Common Words III (Magoosh)

CARLOS C. (Chile)
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  1. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  2. ameliorate
    make better
  3. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  4. ascetic
    practicing great self-denial
    one who practices great self-denial
  5. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
    excessively greedy = excesivamente codicioso
  6. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  7. circumvent
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  8. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  9. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  10. derivative
    not original; secondary
  11. derive
    come from
  12. disaffected
    discontented as toward authority
  13. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  14. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  15. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  16. ephemeral
    lasting a very short time
  17. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  18. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  19. frustrate
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  20. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  21. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
  22. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  23. heretic
    a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field
  24. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  25. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  26. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  27. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  28. jingoism
    fanatical patriotism
  29. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  30. juxtapose
    place side by side
  31. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  32. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  33. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    to make someone angry less angry; placate
  34. negligible
    so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
  35. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  36. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  37. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  38. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  39. spurious
    plausible but false
  40. staunch
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty
  41. subsume
    contain or include
  42. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  43. tantamount
    being essentially equal to something
  44. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  45. travesty
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  46. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  47. vehemence
    intensity or forcefulness of expression
  48. vilify
    spread negative information about
  49. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  50. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  51. denote
    be a sign or indication of
Created on Mon Dec 30 20:59:10 EST 2013 (updated Wed Jan 01 13:33:30 EST 2014)

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