Vocabulary Workshop Level C Final Study
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- adage
- (n.) a proverb, wise saying
- churlish
- (adj.) lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude
- discordant
- (adj.) disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conficting
- excerpt
- (n.) a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; (v.) to take such a passage; to quote
- laggard
- (n.) a person who moves slowly or falls behind; (adj.) falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond
- plaudits
- (pl. n.) applause; enthusiastic praise or approval
- avowed
- (adj. pl.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
- enterprising
- (adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
- frugal
- (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
- invalidate
- (v.) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
- venerate
- (v.) to reguard with reverence, look up to with great respect
- wanton
- (adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one withlow morals
- audacious
- (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
- grapple
- (n.) an iron hook used to grab and hold; (v.) to come to grips with, wrestle with, fight with
- myriad
- (adj.) in very great numbers; (n.)a very great number
- prodigious
- (adj.) immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
- willful
- (adj.) stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate
- perspective
- (n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance
- annul
- (v.) to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void
- frivolous
- (adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously
- ornate
- (adj.) elaborately decorated; showily splendid
- oust
- (v.) to remove, drive out of a position or place
- solicitous
- (adj.) showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
- staid
- (adj.) serious and dignified; quite or subdued in character or conduct
- disdain
- (v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt
- epitaph
- (n.) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
- facetious
- (adj.) humorous, not meant seriously
- plausible
- (adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair
- volatile
- (adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
- proximity
- (n.) nearness, closeness
- abashed
- (adj., part.) embarrassed or ashamed
- finesse
- (n.) delicate skill; tact and cleverness; (v.) to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgment, or skillful evasion
- forthright
- (adj., adv.) frank, direct, straight forward
- genial
- (adj.) cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm
- ostracize
- (v.) to exclude from a group, banish, send away
- pseudonym
- (n.) a pen name, name assumed by a writer
- excise
- (v.) to remove by cutting; (n.) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commondity or service
- haggard
- (adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
- menial
- (adj.) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n.) a servant who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
- tawdry
- (adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
- jaunty
- (adj.) lively, easy, and carefree (in manner); smart or trim (in appearance)
- parry
- (v.) to ward off, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
- crony
- (n.) a very close friend, pal, chum
- avail
- (v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; (n.) use, benefit, or value
- enmity
- (n.) hatred, ill-will
- fervent
- (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
- nullify
- (v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
- stoical
- (adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
- bludgeon
- (n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force orstron arguments to gain some point
- capitulate
- (v.) to end resitance, give up, surrender
- encroach
- (v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
- impunity
- (n.) freedom from punishment
- prodigy
- (n.) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent
- recluse
- (n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world