Vocabulary Test Number 1

JJoseph G.
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  1. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  2. nocturnal
    belonging to or active during the night
  3. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  4. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  5. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  6. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  7. obviate
    do away with
  8. occlude
    block passage through
  9. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  10. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  11. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  12. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  13. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  14. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  15. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
  16. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  17. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  18. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  19. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  20. ossify
    become bony
  21. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  22. ostracism
    the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
  23. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  24. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  25. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  26. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  27. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  28. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  29. pandemic
    existing everywhere
  30. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  31. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  32. parch
    cause to wither from exposure to heat
  33. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  34. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  35. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  36. parry
    impede the movement of
  37. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  38. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  39. patronize
    provide support for
  40. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  41. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  42. pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  43. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  44. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  45. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  46. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  47. perfidious
    tending to betray
  48. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  49. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  50. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  51. plethora
    extreme excess
  52. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  53. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  54. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  55. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  56. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  57. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  58. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  59. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  60. prolific
    intellectually productive
Created on Wed Nov 02 01:01:15 EDT 2011

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