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aberrant adj. deviating from what is normal
abeyance n. temporary suppression or
suspension abscond v. to depart secretly
abstemious adj. moderate in appetite
admonish v. to caution or reprimand
aesthetic adj. relating to beauty or art
aggregate adj. amounting to a whole;
total
alacrity n. cheerful willingness; eagerness;
speed amalgamate v. to combine into a unified
whole ambiguous adj. unclear or doubtful in
meaning
ambivalence n. the state of having conflicting emotional
attitudes ameliorate v. improve
anachronism n. something out of proper
time analogous adj. comparable
anomalous adj. irregular; deviating from the
norm antipathy n. dislike; hostility
apprise v. to inform
approbation n. praise;
approval
appropriate v. to take possession for ones own use;
confiscate artless adj. guileless; natural
ascetic n. one who practices self
denial assiduous adj. diligent;
hardworking assuage v. to make less
sever
attenuate v. to weaken
audacious adj. bold; daring
austere adj. stern;
unadorned
autonomous adj. self-governing;
independent aver v. to affirm;
declare to be true
*banal adj. commonplace; trite
belie v. to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
beneficent adj. kindly; doing good
bombastic adj. pompous; using inflated
language boorish adj. rude; insensitive
burgeon v. to
flourish burnish v.
to polish
buttress v. to reinforce; support
cacophonous adj. unpleasant or harsh
sounding capricious adj. fickle
castigation n. punishment; chastisement;
criticism catalyst n. something causing
change
causality adj. involving a
cause chicanery n. trickery;
fraud coagulate v. thicken;
congeal
coda n. concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or
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compendium n. brief, comprehensive summary
complaisant adj. overly polite; willing to please;
obliging conciliatory adj. overcoming distrust or
hostility confound v. to baffle; perplex; mix-up
connoisseur n. a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed or
discriminating taste contention n. assertion
contentious adj. quarrelsome; causing
quarrels conundrum n. riddle; puzzle with
no solution conventional adj. customary;
commonplace convoluted adj. twisted;
complicated
craven adj. cowardly
decorum n. proper
behavior
deference n. respect; regard for another's
wish delineate v. to represent or depict
denigrate v. to slur someones
reputation derivative n. something
derived; unoriginal desiccate v. to dry
completely
desultory adj. random; disconnected;
rambling diatribe n. bitter verbal attack
dichotomy n. division into two usually contradictory
parts diffidence n. shyness; lack of confidence
diffuse v. to spread out
digression n. act of straying from the main
point dirge n. funeral hymn
disabuse v. to free from a misconception
discerning adj. perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good
judgement discordant adj. not in tune
discredit v. to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be
doubted discrepancy n. difference between
discrete adj. constituting a separate thing;
distinct disingenuous adj. not candid; crafty
disinterested adj. unprejudiced; objective
disjointed adj. lacking order or coherence;
dislocated dismiss v. put away from
consideration; reject disparage v. to belittle
disparate adj. dissimilar
dissemble v.to pretend; disguise ones
motive disseminate v. to spread; scatter;
disperse dissolution n. disintegration;
debauchery
dissonance n. discord; lack of
harmony distend v. to expand;
swell out
distill v. extract the essential elements
doctrinaire adj. relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic;
unyielding dogmatic adj. stating opinions without proof
dupe v. to deceive; trick
ebullient adj. exhilarated; enthusiastic
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sources efficacy n. efficiency;
effectiveness
effrontery n. shameless boldness;
presumptuousness elegy n. a poem or song
expressing lamentation elicit v. to provoke;
draw out
embellish v. to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding
details empirical adj. derived from observation or experiment
emulate v. to imitate; copy
endemic adj. inherent; belonging to an area
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