; no need to clean up
or tidy up after myself.

743. smattering - a slight superficial knowledge of a language/subject. I must confess

I have only a smattering of Japanese.

744. smolder (v) - burn slowly with smoke but no flame. The bonfire smoldered,
before eventually bursting into a huge flame that burned down the entire county.

745. solemnity - formal/ceremonious observance of an occasion/event; solemnness.

The King was welcomed with an appropriate solemnity.

746. solicitous - characterized by showing interest/concern. I had a solicitous student;

I spent more time with her after school, since I was eager to slake any thirst she might
have had for knowledge.
747. soliloquy - speaking one's thoughts aloud by oneself

748. solvent (adj) - ability to pay one's debts. The interest rate rising has very severe
effects on companies that are otherwise solvent, or able to pay their debts.

749. somber - gloomy

750. somnolent - sleepy, drowsy. Snorlax is quite somnolent; he always sleeps. I am

quite somnolent before I have had my coffee; I just want to go back to sleep.

751. sophist - a person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments. I fucking
hate pseudointellectuals; they're mere sophists, attempting to sound smart, but are just
wrong.

752. sophistry - use of fallacious arguemnts, especially to deceive. Nothing grinds my

gears more than sophistry; I HATE fallacies, especially used to deceive. Politics is nothing
but sophistry, and sheep too dumb to pick out the truth.

753. sophomoric - pretentious or juvenile; conceited/overconfident, but poorly

informed and immature. I would say that most pseudointellectuals are quite
sophomoric; they think they know it all, but they don't know shiet.

754. soporific - tending to induce drowsiness/sleep. Stetson's class was quite

soporific; I usually fell asleep with 10 or 12 other classmates.

755. sordid - morally not honorable. His sordid tale is fraught with cons and scams.

756. spartan (adj) - showing the indifference to comfort/luxury. (austere) The monks
spartan rooms were very simple.

757. spasmodic - occurring in brief, irregular bursts. (spasm-odic) He was not very
good at sex; his thrusts occurred spasmodically.

758. specious - superficially plausible, but actually wrong. Many chess moves are
specious; at first they look good, but end up costing a piece, or even checkmate.

759. spendthrift -someone who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way.

760. sportive - playful, lighthearted. The sportive child that lives next door loves to
come over and play games iwth my son.

761. spry - active, lively. (especially of old people). The man who lived to be 120 was
very spry and active.

762. spurious - not being what it purports to be; false/fake. Your spurious claims have
no place in academia; there is only truth here.
763. spurn - reject with disdain/contempt. I must spurn the opportunity to beat the
shit out of you.

764. squabble - a noisy quarrel aobut something petty or trivial. Squabbles amongst
adolescent girls are not uncommon; I wish they weren't so loud, or they at least argued
about something important.

765. squalor - a state of being extremely dirty/unpleasant. I am afraid to admit my

room is currently in a state of squalor.

766. squander - waste in a reckless/foolish manner. Entrepeneurs squander their

profits on expensive cars that they drive maybe once a month.

767. staid - sedate, respectable, unadventurous. The staid Tigran Petrosian seldom
took risks, but crushed his opponents with his refusal to give even an inch of
counterplay.

768. stalwart - loyal, reliable, hardworking. I would like to consider myself a stalwart
employee; I was very loyal, and very reliable, and I worked my tail off.

769. steadfast - resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering. I pledge my steadfast

loyalty to you, dear sire.

770. stint (v) - supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of. We were stinted of
food; only half of us had meals.

771. stilted - stiff, self=conscious, unnatural. Nate was quite stilted when he came in
for his interview; he seemed SUPER nervous and stiff.

772. stodgy - dull, uninspired. A lot of people think that composing with a process
produces stodgy work, but I feel it is the complete opposite.

773. stolid - calm, dependable, showing little emotion/animation. "Iron Tigran" was
quite stolid; he did not betray his emotions at the chessboard.

774. strategem - plan/scheme, out used to outwit an opponent

775. stratified - form/arranged into strata

776. stratum - level/class into which people are assigned based on social status,
education, or income. I hate the idea of social strata; it implies that we should be
separated by status, education, or income.

777. structure

778. strident - loud harsh, grating. I hate concerts because of the strident, loud
 atmosphere.

779. stultify - cause to lose enthusiasm, especially due to a tedious/restrictive

routine. I think my SAT boot camp during my last summer at Jubilate stultified the
students; they lost interest rapidly.

780. stupor - in a state of near-unconsciousness/insensibility. "From that one drunken

stupor"

781. stymie - prevent/hinder the progress of. Your actions must not stymie the duties
of the police officers here, lest you be shot.

782. suavity - how suave you are

783. sublimate - divert/modify into a culturally higher/socially more acceptable

activity. Playing video games has sublimated over the years; gamers used to be
outcasts,but now everyone plays.

784. suborn - bribe or induce someone to commitment an unlawful act. I hate the
ways that Mr. Jones uses to accomplish his means; he attempts to suborn all of the key
players, and he can afford to bribe them since he's so rich.

785. subsistence - maintaining oneself at a minimum level. I need to figure out how
much money I need for subsistence; everything else I can cut.

786. substantiate - provide evidence to support or prove the truth of. Because he had
the burden of proof, and he was unable to substantiate claims, no one believed him that
the Hot Dog ghost existed.

787. substantive - having a firm basis in reality, and therefore important. (substantial)
There is no substantive evidence for the efficacy of these drugs.

788. subsume - include/absorb in something else. Most of the things you talked
about can actually be subsumed into just two categories - good and bad.

789. subterfuge - deceit used in order to achieve one's goal. I see through the
subterfuge of the Jedi! They really just want power!

790. succinct - briefly and clearly expressed. Use short, succinct sentences, at the risk
of sounding ostentatious.

791. succor - assistance and support in times of hardship and distress. Kaitlin
provided me with succor during my darkest times.

792. suffragist - someone who fights for suffrage

793. sumptuous - splendid, expensive looking. Her sumptuous dress caught the eyes
of all of the "alpha-bitches" in the crowd.

794. sundry - more than one or two; various. I have a sundry amount of girlfriends,
and none of htem are happy with it.

795. supercilious - behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
I hate narcissists; they are so supercilious! (super=greater, cilious???) They think they're
better than everyone else.

796. supererogatory - going beyond the requirements of duty. Most managers these
days expect you to be supererogatory; doing the bare minimum isn't a great way to
survive a job.

797. supersede - take the place of; supplant. The older computers have been
superseded with the new ALienware lineup.

798. supplant - supersede, replace. I supplanted the old pianist with a fresh Julliard
graduate.

799. supplicate - ask or beg humbly/earnestly. I could not resist her pleas as she
supplicated in the cutest way ever.

800. supposititious - substituted for the real thing; not geniune. You expect me to
believe that you are my boyfriend! You're just a supposititious clone!

801. surfeit - excessive amoutn of something (think surplus) I was provided with a
surfeit of papers to grade.

802. swelter - be uncomfortably hot. I sweltered in the Los Angeles summer heat.

803. swerve - change direction abruptly.

804. sycophant - someone who acts obsequiously towards someone important in

order to gain advantage. I fucking hate politics; it's full of sycophants, and people doing
stupid shit to gain favor iwth other people.

805. tacit - understood wtihout being stated, implied. It should be tacit from the way
that I treat you that you're a piece of shit.

806. taciturn - saying little, reserve or uncommunicative. The old man was taciturn;
he seldom spoke. When he did however, it was usually important.

807. tantamount - equivalent, the same as. Your failure is tantamount to my

heartbreak, so don't break my heart!
808. tarry - delay, dawdle, hesitate. Let us tarry not in our pursuit!

809. tawdry - showy but cheap and of poor quality. Everythign that is made in China
is tawdry; it looks good, but it's actually shit.

810. tedium - state of being tedious. The tedium of my job as a front office person
never ceased to bore me.

811. temerity - excessive confidence/boldness; audacity. I was imprssed by the child's

temerity to talk back to me; we engaged in a lengthy discussion afterwards.

812. tempestuous - strong, turbulent, conflicting emotion; of winds: very stormy. I

was afraid of here tempestuous temper; she could snap at literally any moment.

813. temporal - relating to worldly affairs; secular. Relating to time. I concerned

myself with temporal studies, as opposed to religious stuff.

814. temporize - avoid makig a decision or cimmitting onself in order to gain time. A
filibuster is an attempt to temporize the senate by making a longer ass speech.

815. tendentious - expressing or intending to promote a particuarl cause/point of

view. Most of the textbooks on American history are tendentious; they aim to paint
Americai n a positive light.

816. tenuous - very weak or slight. The very tenuous bones in my right arm could
break with little force.

817. tepid - only slightly warm; lukewarm. I don't like bathing in tepid water; I like my
water scathing hot.

818. terse - sparing in the use of words; abrupt. I did not like to make long speeches; I
gave terse, to the point statements instead.

819. thespian - relating to the drama/theatre. Michael Stancliff displays great

thespian talents, but he's kind of a piece of shit of a human being.

820. threadbare - becoming thin/tattered with age (of clothing); poor/shabby in

appearance. I wore the same clothes so long that they started to rip and appear
threadbare.

821. throes - intense/violent pain/struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or

great change. I clenched the hand of my wife tightly as she felt the throes of childbirth.

822. throng - a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals. He waded through
the throng of stupid people to get to his brother.
823. tightwad - mean or miserly person. He hated his tightwad of a sister; she never
shared any of her things with him.

824. timorous - showing or suffering from fear/nervousness. (timid) I heard her

timorous voice, pleading me nervously to get her brother go. I obliged.

825. tirade - a long, angry speech of criticism and accusation. I hated being called into
my boss's office and given a tirade about all of hte shit that I fucked up.

826. titular - holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real
authority. (title - er) Her role as a manager was a titular one; John was the one who did
all the work.

827. torpor - lethargy, state of mental/physical inactivity. I was caught in a torpor

after my marathon; I wanted to do nothing.

828. torrid - very hot and dry. The torrid summer days of Los Angeles mean you
should wear less and put on chap stick!

829. tortuous - lengthy/compelx; full of twists and turns. My tortuous story was not
for everyone; only those who really paid attention to what they read could comprehend
it.

830. touchstone - a standard or criterion on which something is judged. I think the

touchstone of the CM system is bullshit; it does not test what truly makes a good
musician.

831. tout - attempt to sell by pestering people in a bold manner. I fucking hate when
sales people try to use their high pressure sales tactics to tout me into buying theri shitty
product.

832. tract - area of indefinite extent, typically a large one. The tracts of land in
Pennsylvania are fun to explore.

833. tractable - easy to control or influence/easy ot deal with. I love how tractable
your problems are; I can solve them no time!

834. traduce - speak badly/tell lies about someone. Adolescent girls are constantly
traducing each other. I don't know why.

835. transgression - an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an
offense. I will not tolerate your transgression; the next one and you're expelled!

836. transmute - change in form, nature, or substance. (transmutation; think horadric

cube) I transmuted my findings into a solid research paper.
837. trappings - outward signs, features/objects associated with somethiing. I had the
trappings of failure; I needed to remedy this.

838. travail - painful or laborious effort. I endured endless travail in order to complete
my first symphony.

839. travesty - false, absurd, distorted representation. Your refusal to sentence him is
a travesty of justice!

840. trenchant - vigorous or incisive in expression/style; keen, sharp. She was

terrifying to listen to, as she was trenchant and sharp in her speech.

841. trepidation - a feeling of fear/agitation about something that may happen

842. tribulation - grievous trouble (trials and tribulations)

843. trite - overused and consequently of little import (banal, hackneyed, cliched,
platitudinous vapid) Man I am so tired of these trite-ass tonal idioms; when are we
gonna get something new?

844. truculence - state of being aggressively self assertive, scathingly harsh, or

displaying ferocity. (belligerent) His truculence enabled him to get what he wanted; he
was uncompromising in his behavior.

845. truism - a statement that is obviously true, and says nothing new. Everyone time
someone calls someone else captain obvious, it is most likely because they spotued a
truism of some sort.

846. tumult - loud, confused noise; confusion/disorder. The whole neighborhood was
in a state of fear and tumult after the first bombs went off.

847. turpitude - depravity, wickedness. It seems that after being in the illuminati for
some time, he began to commit acts of moral turpitude.

848. tutelary - serving as a protector, guardian, or patron. The tutelaries of my family

stand watch outside.

849. tyro - beginner, novice. I am a tyro when it comes to chess, but I have already
gotten quite good.

850. ubiquitous - present, appearing, or found everywhere. Bruce Lee's ubiquitous

influence is everlasting; it is all over the world.

851. umbrage - offense, annoyance. I took great umbrage after this person had the
audacity to say that I was not a musician.
852. unequivocal - unambiguous

853. unexceptionable - not open to objection. (literally, no exceptions!)

854. unfeigned - (not feigned; genuine, sincere)

855. unfettered (litearlly un-fettered, or unchained); release from restraint/inhibition.

After being chained to Jamie's bed all night, I was unfettered after she biked to my house
and obtained the key to the handcuffs.

856. unilateral - done or undertaken by one person or party. I am not too fond of
your unilateral agreements; the rest of us should be included too!

857. unimpeachable - not able to be doubted, questioned; trustworthy. Your

unimpeachable nature is very settling; I feel I can trust you completely.

858. unmitigated - absolute, unquantified. The date degraded into an unmitigated

disaster.

859. unobtrusive - not conspucuous or attracting attention. Corrections should be

neat and unobstrusive.

860. unstinting - unsparing, giving without restraint, generous. He was unstinting in

his love for his child.

861. untenable - not able to be maintained/defended against attack or objection.

Your argument is clearly untenable; there are so many flaws.

862. unwonted - unusual. Normally she was kind of a bitch, but today she acted with
an unwonted niceness.

863. upbraid - scold. I was upbraided by my girlfriend for being a fucking retard and
jumping off the roof.

864. uproarious - characterized by uproar.

865. upshot - final/eventual outcome/conclusino of a discussion. The upshot of the

meeting was that the bridge would not be built.

866. urbane - suave, courteous, refined in manner. His urbane appearance made him
a favorite with the ladies.

867. vacillate - to be indecisive. I vacillate between different restaurants every time I

am confronted with a decision of where to go eat.

868. vagary - unexpected change in situation/someone's behavior. The weather of

Southern California is known for its vagaries; one day it'll be super fucking cold, and the
 next day sweltering hot.

869. vagrant - homeless muthafucka; a beggard. Don't give money to vagrants; you
just support their lifestyle. They need to get a job.

870. vagrant

871. vainglorious - excessively proud of oneself or one's own achievements; overly

vain. Most people who are vainglorious actually have low self esteem; they overhype
their own achievements due to their insecurities.

872. valedictory - serving as a farewell. The valedictory address at my high school

almost made me cry. Almsot.

873. vapid - offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. My job at UCLA was
quite vapid; I was bored all the time, as nothing was stimulating or challenging.

874. vaunted - boast about/praise, especially excessively. Asian moms love to vaunt
about their kids in front of other asian moms.

875. vegetate - live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive way. (become a
vegetable)

876. vehement - showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, intense. (Two squares
fight the vehemence LOL) He was vehement about his kids having good study habits.

877. venal - susceptible to bribery. Man that new mayor is so venal; he'd become
corrupt for just $1.

878. veneer - cover something with a decorative layer of wood

879. venerate - regard with great respect, revere. (the venerable ______) Mother
Theresa is venerated as a saint, but for some reason she gave an address about
contraceptives.

880. venial - able to be forgiven/pardoned. Though your crimes are serious, they are
venial; at least it was not unforgiveable.

881. veracious (NOT VORACIOUS!) (ver= truth) - speaking/representing the truth. His
veracious speech really hit people hard; it was too true for them.

882. veracity - accuracy, conformity to facts. The veracity of his argument shocked his
opposers; they did not expect him to do so much research.

883. verbiage - speech that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions.
I fucking hate when pseudointellectuals use verbiage to sound cool; they need to write
 more concisely.

884. verbose - using more words than needed. Those who are ostentatious are also
often verbose; using more words than necessary.

885. verisimilar - having the appearance of truth (ver-similar; similar to truth). The
verisimilar painting accurately depicted people dying.

886. versimilitude - appearance of being true/real

887. veritable - used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor. (very) There was a
veritable change in gas prices after Obama became president. (ver = real/truth; think
really, etc.)

888. verity - true principle or belief; truth. You cannot escape the irrefutable verity;
you're a fucking retard.

889. verve - vigor, spirit, enthusiasm. I enjoy your youthful verve; don't lose your
spirit!

890. vestige - remains (Bel'Shir Vestige)

891. vicarious - through someone else (live vicariously)

892. vicissitude - change of circumstances typically unpleasant. I didn't marry her

since she was unlucky, and was frequently met with bad vicissitudes of fortune.

893. vilify - speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner. (villain-ify; turn
into a villain) He was vilified by the press after the release of his opera, where he
depicted people fucking dead people.

894. vindicate - clera someone of blame or suspicion. He was vindicated after new
evidence surfaced, showing that he was banging his wife. (They were making a porno)

895. vindictive - having/showing a strong desire for revenge. My brother was quite
vindictive in high school; he wanted revenge for everyhting.

896. virulent - severely harmful in its effects; hostile. The virulent gas must NOT be
inhaled! YOu'll die! (virus-lent)

897. vitiate - spoil or impair the quality/efficiency of. In competitive sports, it's less
often about your own actions, but rather to vitiate your opponent's actions; if they are
impaired, usually that is how you win.

898. vitrolic - filled with bitter criticism or malice. The vitriolic attacks on the
composers of the time drove many of them to suicide.
899. vituperative - bitter and abusive. The vituperative treatment that Nick de Cesare
received at home in his early years contributed greatly to his ongoing depression and
paranoia.

900. vociferous - vehement, clamorous. My vociferous opponent fought passionately.

901. voluble - speaking of spoken incessantly and fluently. (garrulous, verbose, chatty,
effusive) Whilst I normally enjoy voluble people, as it means they have something to talk
about, I really wanted Michael to just shut the fuck up.

902. voracious - wanting or devouring great quantities of food. My voracious appetite

caused me to eat an entire chicken.

903. vouchsafe - give or grand in a gracious/condescending manner. He vouchsafed

the homeless man by throwing a $20 bill at him.

904. waffle (v) - to fail to make up one's mind. Valerie and I often waffle about where
to go eat for lengthy periods of time.

905. walve - give up temporarily, yield. It is a buddhist tradition to walve meats for 49
days after the daeth of a relative.

906. wangle - obtain by persuating others to comply, or manipulating events. I

wangled $10,000 from the nearest bank by holding a gun to the teller's head.

907. wanton - deliberate, unprovoked; of a woman, promiscuous. I dislike the wanton

beating that my brother received; I felt quite vindictive after.

908. waylay - stop/interrupt and detain them in conversation or trouble them.

(accost?) One of the things that sucks about being a celebrity is that you are constantly
waylayed by fans on your way to things.

909. wean - accustom to managing without something they've depended on. Though
he relied on his sisters for fashion advice, he was weaned into developing his own sense
of style later on in life.

910. welter - move in a turbulent fashion. The leaves weltered in the wind.

911. whet - sharpen the blade of. I whetted my falx, so that I could slice cleanly
through any man, no matter how fat.

912. witticism - a witty remark

913. wrangle - dispute/argument, usually a long, complicated one. I just had a

wrangle with my boss; I ended up resigning. The argument took forever.
914. wrest - forcibly pull from someone's grasp (wrested from my grasp)

915. yen (v) - feel a longing/yearining; I yenned to have Angie love me.

916. yoke

917. zany - amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic. One could consider the antics
of the Ray Chou quite zany and unconventinoal.