IBSL vocab sem 2 lists 7-10

Ting S. (Taiwan)
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  1. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  2. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  3. mutable
    capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
  4. vilify
    spread negative information about
  5. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  6. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  7. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  8. dilatory
    wasting time
  9. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  10. epistolary
    written in the form of letters or correspondence
  11. mores
    the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group
  12. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  13. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  14. spurious
    plausible but false
  15. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  16. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  17. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  18. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  19. munificence
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  20. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  21. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  22. etymology
    a history of a word
  23. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  24. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  25. exacerbate
    make worse
  26. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  27. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  28. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  29. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  30. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  31. infamy
    a state of extreme dishonor
  32. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  33. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  34. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  35. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  36. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  37. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  38. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  39. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  40. cloying
    overly sweet
  41. insatiable
    impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify
  42. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  43. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  44. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  45. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  46. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  47. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  48. collusion
    secret agreement
  49. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  50. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  51. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  52. cognizant
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  53. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  54. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  55. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  56. altercation
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  57. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  58. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  59. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  60. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  61. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  62. interlocutor
    a person who takes part in a conversation
  63. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  64. propagate
    multiply through reproduction
  65. commodious
    large and roomy
  66. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  67. complacency
    the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
  68. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  69. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  70. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  71. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  72. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  73. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  74. analgesic
    capable of relieving pain
  75. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  76. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  77. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  78. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  79. expiate
    make amends for
  80. inveterate
    habitual
Created on Sun May 26 20:32:48 EDT 2013

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