Replacements

Wayne (United States of America)
85 words 0 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. absquatulate
    run away, taking something or somebody along
  2. acarpous
    producing no fruit
  3. ad hominem
    appealing to personal considerations rather than to reason
  4. affranchise
    grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
  5. argus
    large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
  6. au fait
    being up to a standard, especially in being up to date
  7. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  8. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  9. chef-d'oeuvre
    the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
  10. choleric
    characterized by anger
  11. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  12. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  13. cordon bleu
    a chef famous for his great skill
  14. corpulent
    excessively large
  15. corrigible
    capable of being corrected or set right
  16. crestfallen
    brought low in spirit
  17. defenestrate
    throw through or out of a window
  18. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  19. dissimulate
    hide feelings from other people
  20. dystopia
    state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad
  21. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  22. endogamy
    marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
  23. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  24. esprit de corps
    the feeling that makes group members want to succeed
  25. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  26. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  27. indurate
    make hard or harder
  28. interdict
    command against
  29. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  30. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  31. lucubrate
    discuss in a scholarly way, especially in writing
  32. melancholic
    characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
  33. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  34. nugatory
    of no real value
  35. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  36. obnubilate
    make less visible or unclear
  37. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  38. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  39. parapraxis
    a small, inadvertent mistake in speech or writing
  40. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  41. perfervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  42. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  43. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  44. platitudinarian
    a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes
  45. pretermit
    disregard intentionally or let pass
  46. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  47. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  48. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  49. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  50. simulacrum
    a representation of a person
  51. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  52. supererogatory
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  53. sword of Damocles
    a constant and imminent peril
  54. syncretic
    of or characterized by syncretism
  55. termagant
    a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman
  56. utilitarian
    having a useful function
  57. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  58. intromit
    allow to enter; grant entry to
  59. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  60. scintillate
    emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  61. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  62. inosculate
    come together or open into each other
  63. procumbent
    having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
  64. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  65. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  66. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  67. divagate
    lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
  68. ex gratia
    as a favor; not compelled by legal right
  69. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  70. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  71. vitiate
    make imperfect
  72. misogamy
    hatred of marriage
  73. nepotism
    favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
  74. contumely
    rude language intended to offend or hurt
  75. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  76. aliterate
    a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
  77. macaronic
    mixing two languages, especially Latin and another language
  78. force majeure
    a natural and unavoidable catastrophe
  79. malefactor
    someone who has committed a crime
  80. circumambulate
    walk around something
  81. prospicient
    planning thoughtfully for the future
  82. previse
    realize beforehand
  83. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  84. sine qua non
    a prerequisite
  85. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
Created on Wed Dec 29 02:34:59 EST 2010 (updated Sat Mar 12 08:14:23 EST 2011)

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.