1
Q
Artisan
A
skilled worker
2
Q
Adulation
A
high praise or admiration
3
Q
Pedant
A
nerd; gets his knowledge only form books
4
Q
Philistine
A
uncultured person only interested in materialistic possessions
5
Q
Paragon
A
model of perfection
6
Q
Ascetic
A
practicing self-denial
7
Q
Ostracize
A
to ban from the public
8
Q
Sycophant
A
one who sucks up
9
Q
Parsimony
A
stinginess, frugality
10
Q
Impertinent
A
insulting
11
Q
Conflagration
A
great fire
12
Q
Maelstrom
A
whirlpool, turbulent or violent situation
13
Q
Torpor
A
sluggishness
14
Q
Carnage
A
destruction of life (carn = fresh/meat)
15
Q
Unwonted
A
unaccustomed, unexpected or unusual
16
Q
Indolent
A
lazy
17
Q
Iridescent
A
displaying rainbow like colors
18
Q
Veracious
A
truthful
19
Q
Substantiate
A
to confirm
20
Q
Incredulity
A
disbelief (cred = believe)
21
Q
Innocuous
A
harmless (noc or nox = harm)
22
Q
Tonic
A
strong (ex. taste), something that lifts spirit
23
Q
Detrimental
A
harmful
24
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Disinclination
A
unwillingness
25
Reprimand
scold
26
Calumny
ruining someone's reputation
27
Dearth
not enough
28
Plethora
excess
29
Insurgence
rebellion
30
Oligarchy
government by few
31
Nonentity
no importance
32
Clemency
leniency; mercy
33
Induce
to bring about
34
Gusto
enthusiasm
35
Breadth
width
36
Discomfiture
feeling of embarrassment or awkwardness
37
Perspicacity
insight
38
Forbearance
patience
39
Fatuous
foolish
40
Salubrious
healthful
41
Litigation
lawsuit
42
Clandestine
secret
43
Conventional
typical
44
Specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
45
Indigent
poor
46
Affluent
wealthy
47
Persevere
to be stubborn
48
Retaliate
to get revenge
49
Effervescent
excited
50
Auspicious
favoring success
51
Illusive
deceiving
52
Deprecate
to protest against
53
Exacerbate
to worsen
54
Obscure
dark and unclear
55
Incoherent
illogical
56
Capricious
hard to please
57
Pivotal
vital, important
58
Debacle
downfall
59
Deluge
a flood
60
Deferential
courteous (want to please other)
61
Munificent
generous
62
Exorbitant
excessive (too much)
63
Imperious
bossy
64
Convivial
festive, jovial (lively) (viv = life)
65
Callous
hardened, unfeeling
66
Inordinate
unrestrained
67
Stringent
binding
68
Furtive
sneaky
69
Meticulous
excessively careful
70
Vigilant
watchful
71
Monolithic
uniform, following same customs
72
Copious
plentiful
73
Acrimonious
caustic; stinging
74
Didactic
teaching
75
Sporadic
occurring irregularly
76
Jaded
tiring, fatigued
77
Avid
showing great enthusiasm, greedy
78
Raucous
harsh and shrill (ex. noise)
79
Swarthy
dark, dusky
80
Cordial
gracious
81
Arboretum
place where different tree varieties are exhibited
82
Discursive
digressing
83
Exonerate
to clear form blame
84
Timorous
fearful
85
Rancorous
hateful, bitter
86
Abet
to aid and encourage
87
Ebb
recede, lessen
88
Pugnacious
like to fight (pug = fight)
89
Vainglorious
excessively conceited
90
Pernicious
causing harm or ruin
91
Repudiate
to reject with disapproval or condemnation
92
Delineate
to portray, to depict, to show
93
Enmity
a feeling of hatred, ill will
94
Vehement
strongly emotional; intense or passionate
95
Comprehensive
thorough, all inclusive
96
Objective
unbiased, without feelings
97
Qualify
to limit (secondary definition)
98
Erudite
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
99
Abbrevi**ate**
shorten, abridge
100
Abstin**ence**
act of refraining from
101
Advers**ity**
misfortune
102
Aesthetic
having to do with beauty
103
Amic**able**
friendly
104
Ana**chron**ist**ic**
not in the correct historical time period
105
Anecdote
short, often funny account of an event
106
**Ano**nym**ous**
nameless
107
**Ant**ago**nist**
opponent
108
Arid
extremely dry
109
Assidu**ous**
hard working
110
Asylum
sanctuary, safe place
111
**Bene**vol**ent**
friendly, helpful
112
Camaraderie
trust among friends
113
**Cens**ure
to criticize harshly
114
Circuit**ous**
indirect, roundabout
115
Clairvoy**ant**
able to see the future
116
Collabor**ate**
to work together
117
Compass**ion**
sympathy
118
Compromise
to settle differences
119
Condescending
patronizing, demeaning others
120
Conditional
provisional, contingent, depending on a condition
121
Conform**ist**
one who follows customs
122
Con**greg**at**ion**
group of people
123
Convergence
joining of parts
124
Deleterious
harmful
125
Demagogue
leader who appeals to emotions of his people
126
Digression
straying from main point
127
Diligent
hard-working; assiduous
128
Discredit
dishonor, disgrace
129
Disdain
to regard with scorn
130
Divergent
variant, moving apart
131
Empathy
sharing of feelings
132
Emulate
to follow an example
133
Enervating
tiring weakening
134
Enhance
improve, augment
135
Ephemeral
momentary, fleeting
136
Evanescent
short-lived (as an image)
137
Exasperation
irritation, frustration
138
Exemplary
outstanding
139
Extenuating
guilt-diminishing, lessening or reducing
140
Florid
flushed, ornate
141
Fortuitous
lucky
142
Frugal
thrifty, economically conservative
143
Hackneyed
overused, cliché
144
Haughty
arrogant, condescending
145
Hedonist
pleasure seeker
146
Hypothesis
theory requiring proof
147
Impetuous
rash, impulsive
148
Impute
to attribute to someone
149
Incompatible
unable to work together
150
Inconsequential
trivial
151
Inevitable
unavoidable, certain
152
Integrity
honesty, decency
153
Intrepid
fearless, adventurous
154
Intuitive
instinctive, untaught
155
Jubilation
joy, exultation
156
Lobbyist
persuader of legislators
157
Longevity
long life
158
Mundane
ordinary, common
159
Nonchalant
calm, casual
160
Novice
beginner
161
Opulent
wealthy
162
Orator
speaker
163
Ostentatious
displaying wealth
164
Parched
dehydrated
165
Perfidious
disloyal, untrustworthy
166
Precocious
talented beyond one's age
167
Pretentious
pompous, self-important
168
Procrastinate
to delay unnecessarily
169
Prosaic
run-of-the-mill, commonplace
170
Prosperity
wealth, success
171
Provocative
inflammatory, calling forth a reaction
172
Prudent
wise, careful
173
Querulous
irritable
174
Reclusive
withdrawn, preferring to live in isolation
175
Reconciliation
agreement after a quarrel
176
Renovation
state of being renewed
177
Resilient
quick to recover
178
Restrained
controlled, restricted
179
Reverence
profound respect
180
Sagacity
wisdom
181
Scrutinize
to observe carefully
182
Spontaneity
impulsive action
183
Spurious
phony, false
184
Submissive
compliant, obedient
185
Substantiate
to verify, confirm
186
Subtle
elusive, sly, ambiguous, understated
187
Superficial
lacking in depth, shallow, on the surface
188
Superfluous
more than enough, surplus
189
Suppress
to end an activity
190
Surreptitious
secret, stealthy
191
Tactful
diplomatic, polite
192
Tenacious
persistent, resolute
193
Transient
temporary, fleeting
194
Venerable
respectable due to age
195
Vindicate
to clear from blame, exonerate, acquit
196
Wary
watchful, alert (of the situation), aware
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