ALL Vocab 1- 15
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- raiment
- (n.) clothing, garments
- febrile
- feverish
- demur
- (v.) to object or take exception to (n.) an objection
- Peremptory
- high-handed, unconditional
- Arrogate
- expropriate, usurp, commandeer
- Reconnoiter
- to engage in reconnaissance
- effrontery
- (n.) shameless boldness, impudence
- Counterpart
- match
- panegyric
- tribute, encomium, testiomonial
- Exhume
- disinter, unearth, uncover
- inviolable
- sacrosanct, unassailable
- espouse
- to become attached to, adopt
- tyro
- (n.) a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill
- Taciturn
- (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
- Recumbent
- Prone, prostrate, supine, inactive
- Paltry
- Measly, meager, piddling, trivial
- Inure
- accustom, acclimate
- fatuous
- silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous
- Askance
- distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically
- Benign
- having a favorable or beneficial effect, not malignant
- Burnish
- (v.)To make smooth or glossy by rubbinf, polish
- iniquity
- a grossly immoral act
- pillory
- (n.) a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule
- calumniate
- (v.) to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
- Abrogate
- Annul, revoke
- behemoth
- mammoth whale elephant colosus
- perfunctory
- slapdash, cusory, shallow
- Disarray
- (n.)Disorganization
- Burnish
- (n.)Gloss, brightness, luster
- echelon
- level, rank
- picayune
- inconsequential, piddling, triffling
- Primordial
- (adj.) devoloped or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental; basic
- Banal
- (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
- Enverate
- Impair, cripple, paralyze
- Imperturable
- Unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled
- Derelict
- (n.) vagrant
- inviolable
- sacred
- Winnow
- To get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan
- Agnostic
- (n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic (adj.) without faith, skeptical
- nostrum
- a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
- Articulate
- (adj.) eloquent
- Obtuse
- slow or dull in understanding
- inordinate
- (adj.) far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive
- Accost
- (v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggresive way
- Pecuniary
- Monetary, financial
- gregarious
- sociable, seeking the comfort of others
- Impecunious
- Penniless, impoverished, indigent
- panegyric
- a tribute
- visionary
- (n.) a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or forsight
- Attenuate
- to make thin or slender
- requite
- to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service or favor
- Cavort
- (v) to romp or prance around exhuberantly; to make merry
- Recumbent
- (adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
- aesthetic
- pertaining to beauty
- Abrogate
- To repeal, cancel, declare null and void
- Sequester
- Seclude, segregate, isolate, closet
- Atrophy
- (n.)Degeneration, deterioration
- irrefutable
- indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable
- beatific
- rapturous, ecstatic transcendent
- moratorium
- postponement, stoppage
- raze
- (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
- Obtuse
- measuring between 90 and 180 degrees
- Devious
- Roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
- picayune
- (adj.) of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded
- recant
- (v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
- dilettante
- (n.) dabbler is the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way (adj.) superficial
- Necromancer
- Sorcerer, conjurer
- Fiat
- Edict, dictum, ukase
- Derelict
- (n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected (adj.) left abandonded; neglectful of duty
- languish
- to become weak, feeble or dull
- Figment
- (n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
- Delineate
- (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to respresent pictorally
- innate
- natural, inborn, inherent
- Flaccid
- Soft, flabby
- Halycon
- (n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher (adj.) of or relating to the halycon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
- paltry
- (adj.) trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable; inferior, trashy
- Incendiary
- (adj.) deliberately setting or causing fire; designed to start fires; tening to stir up strife or rebellion (n.) one who deliberately sets fires; arsonist; one who causes strife
- irrefutable
- (adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
- Rebuff
- (n.) set back
- Engender
- To bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
- Sporadic
- occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
- Insatiable
- unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
- Tenable
- (adj.) capable of being held or defended
- Encomium
- (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
- Reputed
- (adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged
- indigent
- (adj.) needy, impoverished
- Indubitable
- (adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied
- Decorous
- Seemly, becoming, tasteful
- Incarcerate
- Intern, immune
- mendacious
- given to lying or deception
- Peremptory
- determined, resolute
- pariah
- one who is rejected by a social group or organizaion
- Contrite
- Remorseful, rueful
- Oscillate
- vibrate, vacillate
- Verbiage
- verbosity, prolixity, diction, jargon
- Askance
- with suspicion, distrust or dissapproval
- Vacillate
- Seesaw, fluctuate, oscillate
- Feckless
- (adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; innefective; weak; irresponsible, unreliableq
- Desiccated
- Thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
- Captious
- Faultfinding, nit-picking, carping
- Testy
- (adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
- macabre
- grotesque, grim, ghoulish
- litany
- (n.) a prayer consisiting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
- Machination
- A crafy, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
- Substantiate
- verify, confirm, validate, authenciate
- Convivial
- fun-loving, jovial, merry
- Fecund
- (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
- badinage
- (n.) light and playful conversation
- Summarily
- (adj.) w/o delay or formality; brief or concisley
- slough
- (v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud (n.) a mire, a state of depression
- plaintive
- sad, doeful, lugubrious
- tantamount
- equivalent, having the same meaning, value or effect
- Figment
- Creation, invention, fancy
- Taciturn
- tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
- Glean
- Collect, cull, pick up
- Peremptory
- having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial or refusal
- subsist
- to persist or continue
- Garner
- (v.) to acquire as a result of the effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
- Sacrilege
- (n.) improper or disrespectable treatment of something held sacred
- Eclectic
- (adj.)Selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose
- Emulate
- copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
- aperture
- an opening, gap, hole
- Mesmerize
- To hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
- Penitent
- one who is sorry for wrongdoing
- hapless
- unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate
- Undulate
- Ripple, fluctuate, rise andfall
- Flotsam
- Floating wreckage
- Nefarious
- (adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards
- blandishment
- anything designed to flatter or coax
- importune
- implore, entreat, dun, tax
- Rebuff
- (n.) a curt rejection, a check
- Sacrilege
- Desecration, defilement, profanation
- misanthrope
- people hater
- allege
- claim, contend
- Inure
- to toughen, harder
- chicanery
- trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double dealing
- Halycon
- Tranquil, serene, placid, palmy
- Attenuate
- thin out, dilute, water down
- Benign
- forgiving, understood
- minutiae
- trivial, trifles
- Idiosyncrasy
- Eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
- Desiccated
- Dehydrated, shriveled, parched
- peregrination
- (n.) the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country
- Detritus
- Debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble
- aperture
- orifice
- Plenary
- unlimited, unrestricted
- importune
- to beg for insistently
- Increment
- Accretion, gain
- Cynosure
- The center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
- Aquisitive
- greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
- Neophyte
- (n.) a new convert, beginner, novice
- jettison
- (v.) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome
- Putative
- Generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
- Dissemble
- (v.) to disguise or conceal; deliberately give a false impression
- Deign
- Deem, stoop
- ephemeral
- fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory
- subsist
- to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life
- dissidence
- discontent
- Luminous
- emitting or reflecting light, glowing
- Grouse
- (v.)Gripe, kvetch, bellyache
- discomfit
- to frustrate, thwart, or defeat
- Detritus
- Loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction
- Pejorative
- (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing dissaproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belitting
- Accost
- Buttonhole, approach, confront
- seraphic
- cherubic
- Reconnoiter
- preliminary inspection
- Exhume
- (v.) to remove from a grave, to bring to life
- epicurean
- (adj.) hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating
- Incarcerate
- (v.) to imprison, confine; to jail
- Intransigent
- (adj.) refusing to compromise; irreconciable
- Forgo
- Refrain from, renounce
- Bestial
- animal, depraved, loathsome
- Fraught
- full or loaded with
- gregarious
- living together in a heard or group
- Opprobrium
- Disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
- Inure
- to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
- Inexorable
- Inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
- defunct
- extinct, nonexistant
- improvident
- prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
- Rebuff
- (v.) to repel, drive away
- Stratagem
- (n.) a scheme to out wit or decieve an opponent or to gain an end
- improvident
- not thrifty
- Inane
- vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous
- gainsay
- to dispute, oppose
- bestial
- (adj.) beastlike;beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility
- Plenary
- (adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
- mutable
- open to or capable of change, fickle
- amenity
- (n.) that which is pleasant or agreeable
- paucity
- (n.) an inadequate quanitity, scarcity, dearth
- Acuity
- (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
- Unremitting
- Constant, incessnat, unrelenting
- Murky
- (adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and presicion
- Garner
- Collect, accumulate, accrue
- refulgent
- (adj.) shining, radiant, resplendent
- Depraved
- Perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
- jaggernaut
- (n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
- Tenable
- defensible, justifiable, maintainable
- Nuance
- (n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning quality), delication gradation or shade of difference
- Foible
- a weak point, failing, minor flaw
- Putative
- Supposed, presumed
- Acclamation
- Ovation, cheering, plaudits
- Cabal
- A small group working in secret
- conciliate
- placate, mollify, propitate
- portend
- bode, fortell, foreshadow, suggest
- Summarily
- Promptly, peremptorily, abruptly
- Ghoulish
- Revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
- allay
- (v.) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve
- Peregrination
- Journey, wandering, odyssey
- visionary
- (adj.) not practical, lacking in realism
- presage
- (n.) a warning or indication of the future
- Hallow
- Venerate, bless
- Charlatan
- a pretender, imposter or QUACK
- Redolent
- Evocative reminiscent, aromatic
- interpolate
- to present as an addition or correction
- Incongruous
- Not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
- lackadaisical
- (adj.) lacking spirit or intrest, halfhearted
- Coherent
- connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
- Verbiage
- (n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression
- Credence
- (n) belief, mental acceptance
- Maelstrom
- (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool is violence and destruction
- Unwonted
- unusual, uncommon, unexpected, atypical
- Indictment
- (n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
- fatuous
- (adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
- nascent
- having just come into existence
- Mundane
- Prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary
- Burnish
- (v.)Shine, buff
- Sylvan
- (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
- Eulogy
- (n) a formal statement of commendation; high praise
- Mandate
- Directive (n.)
- Cavil
- (v.) nitpick, quibble
- countermand
- (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
- imminent
- about to happen, threatening
- inordinate
- exorbitant, extravagant
- Asperity
- Rigor, harshness
- echelon
- (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangment
- Overt
- (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
- Reconnoiter
- scout
- nascent
- budding, incipient, embryonic
- Engender
- Beget, generate, cause, form
- wizened
- withered, shrivled
- perfunctory
- without interest or enthusiasm
- Onerous
- Burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
- Overweening
- Arrogant, unbridled, inflated
- Incongruous
- Discordant, jarring
- Delectable
- (adj.)delicious, scrumptious
- Propinquity
- proximity, similarity
- Viscous
- gummy, sticky, thick
- visionary
- (n.) one who is given to far-fetched ideas
- visionary
- (adj.) utopian, idealistic, impractical
- Captious
- Excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse or show up
- discomfit
- to confuse, perplex or embarass
- Sophistry
- (n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
- Pusillanimous
- (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited
- Affront
- (n.)An open or intentional insult
- aesthetic
- sensitive or responsive to beauty
- saturnine
- (adj,) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
- embellish
- ornament, garnish
- Obtuse
- blunt, not coming to a point
- Depraved
- (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
- loath
- averse, indisposed
- abject
- wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
- Verdant
- artless, naive
- laconic
- terse, succinct, pithy, compact
- impeccable
- faultless, beyond criticism or blame
- Shambles
- A state of complete disorder and confusion, a mess
- Ebullient
- Exhilarated, elated, exuberant
- manifest
- (adj.) clear, evident to the mind or eyes
- beatific
- blissful
- Charlatan
- fraud, mountebank
- Euince
- (v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke
- Asperity
- Roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
- presage
- (v.) to foreshadow or point to a future event
- moratorium
- an official waiting period
- exacerbate
- aggravate, intensify, worsen
- Coterie
- clique, set
- impeccable
- flawless, spotless, imacculate
- Devious
- (adj.) straying or wondering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
- dissidence
- a difference of opininon
- defunct
- no longer in existance or functioning, dead
- Oppobrium
- Infamy, dishonor, odium, shame
- Ethereal
- Light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
- Encomium
- panegyric, eulogy, commendation
- hapless
- marked by a persistent absence of good luck
- illusory
- specious, spurious, fanciful, imaginary
- Ubiquitous
- Omnipresent, pervasive, universal
- Dissemble
- dissimulate, mask, feign
- requite
- reimburse, recompense, avenge
- languish
- to droop
- Gambit
- Ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver
- ephemeral
- (adj.) lasting only a short time, short-lived
- progeny
- issue, posterity
- moratorium
- an authorized period of delay
- Credence
- credit, trust, confidence
- promulgate
- to make known far and wide
- Celerity
- Promptness, alacrity, speed
- subsist
- last, survive, sustain
- pertinacious
- (adj.) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied
- arrant
- egregious, unmigitated
- gregarious
- outgoing, extroverted
- Complicity
- (n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
- Travesty
- (n.) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce
- Intermittent
- fitful, spasmodic, random
- Cavort
- gambol
- rectitude
- correctness
- euphemism
- a subsitute
- Delectable
- (adj.)Delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory
- Contrite
- Regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent
- complicity
- connivance,collusion
- tantamount
- indistinguishable form
- Deign
- To think about it appropriate or suitable to someone's dignity to do something; to condescend
- Grouse
- (n.) a type of game bird; complaint (v.)to complain; grumble
- Derelict
- (adj.) remiss, delinquent
- acclamation
- (n.) a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval
- Collusion
- Conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots
- Mundane
- (adj.) earthly, wordly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
- Feckless
- feeble, helpless, incompetent, ineffectual
- Ludicrous
- Risible, preposterous
- Bucolic
- Rustic
- Ethereal
- Heavenly, celestial, gossamer
- unremitting
- (adj.) not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless
- Benign
- benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless
- Pedantry
- Nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery
- Luminous
- radiant, bright, refulgent, lustrous
- epicurean
- (adj.) with discriminating tastes
- Perspicacity
- (n.) keenness in observing and understanding
- moratorium
- a suspension of activity
- Chary
- Wary, skittish
- pittance
- a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
- Exigency
- Requirement, crisis
- iniquity
- wickednes, sin
- Enverate
- (v.) to weaken or lessen from the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
- Rudiments
- The prts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything
- Surveillance
- observation, scrutiny, monitoring
- consign
- to give over to anothers care, charge or control
- innate
- intrinsic, congenital
- Utopian
- idealistic
- presage
- (v.) to predict
- laconic
- concise, using few words
- Primordial
- original, primeval, primal
- Foible
- short coming, defect, quirk
- bucolic
- (adj.) characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to the sheperds and cowherds, pastoral
- Carping
- (v.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hair-splitting way (n.) petty, nagging criticism
- felicitous
- (adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy
- aesthetic
- artistic
- Ebullient
- Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
- Oscillate
- to swing back and forth w/a steady rhythm
- Congeal
- harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
- febrile
- pertaining to or marked by fever
- languish
- flag, wilt, fade, pine
- Allay
- reduce, alleivate, moderate
- Necromancer
- One who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard
- Histronic
- Affected, stagy
- Hallow
- (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
- Ignominy
- (n.) shame and disgrace
- Murky
- dim, cloudy, unclear
- fetish
- an object of unreasoning devotion or reverance
- Myopic
- Shortsighted
- iniquity
- evil, crime
- Avid
- Keen, enthusiastic, grasping
- Eschew
- abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
- manifest
- (v.) reveal, disclose
- imperturable
- (adj.) not easily excited; emotionally steady
- Pecuniary
- (adj.) consisiting of or measured in money; of or related to money
- improvident
- failing to plan ahead
- Equity
- (n.) the state of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
- Brackish
- Briny, saline
- subsist
- to have existence
- Flaccid
- Limp; not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness
- saturate
- permeate, drench, flood, imbue
- Obtuse
- stupid, dumb, thick, mild, dull witted
- Eschew
- (v.) to avoid or shun, keep away from
- presage
- (v.) a warning or indication of the future
- garish
- (adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way
- slough
- (v.) shed, slog
- paucity
- lack
- interpolate
- to insert between other parts or things
- Reputed
- Putative, reputable, supposed
- plaintive
- expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy
- nostrum
- an alleged cure-all
- nostrum
- panacea, elixer
- Reconnaissance
- (n.) a survery made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
- mendacious
- untruthful, false
- felicitous
- fortunate, well-put
- epicurean
- (adj.) fond of good good, comfort and ease
- restive
- uneasy, figety, recalcritrant
- febrile
- frenetic
- panegyric
- formal or elaborate praise
- pariah
- outcast, untouchable, persona non grata
- Intransigent
- uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
- Perspicacity
- acuity, acumen, discernment
- Delineate
- Depict, picture, render
- pittance
- modicum, trifle
- fetish
- an object believed to have magical powers
- Inexorable
- Inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate
- espouse
- embrace, wed
- Animadversion
- (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or dissaproval
- Gambit
- (n.) in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
- paroxysm
- (n.) a sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion
- saturate
- (v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
- recant
- repudiate, disavow
- Peremptory
- offensively self assured, dictatorial
- requite
- to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong
- imminent
- impending, looming
- Decimate
- to kill or destroy a large part of
- irreparable
- irremediable
- Undulate
- (v.) to move in waves or w/ a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
- badinage
- banter, persiflage, repartee
- epicurean
- (n.) a person with discriminating tastes
- collusion
- (n.) secret agreement or cooperation
- irreparable
- incaple of being repaired or rectified
- euphemism
- a mild or innofensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one
- Shibboleth
- Catchprase, password, slogan
- furtive
- clandestine, covert, surreptitious
- Benign
- gentle, kind
- seraphic
- angelic, heavenly, celestial
- Nettle
- (n.) a prickly or stining plant (v.) to arouse with displeasure, impatience or anger; to vex or irritate severly
- Belabor
- (v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
- manifest
- (n.) a list of cargo and or passengers
- pillory
- (n.) a device for publicly punishining offenders
- manifest
- (v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince
- Temporize
- hedge, dilldally, procrastinate
- exacerbate
- (v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful
- Impecunious
- Having little or no money
- Consumate
- (v.)Clinch, conclude
- Ghoulish
- Fiendish, barbarous, monstrous
- garish
- gaudy, flashy, tawdry
- Pusillanimous
- Craven, lily-livered
- Jocular
- (adj.) humurous, jesting, jolly, joking
- Bastion
- (n.) a fortified place, stronghold
- importune
- to trouble with demands
- Cognizant
- Conscious, acquainted
- Sequester
- To set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
- Equity
- justice, fairness, impartiality
- languish
- to suffer, neglect
- Congeal
- (v.) to change from a liquid to a solid; to thicken; to make inflexible or riggid
- Bastion
- Citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet
- Decimate
- ravage, devastate
- rectitude
- uprightness, righteousness
- Travesty
- (n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad and burlesque fashion
- rectitude
- probity, integrity
- Efficacy
- Effectiveness, potency, reliability
- Disarray
- (n.) disorder, confusion (v.)to throw into disorder
- Shambles
- a place of mass bloodshed
- Rudiments
- Fundamentals, basics
- Animadversion
- Rebuke, reproof
- visionary
- (adj.) having the nature of a fantasy or dream
- Onerous
- Oppressive, weighty
- Frenetic
- Frantic, overwrought
- indigent
- penniless, poverty stricken, destitute
- Charlatan
- one who feigns knowlege or ability
- Fiat
- (n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
- Delectable
- (n.)An appealing or appetizing food dish
- Facade
- Exterior, surface, mask, pretense
- Concord
- (n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact
- Propinquity
- (n.) nearness in place or time; kinship
- obeisance
- respect, honor
- Testy
- irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
- Ubiquitous
- (adj.) present or exisitng everywhere
- Cavil
- (n) a trivial objection or criticism
- consign
- to set apart for a special use
- countermand
- recall, revoke
- Shambles
- a slaughterhouse
- vituperative
- (adj.) harshly abusive, severely scolding
- Nuance
- Shade, nicety, refinement
- Deprecate
- Deplore, frown upon
- Germane
- pertinent
- languish
- to be depressed or dispirited
- Obtuse
- not causing a sharp impression
- increment
- (n.) an enlargement, increase, addition
- Diatribe
- (n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
- Effigy
- figure, figurine, likeness
- Propriety
- Fitness, correctness, decorum
- Maelstrom
- Vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
- Decry
- (v) to condemn, express strong dissaproval; to officially depreciate
- Sophistry
- Specious reasoning
- Invidous
- (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
- Moot
- (v.) broach
- Affront
- (v.)Offend
- Tyro
- Neophyte
- raiment
- apparel, attire
- Emulate
- (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
- Cynosure
- Focus
- Distraught
- (adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict
- Overweening
- (adj.) conceited, presumptous;excessive, immoderate
- Abstruse
- Extremely difficult to understand
- Propriety
- (n.) the state of being proper, appropriatness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
- Sumptuous
- (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent
- Fraught
- accompanied by
- Fraught
- charged with
- Abject
- (adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
- amenity
- attractive features, customs etc.
- Insatiable
- (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
- inviolable
- of such a character that it must not be broken, injured or profaned
- Carping
- (adj.) nitpicking, cavailing
- Deprecate
- To express mild disappointment; to belittle
- nadir
- the lowest point
- Incumbent
- (adj.) obligatory, required (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
- Eclectic
- (n.)One whose eliefs are drawn from various sources
- Reconnaissance
- scouting expedition
- Atrophy
- (v.)Wither
- omnipresent
- present in all place at all times
- Canard
- Hoax
- Temporize
- (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time; avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
- Oscillate
- to fluctuate or waver
- omnipresent
- ubiquitous, ever-present
- Agnostic
- (n.) doubter
- counterpart
- (n.) a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement
- mendacious
- untrue
- restive
- restless, hard to manage, balky
- Arrogate
- (v.) to claim or take w/o right
- Consumate
- (adj.)Masterful
- gainsay
- to deny, contridict, convert
- Abstruse
- Esoteric, arcane, recondite, occult
- Avid
- (adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed, intensely eager
- Vituperative
- Abusive, scurrilous, insulting
- effrontery
- gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek
- Luminous
- illuminating
- blandishment
- allurement, enticement, cajolery
- Piquant
- tangy, zestful
- minutiae
- small or trivial detailings, triffling matters
- Piquant
- (adj.) stimulating to the test or mind; spicy, pungent; appealing provacative
- Ignominy
- Dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
- illusory
- (adj.) misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
- Ludicrous
- (adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
- espouse
- to marry
- Moribund
- Dying, on the way out
- Rebuff
- (v.) spurn, repulse, reject
- Surveillance
- (n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
- lackadaisical
- listless, indolent, indifferent, lax
- Esoteric
- (adj.) intended for or understood by only a few, select private
- Forgo
- to do w/o, abstain from, give up
- Moribund
- Obsolescent
- Verdant
- (adj.) green interior or color; immature, inexperience or judgement
- convivial
- (adj.) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
- macabre
- (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
- vacillate
- (v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
- Belabor
- overwork
- Affront
- (v.)To insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront
- Cavil
- (v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp
- perfunctory
- done in a superficial or halfhearted manner
- Fecund
- Fertile, teeming, prolific
- coup
- a sudden take over of power or leadership
- Euince
- exhibit, manifest, occasion
- Esoteric
- Occuly, cryptic, arcanse, recondite
- saturnine
- sullen, morose
- Utopian
- (adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical
- coterie
- (n.) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common intrest
- manifest
- (adj.) apparent
- Ambient
- Completely surrounding, encompassing
- Motif
- (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in design
- misanthrope
- (n.) a person who hates or despises people
- chary
- (adj.) extremely cautious, hesistant or slow (to); reserved, diffident
- Viscous
- (adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality; lacking in easy movement or fluidity
- Affront
- (n.)Offense
- Diatribe
- harrangue, tirade
- Substantiate
- (v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substansial form to
- shibboleth
- (n.) a word, expression, or custoim that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a common place saying or truism
- Decorous
- Well behaved. dignified, socially proper
- Eclectic
- (adj.)Drawn from various sources
- requite
- to reciprocate
- Overt
- Clear, obvious, manifest, patent
- Incendiary
- Inflammatory, provocative, firebrand
- Obsequious
- excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
- Talisman
- (n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
- loath
- unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
- Eulogy
- panegyric, encomium, tribute, testimonial
- Facade
- Thr front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as oppsoed to what may lie behind)
- cacophonous
- harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant
- Calumniate
- Defame, libel
- Canard
- A false rumor, fabricated story
- Germane
- (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
- progeny
- desendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
- Penitent
- (adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes
- Moot
- (adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved (v.) to bring up for discussion (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students
- blandishment
- sweet talk, apple polishing
- Frenetic
- (adj.) frenzied, high agitated
- Aquisitive
- (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or information
- Cognizant
- Aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction
- portend
- (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning to
- Dilettante
- Amateur, trifler
- largesse
- libertality, munificence, bounty
- Stratagem
- Ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge
- mandate
- (n.) an authoritative command, formal order, authorization (v.) to issue and order
- Indubitable
- unquestionable, indisputable
- Obsequious
- fawning, servile, sycophanatic, mealy mouthed
- promulgate
- announce
- obeisance
- a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission
- Nettle
- (v.)Peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk
- Attenuate
- to weaken or less in force, intensity or value
- redolent
- (adj.) fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura
- beatific
- rendering or making blessed
- pertinacious
- stubborn, dogged, determined
- jettison
- cast off, discard, dump, junk, abandon
- Suppliant
- (adj.) asking humbly and earnestly (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petition, suitor
- Mordant
- (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
- consign
- to entrust deliver
- Machination
- Plot, scheme, maneuver
- Articulate
- (v) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints (adj.) expressed clearly and farefully; able to employ language clearly; jointed
- Idiosyncrasy
- (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
- arrant
- (adj.) thoroughgoing, out and out; shameless, blatant
- discomfit
- nonplus, disconcert, foil
- Demur
- (v.) protest, object to
- Sporadic
- intermittent, spasmodic
- Indictment
- charge, accustation
- promulgate
- to proclaim or issue officially
- Largesse
- (n.) generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
- Celerity
- (n.)swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
- Disarray
- (v.)Dishevel, mess up
- Sumptuous
- Lavish, munificience, opulent, splendid
- Intermittent
- (adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
- allege
- (v.) to assert without proof or confirmation
- Cabal
- Clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy
- nascent
- just beginning to develop
- interpolate
- inject, interpose, introduce
- Penchant
- Proclivity, propensity, predilection
- pillory
- (v.) to expose to public contempt or ridicule
- Consummate
- (adj.) complete or perfect with the highest degree (v.)to bring to a state of completion or perfection
- Unwonted
- (adj.) not usual or expected; not in character
- Penchant
- (n.) a strong attraction or inclination
- pedantry
- (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
- conciliate
- (v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
- Histronic
- (adj.) pertaning to actors and their techniques; theatrical; artificial; melodramatic
- Neophyte
- tenderfoot, tyro, rookie
- embellish
- (v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details
- epicurean
- (adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
- Myopic
- (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of the situation; lacking foresight or discernment
- wizened
- dry, shrunked and wrinkled often as a result of aging
- Refulgent
- Luminous, splendid
- litany
- rigmarole, catalog, megillah
- Acuity
- Keenness, acuteness
- fetish
- charm, talisman, obsession
- Rebuff
- (v.) to snub
- furtive
- (adj.) done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen
- Nefarious
- iniquitous, reprehensible
- coup
- highly sucessful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan or stratagem
- mutable
- changeable, variable
- Distraught
- frantic, distracted
- Efficacy
- The power to produce a desired result
- Sylvan
- forested, acardian
- innate
- built in
- espouse
- to take up and support
- raze
- pull down, demolish, shave off
- obeisance
- deference, homage
- Jocular
- Waggish, facetious, droll, witty
- Paroxysm
- Fit, seizere
- Penitent
- (adj.) remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry
- Effigy
- (n.) a crude image of a despised person
- consign
- transfer remit convey
- Inane
- (adj.) silly, empty meaning or value
- Decry
- denounce, censure, devalue
- Mordant
- Acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing
- Obsequious
- marked by slavish attentiveness
- Exigency
- (n.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
- Incumbent
- (adj.)Mandatory, necessary
- Glean
- (v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by repairs
- Flotsam
- (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
- Coherent
- (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
- Rife
- Common, prevalent, widespread, happening oftern; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete
- behemoth
- a creature of enormous size power or appearance
- dissidence
- disagreement, dissent, disaffection
- Brackish
- (adj.) have a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
- Atrophy
- (n.)the wasting of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure (v.)to waste away
- Moot
- (adj.) debatable, questionable
- Winnow
- Sift, strain, filter, sort
- Articulate
- (v.) pronounce, elucidate
- Banal
- stale, inspid
- invidous
- malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
- nadir
- rock bottom