Spring 2013 Vocab Master List

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  1. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
  2. anonymous
    having no known name or identity or known source
  3. chronological
    relating to or arranged according to the order of time
  4. coincidence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
  5. hemisphere
    half of a round, three-dimensional shape
  6. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  7. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  8. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  9. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  10. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  11. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  12. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  13. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  14. philanthropist
    someone who makes charitable donations
  15. philosophical
    relating to the investigation of existence and knowledge
  16. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  17. enhance
    increase
  18. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  19. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  20. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  21. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  22. euphoria
    a feeling of great elation
  23. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  24. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  25. obsolete
    no longer in use
  26. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  27. teeming
    abundantly filled with especially living things
  28. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  29. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  30. perfidious
    tending to betray
  31. incoherent
    without logical or meaningful connection
  32. acuity
    sharpness of vision
  33. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  34. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  35. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  36. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  37. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  38. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  39. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  40. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  41. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  42. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  43. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  44. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  45. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  46. atlas
    a collection of maps in book form
  47. Achilles' heel
    a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness
  48. adonis
    a handsome young man
  49. aphrodisiac
    a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
  50. harpy
    a kind of fruit bat
  51. herculean
    extremely difficult; requiring great strength
  52. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  53. martial
    suggesting war or military life
  54. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  55. narcissism
    an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
  56. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  57. siren
    a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
  58. tantalize
    harass with persistent teasing or baiting
  59. Sisyphean
    both extremely effortful and futile
  60. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  61. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
  62. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  63. assimilate
    make alike
  64. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  65. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  66. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  67. entourage
    the group following and attending to some important person
  68. futile
    producing no result or effect
  69. husbandry
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  70. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  71. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  72. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  73. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  74. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  75. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  76. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  77. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  78. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  79. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  80. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  81. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  82. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  83. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  84. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  85. stationary
    not capable of being moved
  86. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  87. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  88. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  89. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  90. incompatible
    not in harmonious or agreeable combination
  91. longevity
    the property of having lived for a considerable time
  92. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  93. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  94. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  95. provocative
    serving or tending to excite or stimulate
  96. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  97. restrained
    under control
  98. suppress
    put down by force or authority
  99. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  100. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  101. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  102. tactful
    having a sense of what is considerate in dealing with others
  103. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  104. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  105. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  106. conformist
    someone who follows established standards of conduct
  107. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  108. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  109. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  110. converge
    be adjacent or come together
  111. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  112. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  113. portend
    indicate by signs
  114. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  115. transient
    lasting a very short time
  116. venerable
    profoundly honored
  117. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  118. dilatory
    wasting time
  119. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  120. component
    one of the individual parts making up a larger entity
  121. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  122. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  123. composite
    consisting of separate interconnected parts
  124. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  125. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  126. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  127. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  128. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  129. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  130. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  131. querulous
    habitually complaining
  132. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  133. query
    an instance of questioning
  134. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  135. autonomy
    political independence
  136. collaborative
    accomplished by working jointly
  137. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  138. exasperation
    actions that cause great irritation
  139. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  140. callous
    emotionally hardened
  141. clairvoyant
    someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
  142. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  143. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  144. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  145. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  146. spurious
    plausible but false
  147. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  148. zaftig
    (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
  149. abbreviate
    shorten
  150. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  151. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  152. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  153. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
  154. asylum
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  155. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  156. conditional
    imposing or depending on or containing an assumption
  157. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  158. impute
    attribute or credit to
  159. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  160. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  161. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  162. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  163. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  164. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  165. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  166. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  167. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  168. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  169. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  170. respite
    a pause from doing something
  171. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  172. static
    not in physical motion
  173. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  174. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  175. ameliorate
    make better
  176. bastion
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  177. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  178. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Created on Thu Apr 25 12:46:22 EDT 2013

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