Words I dont know

MohanDas K.
87 words 1 learner

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  2. natty
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  3. recumbent
    lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
  4. grate
    reduce to shreds by rubbing against a perforated surface
  5. perforate
    make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
  6. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  7. fracas
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  8. conniving
    acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
  9. resuscitate
    cause to regain consciousness
  10. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  11. supine
    lying face upward
  12. flustered
    thrown into a state of agitated confusion
  13. scurvy
    a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid
  14. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  15. transmute
    change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  16. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  17. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  18. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  19. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  20. poise
    hold or carry in equilibrium
  21. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  22. unfeigned
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  23. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  24. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
  25. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  26. vilify
    spread negative information about
  27. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  28. foolhardy
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  29. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  30. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  31. mettlesome
    having a proud, courageous, and unbroken spirit
  32. virtuosity
    great technical skill, fluency, or style
  33. specious
    plausible but false
  34. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  35. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  36. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  37. irreproachable
    free of guilt; not subject to blame
  38. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  39. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  40. opprobrious
    expressing offensive reproach
  41. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
  42. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  43. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  44. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  45. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  46. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  47. overhaul
    make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
  48. intersperse
    introduce into one's writing or speech (certain expressions)
  49. undergird
    make secure underneath
  50. inveterate
    habitual
  51. repine
    express discontent
  52. witty
    demonstrating striking cleverness and humor
  53. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  54. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  55. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  56. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  57. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  58. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  59. underwrite
    protect by insurance
  60. extort
    obtain by coercion or intimidation
  61. fitful
    occurring in spells and often abruptly
  62. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  63. ahistorical
    unconcerned with or unrelated to the past
  64. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  65. collusion
    secret agreement
  66. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  67. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  68. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  69. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  70. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  71. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  72. drudgery
    hard, monotonous, routine work
  73. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  74. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  75. baloney
    pretentious or silly talk or writing
  76. auteur
    a filmmaker who has a personal style
  77. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  78. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  79. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  80. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
  81. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  82. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  83. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  84. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  85. glut
    supply with an excess of
  86. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  87. hoodwink
    conceal one's true motives from
Created on Sat Aug 25 12:11:46 EDT 2012 (updated Fri Aug 31 03:37:17 EDT 2012)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.