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1.

abject
of the most
contemptibl
e kind

2.

abnegati
on
the denial
and
rejection of
a doctrine
or belief

5.

abrogate

abscond
run away,
often
taking
something
or
somebody
along

7.

abstruse
difficult to
penetrate

abjure
formally
reject or
disavow a
formerly
held belief

4.

6.

aberratio

a state or
condition
markedly
different
from the
norm
3.

revoke
formally

8.

accede
yield to
another's
wish or
opinion

9.

accost
speak to
someone

10. accretion
an increase
by natural
growth or
addition

11. acumen
shrewdness
shown by
keen
insight
12. adamant
impervious
to pleas,
persuasion,
requests,
reason
13. admonis
h
scold or
reprimand;
take to task
14. adumbra
te
describe
roughly or
give the
main points
or
summary of
15. adverse

in an
opposing
direction
16. advocate
a person
who pleads
for a
person,
cause, or
idea
17. affluent
having an
abundant
supply of
money or
possessions
of value
18. aggrandi
ze
add details
to
19. alacrity
liveliness
and
eagerness
20. alias

a name
that has
been
assumed
temporarily
21. ambivale
nt
uncertain
or unable
to decide
about what
course to
follow
22. amenabl
e
disposed or
willing to
comply
23. amorpho
us
having no
definite
form or
distinct
shape
24. anachron
istic

chronologic
ally
misplaced
25. anathem
a
a formal
ecclesiastic
al curse
accompani
ed by
excommuni
cation
26. annex
attach to
27. antediluv
ian
of or
relating to
the period
before the
biblical
flood
28. antisepti
c
thoroughly
clean and
free of
disease-

causing
organisms
29. apathetic
showing
little or no
emotion or
animation
30. antithesi
s
exact
opposite
31. apocryph
al
being of
questionabl
e
authenticit
y
32. approbati
on
official
approval
33. arbitrary
based on or
subject to
individual
discretion

or
preference
34. arboreal
of or
relating to
or formed
by trees
35. arcane
requiring
secret or
mysterious
knowledge
36. archetyp
al
of an
original
type after
which other
things are
patterned
37. arrogate
seize and
take control
without
authority
38. ascetic

someone
who
practices
self denial
as a
spiritual
discipline
39. aspersion
a
disparaging
remark
40. assiduou
s
marked by
care and
persistent
effort
41. atrophy
a decrease
in size of
an organ
caused by
disease or
disuse
42. bane
something
causing

misery or
death

48. bombasti
c

43. bashful

ostentatiou
sly lofty in
style

selfconsciously
timid
44. beguile
influence
by slyness
45. bereft
sorrowful
through
loss or
deprivation
46. blandish
ment
flattery
intended to
persuade
47. bilk
cheat
somebody
out of what
is due,
especially
money

49. cajole
influence or
urge by
gentle
urging,
caressing,
or flattering
50. callous
emotionally
hardened
51. calumny
a false
accusation
of an
offense
52. camarad
erie
the quality
of affording
easy
familiarity

and
sociability
53. candor
the quality
of being
honest and
straightfor
ward
54. capitulat
e
surrender
under
agreed
conditions
55. carouse
engage in
boisterous,
drunken
merrymaki
ng
56. carp
any of
various
freshwater
fish of the
family
Cyprinidae

57. caucus
meet to
select a
candidate
or promote
a policy
58. cavort
play
boisterousl
y
59. circumloc
ution
an indirect
way of
expressing
something
60. circumscr
ibe
to draw a
geometric
figure
around
another
figure
61. circumve
nt

surround so
as to force
to give up
62. clamor
utter or
proclaim
insistently
and noisily
63. cleave
separate or
cut with a
tool, such
as a sharp
instrument
64. cobbler
a person
who makes
or repairs
shoes
65. cogent
powerfully
persuasive
66. cognizant
having or
showing
knowledge
or

understand
ing or
realization
67. commen
surate
correspondi
ng in size
or degree
or extent
68. complem
ent
something
added to
embellish
or make
perfect
69. compunc
tion
a feeling of
deep
regret,
usually for
some
misdeed
70. concomit
ant
following or
accompany

ing as a
consequenc
e
71. conduit
a passage
through
which
water or
electric
wires can
pass
72. conflagra
tion
a very
intense and
uncontrolle
d fire
73. congruity
the quality
of
agreeing;
being
suitable
and
appropriate
74. connive
form
intrigues

(for) in an
underhand
manner
75. consign
give over to
another for
care or
safekeepin
g
76. constitue
nt
one of the
individual
parts
making up
a
composite
entity
77. construe
make sense
of; assign a
meaning to
78. contusion
an injury in
which the
skin is not
broken

79. contrite
feeling or
expressing
pain or
sorrow for
sins or
offenses
80. contentio
us
showing an
inclination
to disagree
81. contrave
ne
go against,
as of rules
and laws
82. convivial
occupied
with or
fond of the
pleasures
of good
company
83. corpulen
ce

the
property of
excessive
fatness
84. covet
wish, long,
or crave for
85. cupidity
extreme
greed for
material
wealth
86. dearth
an
insufficient
quantity or
number
87. debacle
a sudden
and violent
collapse
88. debauch
a wild
gathering
involving
excessive
drinking

89. debunk
expose
while
ridiculing
90. defunct
no longer in
force or
use;
inactive
91. demagog
ue
a leader
who seeks
support by
appealing
to popular
passions
92. denigrate
charge
falsely or
with
malicious
intent
93. derivativ
e
a
compound

obtained
from
another
compound
94. despot
a cruel and
oppressive
dictator
95. diaphano
us
so thin as
to transmit
light
96. didactic
instructive,
especially
excessively
97. dirge
a song or
hymn of
mourning
as a
memorial
to a dead
person
98. disaffect
ed

discontente
d as toward
authority
99. discomfit
cause to
lose one's
composure
100.disparate
fundament
ally
different or
distinct in
quality or
kind
101.dispel
to cause to
separate
and go in
different
directions
102.disrepute
the state of
being held
in low
esteem
103.divisive

dissenting
with the
majority
opinion
104.dogmatic
pertaining
to a code of
beliefs
accepted
as
authoritativ
e
105.dour
showing a
brooding ill
humor
106.duplicity
acting in
bad faith
107.duress
compulsory
force or
threat
108.eclectic
selecting
what
seems best

of various
styles or
ideas
109.edict
a formal or
authoritativ
e
proclamatio
n
110.ebullient
joyously
unrestraine
d
111.egregiou
s
conspicuou
sly and
outrageousl
y bad or
reprehensib
le
112.elegy
a mournful
poem; a
lament for
the dead
113.elicit

call forth,
as an
emotion,
feeling, or
response
114.embezzle
ment
the
fraudulent
appropriati
on of funds
or property
115.emend
make
corrections
to
116.emollient
a
substance
with a
soothing
effect when
applied to
the skin
117.empirical
derived
from
experiment

and
observation
rather than
theory
118.emulate
strive to
equal or
match,
especially
by
imitating
119.enervate
weaken
mentally or
morally
120.enfranchi
se
grant
freedom to,
as from
slavery or
servitude
121.engender
call forth
122.ephemer
al

anything
short-lived,
as an
insect that
lives only
for a day
123.epistolar
y
written in
the form of
letters or
correspond
ence
124.equanimi
ty
steadiness
of mind
under
stress
125.equivocal
open to two
or more
interpretati
ons
126.espouse
choose and
follow

127.evanesce
nt
tending to
vanish like
vapor
128.evince
give
expression
to
129.exacerba
te
make
worse
130.exhort
spur on or
encourage
especially
by cheers
and shouts
131.execrable
unequivoca
lly
detestable
132.exigent

demanding
immediate
attention
133.expedien
t
appropriate
to a
purpose
134.expiate

praise,
glorify, or
honor
138.extant
still in
existence;
not extinct
or
destroyed
or lost

make
amends for

139.expurgat
e

135.expunge

edit by
omitting or
modifying
parts
considered
indelicate

remove by
erasing or
crossing
out or as if
by drawing
a line
136.extraneo
us
not
belonging
to that in
which it is
contained
137.extol

140.fallacious
containing
or based on
incorrect
reasoning
141.fatuous
devoid of
intelligence
142.fetter

a shackle
for the
ankles or
feet
143.flagrant
conspicuou
sly and
outrageousl
y bad or
reprehensib
le
144.foil
hinder or
prevent, as
an effort,
plan, or
desire
145.forbeara
nce
goodnatured
tolerance
of delay or
incompeten
ce
146.fortuitous

occurring
by happy
chance
147.fractious
easily
irritated or
annoyed
148.garrulous
full of trivial
conversatio
n
149.gourman
d
a person
who is
devoted to
eating and
drinking to
excess
150.grandiloq
uent
lofty in
style
151.gratuitou
s
unnecessar
y and

unwarrante
d
152.hapless
deserving
or inciting
pity
153.hegemon
y
the
dominance
or
leadership
of one
social
group over
others
154.heteroge
nous
consisting
of elements
that are not
of the same
kind
155.iconoclas
t
someone
who
attacks

cherished
ideas or
institutions
156.idiosyncr
atic
peculiar to
the
individual
157.impecuni
ous
not having
enough
money to
pay for
necessities
158.impetuou
s
characteriz
ed by
undue
haste and
lack of
thought
159.impinge
infringe
upon
160.impute

attribute or
credit to
161.inane
devoid of
intelligence
162.inchoate
only partly
in
existence;
imperfectly
formed
163.incontrov
ertible
impossible
to deny or
disprove
164.incumbe
nt
necessary
as a duty or
responsibili
ty; morally
binding
165.inexorabl
e
not to be
placated or

appeased
or moved
by entreaty
166.inimical
not friendly
167.injunctio
n
a judicial
remedy to
prohibit a
party from
doing
something
168.inoculate
impregnate
with the
germ of a
disease to
render
immune
169.insidious
working or
spreading
in a hidden
and usually
injurious
way

170.instigate
provoke or
stir up
171.insurgent
in
opposition
to a civil
authority or
governmen
t
172.interlocut
or
a person
who takes
part in a
conversatio
n
173.intimatio
n
a slight
suggestion
or vague
understand
ing
174.inure
cause to
accept or

become
hardened
to
175.invective
abusive
language
used to
express
blame or
censure
176.intransig
ent
impervious
to pleas,
persuasion,
requests,
reason
177.inveterat
e
habitual
178.irreveren
ce
a mental
attitude
showing
lack of due
respect

179.knell
the sound
of a bell
rung slowly
to
announce a
death
180.laconic
brief and to
the point
181.largesse
liberality in
bestowing
gifts
182.legerdem
ain
an illusory
feat
183.libertaria
n
an
advocate of
freedom of
thought
and speech
184.licentious

lacking
moral
discipline
185.linchpin
a central
cohesive
source of
support
and
stability
186.litigant
(law) a
party to a
lawsuit;
someone
involved in
litigation
187.maelstro
m
a powerful
circular
current of
water
188.maudlin
effusively
or
insincerely
emotional

189.maverick
someone
who
exhibits
independen
ce in
thought
and action
190.mawkish
effusively
or
insincerely
emotional
191.maxim
a saying
that is
widely
accepted
on its own
merits
192.mendaci
ous
given to
lying
193.modicum
a small or
moderate

or token
amount
194.morass
a soft wet
area of lowlying land
that sinks
underfoot
195.mores
the
convention
s
embodying
the
fundament
al values of
a group
196.munifice
nt
very
generous
197.multifario
us
having
many
aspects
198.nadir

the lowest
point of
anything
199.negligent
characteriz
ed by
undue lack
of attention
or concern
200.neophyte
any new
participant
in some
activity
201.noisome
offensively
malodorous
202.noxious
injurious to
physical or
mental
health
203.obdurate
stubbornly
persistent
in
wrongdoing

204.obfuscat
e
make
obscure or
unclear
205.obstreper
ous
noisily and
stubbornly
defiant
206.officious
intrusive in
a meddling
or offensive
manner
207.onerous
not easily
borne;
wearing
208.ostensibl
e
appearing
as such but
not
necessarily
so
209.ostracism

the act of
excluding
someone
from
society by
general
consent
210.palliate
lessen or to
try to
lessen the
seriousness
or extent of
211.panacea
hypothetica
l remedy
for all ills or
diseases
212.paradigm
a standard
or typical
example
213.pariah
a person
who is
rejected
from

society or
home
214.partisan
a fervent
and even
militant
proponent
of
something
215.paucity
an
insufficient
quantity or
number
216.pejorativ
e
expressing
disapproval
217.pellucid
transparent
ly clear;
easily
understand
able
218.penchant
a strong
liking

219.penuriou
s
excessively
unwilling to
spend
220.pert
characteriz
ed by a
lightly
exuberant
quality
221.perniciou
s
exceedingl
y harmful
222.pertinaci
ous
stubbornly
unyielding
223.phlegmat
ic
showing
little
emotion
224.philanthr
opic

of or
relating to
charitable
giving
225.pithy
concise and
full of
meaning
226.platitude
a trite or
obvious
remark
227.plaudit
enthusiasti
c approval
228.plenitude
a full
supply
229.plethora
extreme
excess
230.portent
a sign of
something

about to
happen
231.potentat
e
a ruler who
is
unconstrain
ed by law
232.preclude
make
impossible,
especially
beforehand
233.predilecti
on

235.presage
a
foreboding
about what
is about to
happen
236.probity
complete
and
confirmed
integrity
237.proclivity
a natural
inclination

241.protean
taking on
different
forms
242.prurient
characteriz
ed by lust
243.puerile
displaying
or
suggesting
a lack of
maturity

238.profligate

244.pugnacio
us

unrestraine
d by
convention
or morality

tough and
callous by
virtue of
experience

234.preponde
rance

239.promulga
te

245.pulchritu
de

exceeding
in
heaviness;
having
greater
weight

state or
announce

a
predispositi
on in favor
of
something

240.proscribe
command
against

physical
beauty,
especially
of a woman
246.punctilio
us

marked by
precise
accordance
with details
247.quaint
attractively
oldfashioned
248.quixotic
not
sensible
about
practical
matters
249.quandary
state of
uncertainty
in a choice
between
unfavorable
options
250.recalcitra
nt
stubbornly
resistant to
authority or
control

251.redoubta
ble

cancel
officially

inspiring
fear

257.requisitio
n

252.relegate
assign to a
lower
position
253.remiss
failing in
what duty
requires
254.reprieve
postpone
the
punishment
of a
convicted
criminal
255.reprobat
e
a person
without
moral
scruples
256.rescind

an
authoritativ
e request
or demand
258.rife
excessively
abundant
259.sanctimo
nious
excessively
or
hypocritical
ly pious
260.sanguine
confidently
optimistic
and
cheerful
261.scurrilous
expressing
offensive
reproach

262.semapho
re
an
apparatus
for visual
signaling
263.serendipi
ty
good luck
in making
unexpected
and
fortunate
discoveries
264.sobriety
the state of
being sober
and not
intoxicated
by alcohol
265.solicitous
full of
anxiety and
concern
266.solipsism
the
philosophic

al theory
that the
self is all
that exists

indulge
(one's
appetite) to
satiety

267.spurious

272.surreptiti
ous

plausible
but false
268.staid
characteriz
ed by
dignity and
propriety
269.stolid
having or
revealing
little
emotion or
sensibility
270.subjugat
e
make
subservient
; force to
submit or
subdue
271.surfeit

marked by
quiet and
caution and
secrecy
273.swarthy
naturally
having skin
of a dark
color
274.tangentia
l
of
superficial
relevance if
any
275.tome
a large and
scholarly
book
276.toady

a person
who tries to
please
someone to
gain an
advantage
277.torpid
in a
condition of
biological
rest or
suspended
animation
278.travesty
a
compositio
n that
imitates or
misreprese
nts a style
279.trenchant
having
keenness
and
forcefulnes
s and
penetration
in thought
280.trite

repeated
too often;
overfamilia
r through
overuse
281.truculent
defiantly
aggressive
282.turpitude
a corrupt or
depraved
or
degenerate
act or
practice
283.ubiquitou
s
being
present
everywhere
at once
284.umbrage
a feeling of
anger
caused by
being
offended

285.upbraid
express
criticism
towards
286.utilitarian
having a
useful
function
287.veracity
unwillingne
ss to tell
lies

288.vestige
an
indication
that
something
has been
present
289.vicissitud
e
a variation
in
circumstan
ces or
fortune

290.vilify
spread
negative
information
about
291.virtuoso
someone
who is
dazzlingly
skilled in
any field
292.vitriolic
harsh,
bitter, or
malicious in
tone
293.vituperat
e

spread
negative
information
about
294.vociferou
s
conspicuou
sly and
offensively
loud
295.wanton
lewd or
lascivious
woman
296.winsome
charming in
a childlike
or naive
way

297.yoke
join with
stable gear,
as two draft
animals
298.zephyr
a slight
wind
299.wily
marked by
skill in
deception
300.tirade
a speech of
violent
denunciatio
n

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