Common Words V (Magoosh)

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  1. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  2. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  3. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  4. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  5. audacity
    aggressive or outright boldness
  6. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  7. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  8. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  9. foment
    try to stir up
  10. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  11. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
  12. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  13. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  14. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  15. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
  16. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  17. inveterate
    habitual
  18. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  19. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  20. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  21. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  22. pedestrian
    lacking wit or imagination
  23. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  24. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  25. precipitous
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  26. prolific
    intellectually productive
  27. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  28. ravenous
    extremely hungry
  29. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  30. rescind
    cancel officially
  31. resurgent
    rising again as to new life and vigor
  32. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  33. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  34. subversive
    in opposition to an established system or government
  35. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  36. tempered
    made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
  37. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  38. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  39. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  40. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  41. austere
    practicing great self-denial
    adjective: harsh in manner of temperament
  42. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  43. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  44. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  45. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  46. lionize
    assign great social importance to
  47. sanction
    official permission or approval
  48. circumscribe
    restrict or confine
  49. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  50. tractable
    easily managed
Created on Wed Jan 01 13:11:07 EST 2014 (updated Wed Jan 01 13:33:57 EST 2014)

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