Basic III (Magoosh)

CARLOS C. (Chile)
Learn each list independently and then review all by challenging mode.
50 words 71 learners

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. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  2. anonymously
    without giving a name
    Acting independently; self-governing (of a country)
  3. appreciable
    enough to be estimated or measured
    large enough to be noticed (usu. refers to an amount)
  4. apprehension
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  5. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  6. ascendancy
    the state when one person or group has power over another
  7. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  8. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  9. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  10. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  11. degrade
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  12. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  13. discriminate
    recognize or perceive the difference
  14. disheartened
    made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  15. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  16. endemic
    native; originating where it is found
  17. fledgling
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  18. flounder
    move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water
    behave awkwardly; have difficulties
  19. guffaw
    laugh boisterously
  20. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  21. impermeable
    preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
  22. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  23. inclement
    severe, of weather
  24. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
  25. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  26. malady
    impairment of normal physiological function
    a disease or sickness
  27. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  28. meander
    an aimless amble on a winding course
  29. moot
    open to argument or debate
    undecidable in a meaningless or irrelevant way
  30. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
    ill-tempered and not inclined to talk; gloomy
  31. muted
    softened in tone
  32. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  33. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  34. patronize
    treat condescendingly
  35. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  36. plodding
    (of movement) slow and laborious
  37. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  38. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  39. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputability
  40. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  41. resolve
    find a solution or answer
  42. respite
    a pause from doing something
  43. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
  44. snide
    expressive of contempt
    derogatory or mocking in an indirect way
  45. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  46. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  47. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  48. entice
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
  49. disenfranchise
    deprive of voting rights
  50. fete
    an organized series of acts and performances
    to celebrate a person
Created on Wed Jan 15 21:57:57 EST 2014 (updated Wed Jan 15 22:01:02 EST 2014)

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.