:: 1162 words, sorry I am not a fan of screaming round numbers: these are the words I would be sure to know if I were taking GRE today.
| abacus | frame with balls for calculating |
| abate | to lessen to subside |
| abdication | giving up control authority |
| aberration | straying away from what is normal |
| abet | help/encourage smb (in doing wrong) |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abhor | to hate to detest |
| abide | be faithful to endure |
| abjure | promise or swear to give up |
| abraded | rubbed off worn away by friction |
| abrogate | repeal or annul by authority |
| abscond | to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend obscure |
| abut | border on |
| abysmal | bottomless extreme |
| acarpous | effete no longer fertile worn out |
| acclaimed | welcomed with shouts and approval |
| accolade | praise approval |
| accretion | the growing of separate things into one |
| adamant | kind of stone inflexible |
| admonitory | containing warning |
| adorn | add beauty decorate |
| adulteration | making unpure poorer in quality |
| affable | polite and friendly |
| affinity | close connection relationship |
| aggravate | make worse irritate |
| agile | active quick-moving |
| agog | eager/excited |
| ail | trouble be ill |
| alacrity | eager and cheerful readiness |
| alcove | recess/partially enclosed place |
| allegiance | duty support loyalty |
| alleviate | make (pain) easier to bear |
| alloy | to debase by mixing with something inferior |
| aloof | reserved indifferent |
| amalgamate | mix combine unite societies |
| ambidextrous | able to use the left hand or the right equally well |
| ambiguous | doubtful uncertain |
| ambivalent | having both of two contrary meanings |
| ameliorate | improve make better |
| amortize | end (a debt) by setting aside money |
| anguish | severe suffering |
| animosity | strong dislike |
| antidote | medicine used against a poison or a disease |
| antithetical | direct opposing |
| apartheid | brutal racial discrimination |
| aplomb | self-confidence |
| apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
| apotheosis | deification glorification to godliness |
| appease | make quiet or calm |
| apprehensive | grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future |
| apprise | give notice to inform |
| approbation | approval |
| apropos | appropriate to the situation apt |
| apt | well-suited quick-witted |
| arabesque | a complex ornate design |
| arboreal | of connected with trees |
| ardor | enthusiasm |
| arduous | steep difficult ascent laborious |
| argot | jargon slang |
| arrant | in the highest degree |
| arrogance | proud superior manner of behaviour |
| articulate | speak distinctly connect by joints |
| ascend | go or come up |
| ascertain | get to know |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial austere stark |
| ascribe | consider to be the origin of or belonging to |
| aseptic | surgically clean |
| asperity | roughness harshness ill temper irritability |
| aspersion | slander |
| assail | with attack violently |
| assiduous | diligent hard-working sedulous |
| assuage | make smth (pain desire) less |
| asterisk | the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) |
| astringent | substance that shrinks |
| astute | clever quick at seeing to get an advantage |
| atonement | repayment death of Jesus |
| attenuate | make thin. weaken enervate |
| attune | bring into harmony |
| audacious | daring foolishly bold impudent |
| augury | omen sign |
| august | majestic venerable |
| auspicious | favorable successful prosperous |
| austere | severely moral and strict simple and plain |
| auxiliary | helping supporting |
| aver | affirm assert prove justify |
| aversion | strong dislike |
| avid | eager greedy |
| avow | admit. Declare openly |
| baleful | harmful ominous causing evil |
| balk | obstacle purposely to get on the way of |
| baneful | causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive |
| barrage | artificial obstacle built across a river |
| barren | not good enough unable to have young ones without value |
| bask | in enjoy warmth and light |
| beatify | to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to |
| bedizen | to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner |
| belabor | beat hard |
| bellicose | belligerent pugnacious warlike |
| belligerent | (person nation) waging war |
| benefactor | person who has given help |
| benevolence | wish or activity in doing good |
| benign | kind and gentle mild (climate) |
| bequest | arrangement to give smth at death |
| berate | scold sharply |
| bereft | rob or dispossess of smth (material) |
| bewilder | puzzle confuse |
| bigot | stubborn narrow-minded person |
| bilge | bulge the protuberance of a cask |
| blandishment | flattery coaxing |
| blandness | polite manner comforting uninteresting |
| blatant | noisy and rough |
| blithe | cheerful casual carefree |
| bogus | sham counterfeit not genuine |
| boisterous | loud noisy rough lacking restraint |
| bolster | give greatly needed support |
| boorish | crude offensive rude |
| brash | hasty rush cheeky saucy |
| brass | yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) |
| brazen | made of brass |
| breach | opening broken place breaking |
| brittle | easily broken |
| broach | bring up announce begin to talk about |
| brook | to tolerate endure |
| buoyant | able to float light-hearted |
| burgeon | grow forth send out buds |
| burnish | to polish rub to a shine |
| cabal | a scheme or plot a group of plotters |
| cadge | to beg to get by begging |
| cajole | use flattery or deceit to persuade |
| calipers | metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument |
| calumny | slander aspersion |
| candid | frank straight-forward |
| cant | insincere talk/jargon |
| cantankerous | bad-tempered/quarrelsome |
| canvass | discuss thoroughly sort of touting |
| castigate | to chastise correct by punishing |
| castigation | severe punishment |
| catalyst | substance that causes speeding up |
| caustic | biting sarcastic |
| censure | expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke |
| centurion | leader of a unit of 100 soldiers |
| chary | cautious wary |
| chastened | corrected punished |
| chastisement | punishment |
| chauvinist | a blindly devoted patriot |
| chicanery | legal trickery/false argument |
| chisel | steel tool for shaping materials |
| churl | bad-tempered person |
| clamor | shout complain with a lot of noise |
| clientele | customers |
| clinch | come to grips/settle conclusively |
| cling | to resist separation |
| clot | half-solid lump formed from liquid |
| cloture | closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting |
| coagulation | change to a thick and solid state |
| coalescing | coming together and uniting into one substance |
| coax | get smb to do smth by kindness |
| coda | passage that completes a piece of music |
| coddle | treat with care and tenderness |
| coerce | compel to force to make obedient |
| coeval | of the same period coexisting |
| cogent | strong convincing |
| cogitate | think deeply mediate |
| cognizant | being fully aware of |
| colander | bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water |
| collusion | secret agreement for a deceitful purpose |
| combustion | process of burning |
| commemorate | keep the memory of |
| commodious | having plenty of space for what is needed |
| commuter | person who travels regularly |
| complaisance | tending to comply obliging willingness to please |
| compunction | feeling of regret for one’s action |
| conceal | hide keep secret |
| conceit | over-high opinion of too much pride |
| conciliatory | reconciling soothing comforting mollifying |
| concord | agreement or harmony |
| concur | agree in opinion happen together |
| condense | increase in density strength make laconic |
| condone | forgive |
| congeal | make or become stiff and solid |
| conjoin | to join together |
| connoisseur | a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art) |
| connotation | suggestion in addition to |
| consequential | pompous self important |
| console | give comfort or sympathy to |
| conspicuous | easily seen remarkable |
| consternation | surprise and fear dismay |
| constrain | compel |
| constrict | make tight or smaller |
| consume | get to the end of |
| consummate | perfect/make perfect/complete |
| contemn | to scorn or despise |
| contentious | argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome |
| contiguous | touching neighboring near |
| contrite | filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing |
| contumacious | insubordinate rebellious |
| conundrum | a riddle dilemma enigma |
| conviction | convincing firm belief |
| convoke | call together summon |
| convoluted | complicated coiled twisted |
| cordial | warm and sincere |
| cordon | line (of police acting as a guard) |
| cornucopia | abundant supply |
| corporeal | physical of or for the body |
| correlate | have a mutual relation |
| corroboration | additional strengthening evidence |
| countenance | to favor or approve of |
| counterfeit | forgery |
| countervail | counterbalance |
| covert | disguised |
| covetous | eagerly desirous |
| cower | crouch shrink back |
| coy | shy/modest (esp of a girl) |
| crass | very great (es. stupidity) |
| cravat | piece of linen worn as a necktie |
| craven | cowardly |
| crease | line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket |
| credulity | too great a readiness to believe things |
| credulous | ready to believe things |
| crush | press lose shape subdue overwhelm |
| cryptic | secret with a hidden meaning |
| cumbersome | burdensome heavy and awkward to carry |
| curmudgeon | bad-tempered person |
| curriculum | course of study |
| cursory | quick hurried |
| curtail | make shorter then was planned |
| dainty | pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please |
| daunt | intimidate make fearful |
| dawdler | person who is slow waste of time |
| dearth | shortage |
| debacle | a breakup overthrow sudden disaster |
| decorum | propriety properness |
| decree | order given by authority |
| decry | disapprove of |
| defer | postpone give way (to show respect) |
| deferential | showing respect |
| defiance | open disobedience or resistance |
| delineate | to portray depict sketch out |
| deluge | great flood heavy rush of water |
| demagogue | person appealing not to reasons |
| demur | to hesitate raise objections |
| denigrate | blacken belittle sully defame |
| denouement | an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot |
| deplete | use until none remains |
| deposition | dethronement depositing |
| deprave | make morally bad corrupt |
| deprecate | protest against express disapproval of |
| dereliction | deserting and leaving to fall into ruins |
| derision | ridicule mockery deriding |
| derivative | unoriginal obtained from another source |
| derogatory | insulting tending to damage |
| descry | catch sight of see smth in the distance |
| desiccant | substance used to absorb moisture |
| desuetude | cessation of use disuse |
| desultory | aimless haphazard digressing at random |
| deter | discourage hinder |
| detraction | slandering verbal attack aspersion |
| detumescence | diminishing or lessening of swelling |
| deviance | being different in moral standards (from normal) |
| dexterity | skill (esp. in handling) |
| diaphanous | transparent gauzy |
| diatribe | bitter and violent attack in words |
| diffidence | shyness |
| dilate | speak comprehensively become wider large |
| disallow | refuse to allow or accept as a correct |
| discern | see with an effort but clearly |
| discomfit | confuse embarrass |
| disconcert | upset the self-possession of |
| discountenance | refuse to approve of |
| discourse | speech lecture |
| discredit | refuse to believe |
| discreet | careful/prudent |
| discrete | individually distinct |
| disdain | look on with contempt |
| disencumber | free from encumbrance |
| disheveled | untidy |
| disingenuous | sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning |
| disinter | dig up from the earth |
| dislodge | move force from the place occupied |
| dismal | sad gloomy miserable |
| disparate | essentially different |
| disproof | proof to the contrary |
| dissemble | speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind) |
| disseminate | distribute (esp. ideas) |
| dissent | have a different opinion refuse to assent |
| dissolution | disintegration looseness in morals |
| distraught | distracted violently upset in mind |
| divergence | getting farther apart from a point |
| divestiture | taking off getting rid of giving up |
| divulge | make known smth secret |
| doggerel | trivial poorly constructed verse |
| dogmatic | positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion |
| dolt | stupid fellow |
| dormant | in a state of inactivity but awaiting development |
| dote | show much fondness center one’s attention |
| drawl | slow way of speaking |
| droll | jesting |
| drone | male bee person who isn’t self-employed |
| drowsiness | feeling sleepy half asleep |
| dubious | feeling doubt |
| dud | no use person smth that fails |
| dulcet | melodious harmonious |
| dupe | cheat make a fool of |
| duplicity | deliberate deception |
| duress | threats to compel smb |
| dwarf | person or smb much below the usual size |
| dynamo | a generator something that produces electric current |
| earthenware | dishes made of baked clay |
| ebullience | exuberance outburst of feeling |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement |
| ecumenical | representing the whole Christian world |
| edacious | voracious devouring |
| eddy | circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind) |
| edible | fit to be eaten/not poisonous |
| effete | infertile worn out weak |
| efficacy | production of a desired result |
| effluvia | outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor |
| effrontery | boldness impudence arrogance |
| egress | way out exit |
| elaborate | worked out with much care in great detail |
| elegy | a lament a melancholy composition |
| elicit | draw out |
| eloquence | fluent speaking skillful use of language |
| emaciate | make thin and weak |
| embellish | make beautiful |
| embezzle | use in a wrong way for one’s own benefit |
| emote | stir up excite |
| empirical | relying on experiment |
| encapsulate | enclose in capsule |
| encomium | warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric |
| encumbrance | burden things that get on the way of |
| endearing | making dear or liked |
| endemic | epidemic |
| endorse | write one’s name on the back of |
| enduring | lasting |
| enervate | weaken deprive of strength attenuate |
| engender | cause produce give rise to |
| engrave | impress deeply |
| engrossing | taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal |
| engulf | swallow up |
| enigma | smth that is puzzling |
| enmity | hatred being an enemy |
| ensign | flag/badge |
| entangle | put into difficulties |
| enthral | please greatly/enslave (fig) |
| entice | tempt or persuade |
| entreat | ask earnestly |
| enunciate | pronounce (words)/express a theory |
| enzyme | catalyst |
| epicurean | devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment) |
| epistle | letter |
| epithet | adjective |
| epitome | brief summary representative example a typical model |
| equable | steady regular |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament |
| equilibrium | state of being balanced |
| equipoise | equal distribution of weight equilibrium |
| equivocal | having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious |
| equivocate | try to deceive by equivocal language |
| eradicate | get rid of pull up by the roots |
| erratic | irregular in behaviour or opinion |
| erudite | learned scholarly |
| eschew | avoid |
| esoteric | abstruse intended only for a small circle of |
| espouse | marry give one’s support to |
| eulogy | formal praise panegyric |
| euphoria | elation state of pleasant excitement |
| euthanasia | easy and painless death |
| evasive | tending to evade |
| evince | to show clearly to indicate |
| evoke | call up bring out |
| excoriation | severe criticism |
| exculpate | to clear from a charge of guilt |
| exhaustive | complete thorough |
| exigency | emergency an urgent situation |
| exoneration | set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame) |
| exorbitant | much too high or great |
| expatiate | to roam wander freely |
| expedient | likely to be useful for a purpose |
| expiation | ending expiring |
| exploit | brilliant achievement develop use selfishly |
| expostulate | argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest |
| expurgate | to remove obscenity purify censor |
| exscind | to cut out cut away |
| extant | still in existence |
| extempore | without previous thought or preparation |
| extenuate | reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse |
| extinct | no longer active |
| extinguish | end the existence of/wipe or put out |
| extirpate | to destroy exterminate cut out exscind |
| extol | praise highly |
| extort | obtain by threats violence |
| extralegal | outside the law |
| extricable | that can be freed |
| extrovert | cheerful person |
| exuberance | state of growing vigorously being full of life |
| facetious | humorous funny jocular |
| facile | easily done |
| fallacious | based on error |
| falter | waver/move in an uncertain manner |
| fatuous | without sense foolish self-satisfaction |
| fawn | young deer try to win smb’s favor |
| feckless | lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless |
| fecund | fertile |
| feint | pretend |
| felicitous | apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos |
| felon | person guilty of murder |
| ferment | substance become excited |
| ferocity | savage cruelty |
| ferret | discover by searching search |
| fervid | showing earnest feeling |
| fervor | warmth of feelings earnestness |
| fetid | stinking |
| fetter | to shackle put in chains |
| feud | bitter quarrel over a long period of time |
| fidelity | loyalty accuracy |
| fidget | move restlessly make nervous |
| figurehead | carved image on the prow of a ship |
| finesse | delicate way of dealing with a situation |
| finical | too fussy about food clothing etc. |
| finicky | finical |
| fission | splitting or division (esp. of cells) |
| fixate | stare at |
| flak | criticism/anti-aircraft guns |
| flamboyant | brightly colored florid |
| flaunting | show off complacently |
| flax | pale yellow (hair) a plant |
| fledged | able to fly trained experienced |
| fleet | number of ships quick-moving |
| flinch | draw move back wince |
| flop | fail/move/fall clumsily |
| florid | very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face) |
| flout | reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition) |
| fluke | lucky stroke |
| fluster | make nervous or confused |
| foible | defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) |
| foil | prevent from carrying out contrast |
| foment | put smth warm (to lessen the pain) |
| foolproof | incapable of failure or error |
| foppish | like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes |
| forage | food for horses and cattle |
| forbear | refrain from be patient ancestor |
| forbearance | patience willingness to wait |
| ford | shallow place in a river (to cross) |
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance preempt |
| forfeit | suffer the loss of smth |
| forge | workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead |
| forgery | counterfeit |
| forswear | renounce disallow repudiate |
| foster | nurture care for |
| fracas | noisy quarrel |
| fragile | easily injured broken or destroyed |
| fragrant | sweet-smelling |
| frantic | wildly excited with joy pain anxiety |
| frenetic | frantic frenzied |
| fret | worry irritation wear away |
| fringe | edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead |
| froward | intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn |
| frugal | careful economical |
| fulmination | bitter protest |
| fulsome | disgusting offensive due to excessiveness |
| gainsay | to deny to oppose |
| garble | make unfair selection from facts |
| garment | article of clothing |
| garner | to gather and save to store up |
| garrulity | talkativeness |
| garrulous | too talkative |
| gaucherie | socially awkward tactless behavior |
| germane | relevant pertinent to |
| gist | the point general sense |
| glean | gather facts in small quantities |
| glib | ready and smooth but not sincere |
| glimmer | weak/unsteady light |
| gloat | over look at with selfish delight |
| glut | supply to much fill to excess |
| gnaw | waste away bite steadily |
| goad | smth urging a person to action |
| gorge | eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream |
| gossamer | soft light delicate material |
| gouge | tool for cutting grooves in wood |
| grandiloquent | using pompous words |
| grave | serious requiring consideration |
| graze | touch or scrape lightly in passing |
| gregarious | living in societies liking the company |
| grievous | causing grief or pain serious dire grave |
| grovel | crawl humble oneself |
| guile | deceit cunning |
| gullible | easily gulled |
| gush | burst out suddenly/talk ardently |
| gust | outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc. |
| hack | cut roughly hired horse |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| hallow | to make holy consecrate |
| harangue | a long passionate speech |
| harbinger | smth or smb that foretells the coming of |
| harrow | to distress create stress or torment |
| haughty | arrogant conceited |
| heed | attention/give notice to |
| heinous | odious (of crime) |
| heresy | belief contrary to what is generally accepted |
| hermetic | sealed by fusion |
| heterogeneous | made up of different kinds |
| hew | make by hard work cut (by striking) |
| highbrow | (person) with superior tastes |
| hirsute | hairy shaggy |
| hoax | mischievous trick played on smb for a joke |
| hoi | polloi the masses the rabble |
| hollow | not soled with hole |
| holster | leather case for a pistol |
| homiletics | act of preaching |
| hone | stone used for sharpening tools |
| hoodwink | trick mislead |
| hospitable | liking to give hospitality |
| hubris | arrogant pride |
| hush | make or become silent |
| husk | worthless outside part of anything |
| hypocrisy | falsely making oneself appear to be good |
| iconoclast | person who attacks popular beliefs |
| idiosyncrasy | personal mannerism |
| idolatry | excessive admiration of |
| idyll | a carefree episode or experience |
| ignoble | dishonorable common undignified |
| ignominious | shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful |
| illicit | unlawful forbidden |
| imbroglio | complicated and embarrassing situation |
| immaculate | pure faultless |
| imminent | likely to come or happen soon |
| immutable | that cannot be changed |
| impair | worsen diminish in value |
| impassive | unmoved feeling no sign of passion |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| impede | hinder get in the way of |
| impediment | smth that hinders (e.g. stammer) |
| impending | imminent being about to happen expected |
| imperative | urgent essential |
| imperious | commanding haughty arrogant |
| impermeable | that cannot be permeated |
| imperturbable | calm not capable of being excited |
| impervious | not allowing to pass through (of materials) |
| imperviousness | haughty arrogant commanding |
| impetuous | having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful |
| impiety | lack of reverence or dutifulness |
| implacable | incapable of being placated unpleasable |
| implicate | show that smb has a share |
| implicit | implied though not plainly expressed |
| implosion | collapse bursting inward |
| importune | beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute) |
| imprecation | an invocation of evil a curse |
| impromptu | without preparation |
| impudent | rash indiscreet |
| impugned | challenged to be doubted |
| impute | to attribute to a cause or source ascribe |
| inadvertent | not paying proper attention |
| inane | silly senseless |
| inasmuch | since because |
| incense | make angry |
| incessant | often repeated continual |
| inchoate | not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary |
| incipient | beginning |
| incise | engrave make a cut in |
| incite | stir up rouse |
| inclined | directing the mind in a certain direction |
| incongruous | out of place not in harmony or agreement |
| incorrigibility | cannot be cured or corrected |
| incredulous | skeptical unwilling to believe |
| inculcate | fix firmly by repetition |
| incumbents | official duties |
| incursion | a raid a sudden attack |
| indefatigability | not easily exhaustible tirelessness |
| indelible | that cannot be rubbed out |
| indigence | poverty |
| indigenous | native |
| indistinct | not easily heard seen clearly marked |
| indolence | laziness |
| indomitable | not easily discouraged or subdued |
| indulge | gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself |
| indulgent | inclined to indulge |
| ineffable | to great to be described in words |
| ineluctable | certain inevitable |
| inept | unskillful said or done at the wrong time |
| ineptitude | quality of being unskillful |
| inferno | hell |
| infuriate | fill with fury or rage |
| infuse | put pour fill |
| ingenuous | naive young artless frank honest sincere |
| ingest | take in by swallowing |
| inimical | harmful or friendly |
| inimitable | defying imitation unmatchable |
| innocuous | causing no harm |
| inscrutable | incapable of being discovered or understood |
| insensible | unconscious unresponsive unaffected |
| insinuate | suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently |
| insipid | without taste or flavor |
| insouciant | unconcerned carefree |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness isolated |
| insurrection | rising of people to open resistance to |
| interdict | prohibit forbid |
| interim | as an installment |
| intersperse | place here and there |
| intransigence | unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability |
| intransigent | uncompromising |
| intrepid | fearless brave undaunted |
| introspection | examining one’s own thoughts and feelings |
| inundate | flood cover by overflowing |
| inured | accustomed to adapted |
| invective | abusive language curses |
| inveigh | to attack verbally denounce deprecate |
| inveterate | deep-rooted. long-established |
| invincible | too strong to be defeated |
| involute | complex |
| irascible | irritable easily angered |
| irate | angry |
| ire | anger |
| irksome | tiresome |
| irresolute | hesitating undecided |
| irrevocable | final and unalterable |
| itinerate | to travel from place to place to peregrinate |
| jabber | talk excitedly utter rapidly |
| jibe | gibe make fun of |
| jocular | meant as a joke |
| judicious | sound in judgment wise |
| knit | draw together unite firmly |
| labyrinthine | to entangle the state of affairs |
| lachrymose | causing tears tearful |
| lackluster | (of eyes) dull |
| lament | show feel great sorrow |
| lassitude | weariness tiredness |
| latent | present but not yet active developed or visible |
| laudatory | expressing or giving praise |
| lavish | giving or producing freely liberally or generously |
| legacy | smth handed down from ancestors |
| levee | formal reception/embankment |
| levity | lack of seriousness |
| libel | statement that damages reputation |
| liberality | free giving generosity |
| libertine | immoral person |
| lien | legal claim until a debt on it is repaid |
| limn | paint portray |
| limp | lacking strength walking unevenly |
| lionize | treat as a famous person |
| lithe | bending twisting |
| loll | rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog’s tongue) |
| lope | move along with long strides |
| loquacious | talkative garrulous |
| lucubrate | write in scholarly fashion |
| luculent | easily understood lucid clear |
| lugubrious | mournful excessively sad |
| lull | become quiet or less active |
| lumber | move in a clumsy/noisy way |
| luminary | star light-giving body |
| lurk | be out of view ready to attack |
| lustrous | being bright polished |
| macabre | gruesome suggesting death |
| macerate | make or become soft by soaking in water |
| machination | plot scheme (esp. evil) |
| maladroit | tactless clumsy |
| malapropism | misuse of a word (for one that resembles it) |
| malevolence | wishing to do evil |
| malign | injurious speak ill of smb tell lie |
| malinger | to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty |
| malleable | yielding easily shaped moldable adapting |
| manacle | chains for the hands or feet |
| massacre | cruel killing of a large number of people |
| matriculation | be admitted enter a university as a student |
| maudlin | sentimental in a silly or tearful way |
| maul | hurt by rough handling |
| maverick | rebel nonconformist |
| mellifluous | sweetly flowing |
| mendacity | dishonesty |
| mendicant | a beggar |
| mercurial | quick changeable in character fleeting |
| meretricious | attractive on the surface but of little value |
| mesmerize | hypnotize |
| meticulous | giving great attention to details |
| mettle | quality of endurance or courage |
| mettlesome | courageous high-spirited |
| middling | fairly good but not very good |
| minatory | menacing threatening |
| mince | pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize |
| misanthrope | person who hates mankind |
| mischievous | harmful causing mischief |
| miser | person who loves wealth and spends little |
| misogynist | one who hates women/females |
| moderation | quality of being limited not extreme |
| mollify | make calmer or quieter |
| molt | moult lose hair feathers before new growing |
| morbid | diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) |
| morose | ill-tempered unsocial |
| muffler | cloth worn round the neck/silencer |
| multifarious | varied motley greatly diversified |
| mundane | worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday |
| myriad | very great number |
| nadir | lowest weakest point |
| nascent | coming into existence emerging |
| nebulous | cloud-like hazy vague indistinct |
| negligent | taking too little care |
| neophyte | person who has been converted to a belief |
| nexus | a connection tie or link |
| nibble | show some inclination to accept (an offer) |
| noisome | offensive disgusting (smell) |
| nonchalant | not having interest |
| nonplused | greatly surprised |
| nostrum | a quack remedy an untested cure |
| noxious | harmful |
| nugatory | trifling/worthless |
| obdurate | hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible |
| obfuscate | to darken make obscure muddle |
| oblivious | unaware having no memory |
| obloquy | abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation |
| obsequious | too eager to obey or serve |
| obstreperous | noisy loud |
| obtain | to be established accepted or customary |
| obtrusive | projecting prominent undesirably noticeable |
| obtuse | blunt/stupid |
| obviate | to make unnecessary get rid of |
| occluded | blocked up |
| odious | repulsive hateful |
| odium | contempt dislike aversion |
| odor | smell favor reputation |
| officious | too eager or ready to help offer advice |
| ominous | threatening |
| onerous | needing effort burdensome |
| opaqueness | dullness/not allowing light to pass through |
| opprobrious | showing scorn or reproach |
| ossify | to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea |
| ostensible | seeming appearing as such professed |
| ostentation | display to obtain admiration or envy |
| ostracism | shut out from society refuse to meet talk |
| overhaul | examine thoroughly to learn about the condition |
| overweening | presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk |
| paean | song of praise or triumph |
| palate | roof of the mouth sense of taste |
| palatial | magnificent |
| palliate | lessen the severity of |
| palpability | can be felt touched understood |
| palpitate | tremble beat rapidly and irregularly |
| panegyric | formal praise eulogy |
| paradigm | a model example or pattern |
| parenthesis | sentence within another one smth separated |
| pariah | an outcast a rejected and despised person |
| parsimonious | too economical miserly |
| partisan | one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced |
| patron | regular customer person who gives support |
| paucity | scarcity a lacking of |
| peccadillo | small sin small weakness in one’s character |
| pedantic | bookish showing off learning |
| pedestrian | commonplace trite unremarkable |
| pellucid | transparent easy to understand |
| penchant | strong inclination a liking |
| penitent | feeling or showing regret |
| penurious | poor/stingy |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| peregrination | traveling about wandering |
| peremptory | urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate |
| perfidious | treacherous faithless |
| perfidy | treachery breaking of faith |
| perfunctory | done as a duty without care |
| perilous | dangerous |
| peripatetic | wandering |
| perish | be destroyed decay |
| perjury | willful FALSE statement unlawful act |
| permeate | spread into every part of |
| pernicious | harmful injurious |
| perpetrate | be guilty commit (a crime) |
| personable | pleasing in appearance attractive |
| perspicacity | quick judging and understanding |
| pertain | belong as a part have reference |
| pest | destructive thing or a person who is nuisance |
| petrified | taken away power (to think feel act) |
| petrify | to make hard rocklike |
| petrous | like a rock hard stony |
| petulant | unreasonably impatient |
| philistine | a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge |
| phlegmatic | calm sluggish temperament unemotional |
| picaresque | involving clever rogues or adventurers |
| pied | of mixed colors |
| pinch | be too tight take between the thumb and finger |
| pine | waste away through sorrow or illness |
| pious | dutiful to parents devoted to religion |
| piquant | agreeably pungent stimulating |
| pique | hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity) |
| pitfall | covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger |
| pith | essential part force soft liquid substance |
| pivotal | of great importance (others depend on it) |
| placate | soothe pacify calm |
| plaintive | mournful melancholy sorrowful |
| plaque | flat metal on a wall as a memorial |
| platitude | a trite or banal statement unoriginality |
| plea | request |
| plead | address a court of law as an advocate |
| plethora | glut |
| pliant | pliable easily bent shaped or twisted |
| plod | continue doing smth without resting |
| pluck | pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers) |
| plumb | get to the root of |
| plummet | fall plunge steeply |
| plunge | move quickly suddenly and with force |
| poignant | deeply moving keen |
| poncho | large piece of cloth |
| ponderous | heavy bulky dull |
| portent | omen marvelous threatening |
| precarious | uncertain risky dangerous |
| precepts | rules establishing standards of conduct |
| preclude | prevent make impossible |
| precursory | preliminary anticipating |
| predilection | special liking mental preference |
| predominate | have more power than others |
| preen | tidy/show self-satisfaction |
| premature | doing or happening smth before the right time |
| preponderance | greatness in number strength weight |
| presage | warning sign |
| presumption | arrogance |
| preternatural | not normal or usual |
| prevalent | common |
| prevaricate | to equivocate to stray from the truth |
| prim | neat formal |
| pristine | primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated |
| probity | uprightness incorruptibility principle |
| proclivity | inclination |
| procrastination | keeping on putting off |
| prodigal | wasteful reckless with money |
| prodigious | enormous wonderful |
| profane | worldly having contempt for God |
| profligacy | shameless immorality |
| profligate | wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant |
| profundity | depth |
| profuse | abundant/lavish |
| proliferate | grow reproduce by rapid multification |
| prolix | tiring because too long |
| prone | prostrate inclined to (undesirable things) |
| propagation | increasing the number spreading extending |
| propinquity | nearness in time or place affinity of nature |
| propitiatory | conciliatory appeasing mitigating |
| propitious | auspicious presenting favorable circumstances |
| prosaic | everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian |
| proscribe | denounce as dangerous |
| protracted | prolonged |
| provident | frugal looking to the future |
| provisional | of the present time only |
| provoke | make angry vax |
| prudence | careful forethought |
| prudish | easily shocked excessively modest |
| prune | dried plum silly person |
| pry | get smth inquire too curiously |
| pucker | wrinkle |
| pugnacious | fond of in the habit of fighting |
| puissance | strength |
| punctilious | precise paying attention to trivialities |
| pundit | pedant authority on a subject |
| pungency | sharpness stinging quality |
| purvey | provide supply |
| pusillanimous | cowardly craven |
| putrefaction | becoming rotten |
| pyre | large pile of wood for burning |
| quack | person dishonestly claiming to smth |
| quaff | drink deeply |
| quail | lose courage turn frightened |
| qualm | feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness |
| quandary | state of doubt or perplexity |
| quell | suppress subdue |
| quibble | try to avoid by sophistication |
| quiescence | state of being passive/motionless |
| quiescent | at rest dormant torpid |
| quirk | habit or action peculiar to smb or smth |
| quixotic | generous unselfish |
| quotidian | banal everyday |
| rabble | mob crowd the lower classes of populace |
| raconteur | person who tells anecdotes |
| raffish | low vulgar base tawdry |
| ramify | to be divided or subdivided to branch out |
| rancorous | feeling bitterness spitefulness |
| rant | use extravagant language |
| rapacious | greedy (esp for money) |
| rarefy | to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine |
| rave | act with excessive enthusiasm |
| reactionary | opposing progress |
| rebuff | snub |
| recalcitrant | disobedient |
| recant | take back as being FALSE give up |
| recast | cast or fashion anew |
| recidivism | relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior |
| reciprocity | granting of privileges in return for similar |
| recitals | a number of performance of music |
| recluse | person who lives alone and avoids people |
| recompense | make payment to reward punish |
| reconcile | settle a quarrel restore peace |
| recondite | little known abstruse |
| recreancy | cowardice a cowardly giving up |
| recuperate | become strong after illness loss exhaustion |
| redeem | get back by payment compensate |
| redoubtable | formidable causing fear |
| refine | make or become pure cultural |
| refractory | stubborn unmanageable untractable |
| refulgent | shining brilliant |
| regale | to delight or entertain to feast |
| regicide | crime of killing a king |
| reiterate | say or do again several times |
| rejuvenation | becoming young in nature or appearance |
| relapse | fall back again |
| remonstrate | to protest object |
| render | deliver provide represent |
| renovate | restore smth to better condition |
| renowned | celebrated famous |
| repast | meal |
| repel | refuse to accept/cause dislike |
| repine | at be discontented with |
| reproach | scold upbraid |
| reprobate | person hardened in sin one devoid of decency |
| repudiate | disown refuse to accept or pay |
| repulsive | causing a feeling of disgust |
| requite | repay give in return |
| rescind | repeal/annul/cancel |
| resigned | unresisting submissive |
| resilience | quality of quickly recovering the original shape |
| resort | to frequently visit |
| restive | refusing to move reluctant to be controlled |
| resuscitation | coming back to consciousness |
| retard | check hinder |
| reticent | reserved untalkative silent taciturn |
| revere | have deep respect for |
| reverent | feeling or showing deep respect |
| riddle | puzzling person or thing |
| rift | split crack dissension |
| rivet | fix take up secure metal pin |
| roll | call calling of names |
| rotund | rich and deep plump and round |
| ruffian | violent cruel man |
| rumple | make rough |
| sagacious | having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage |
| salacious | obscene |
| salubrious | healthful |
| salutary | remedial wholesome causing improvement |
| sanctimony | self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety |
| sanction | approval (by authority) penalty |
| sanguine | cheerful confident optimistic |
| sanity | health of mind soundness of judgement |
| sash | long strip worn round the waist |
| satiate | satisfy fully |
| saturnine | gloomy dark sullen morose |
| savant | person of great learning |
| savor | taste flavor smth |
| sawdust | tiny bits of wood |
| scabbard | sheath for the blade |
| scent | smell (esp pleasant) |
| scorch | become discolored/dry up/go at high speed |
| scribble | write hastily |
| scurvy | mean contemptible |
| secular | material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries |
| sedulous | persevering |
| seminal | like a seed constituting a source originative |
| sententious | short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs |
| sequence | succession connected line of |
| sere | make hard and without feeling |
| sermon | reproving a person for his faults |
| serrated | having a toothed edge |
| serration | having a toothed edge |
| servile | like a slave lacking independence |
| sever | break off |
| severance | severing |
| shallow | little depth not earnest |
| shard | piece of broken earthenware |
| sheath | cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool |
| shrewd | astute showing sound judgement |
| shrill | sharp piercing |
| shun | keep away from avoid |
| shunt | send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion |
| sidestep | step to one side |
| simper | (give a) silly/self-conscious smile |
| sinuous | winding undulating serpentine |
| skiff | small boat |
| skit | short piece of humorous writing |
| slack | sluggish dull not tight |
| slake | to assuage to satisfy allay |
| slate | king of blue-grey stone propose criticize |
| sluggard | lazy slow-moving person |
| slur | join sounds/words (indistinct) |
| smolder | burn slowly without flame |
| snare | trap |
| snub | treat with contempt |
| soar | rise fly high |
| sober | self-controlled |
| sobriety | quality or condition of being sober |
| sodden | soaked saturated |
| soggy | heavy with water |
| solvent | of the power of forming a solution |
| somatic | of the body |
| soot | black powder in smoke |
| sophisticated | complex subtle refined |
| sophistry | fallacious reasoning faulty logic |
| sophomoric | self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown |
| soporific | producing sleep |
| sordid | wretched comfortless contemptible |
| spear | weapon with a metal point on a long shaft |
| specious | illogical of questionable truth or merit |
| splenetic | bad-tempered irritable |
| splice | join (two ends) |
| sponge | porous rubber for washing live at once expense |
| spurious | FALSE counterfeit |
| spurn | have nothing to do reject or refuse |
| squalid | foul filthy |
| squander | spend wastefully |
| squat | crouch/settle without permission |
| stanch | to stop the flow of a fluid |
| steeply | rising or falling sharply |
| stentorian | extremely loud and powerful |
| stickler | person who insists on importance of smth |
| stigma | mark of shame or disgrace |
| stigmatize | describe smb scornfully |
| sting | smth sharp |
| stingy | spending using unwillingly |
| stint | to be thrifty to set limits |
| stipple | paint with dots |
| stipulate | state or put forward as a necessary condition |
| stolid | showing no emotion impassive |
| stray | wander lose one’s way |
| streak | long thin move very fast |
| striated | striped grooved or banded |
| stride | walk with long steps |
| strut | a supporting bar |
| stygian | hence dark gloomy |
| stymie | to hinder obstruct or block |
| subdue | overcome bring under control |
| sublime | extreme astounding |
| submerge | put under water liquid sink out of sight |
| suborn | induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury |
| subpoena | written order requiring a person to appear in a low court |
| substantiation | giving facts to support (statement) |
| subsume | include under a rule |
| succor | assistance relief in time of distress |
| suffice | be enough |
| suffocate | cause or have difficulty in breathing |
| sullied | to be stained or discredited |
| summarily | briefly without delay |
| sumptuous | magnificent |
| sundry | various miscellaneous separate |
| supercilious | disdainful characterized by haughty scorn |
| superfluous | more then is needed or wanted |
| superimpose | put smth on the top |
| supersede | take the place of |
| supine | lying on the back slow to act passive |
| suppliant | asking humbly beseeching |
| supplicate | make a humble petition to |
| suppress | prevent from being known put an end to |
| surcharge | additional load/charge |
| surfeit | satiate feed to fulness or to excess |
| susceptibility | sensitiveness |
| swerve | change direction suddenly |
| sycophant | person who flatter to the rich and powerful |
| synopsis | summary or outline |
| taciturn | untalkative silent |
| tadpole | form of a frog when it leaves the egg |
| talon | claw of a bird of prey |
| tamp | tap or drive down by repeated light blows |
| tamper | interfere with |
| tangential | suddenly changeable |
| tarnished | lost brightness |
| tassel | bunch of threads |
| taunt | contemptuous reproach hurtful remark |
| taut | tightly stretched |
| tautology | a repetition a redundancy |
| tawdry | cheap gaudy showy tacky |
| teetotal | oppose to alcohol |
| temerity | boldness brashness intrepidness |
| temperance | abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation |
| temperate | showing self-control |
| tenacity | firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on |
| tenuous | insubstantial flimsy weak |
| tepid | lukewarm |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| testiness | witness/evidence |
| thrift | care economy thriving prosperous |
| thwart | obstruct/frustrate |
| timid | shy easily frightened |
| timorous | fearful timid afraid |
| toady | obsequious flatterer |
| tonic | smth giving strength or energy |
| topple | be unsteady and overturn |
| torment | severe pain or suffering |
| torpid | sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant |
| torque | twisting force causing rotation |
| tortuous | devious/not straightforward |
| tout | person who worries others to buy smth to use his service |
| tractable | easily controlled or guided |
| transgress | break go beyond (a limit) |
| transient | temporary fleeting |
| transitory | brief |
| travesty | parody/imitation |
| trenchant | forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive |
| trepidation | alarm excited state of mind |
| trickle | flow in drops |
| trifling | unimportant |
| trite | not new |
| truce | (agreement) stop of fighting for a time |
| truculence | aggressiveness ferocity |
| trudge | walk heavily |
| turbid | muddy having the sediment stirred up |
| turbulence | being uncontrolled violent |
| turgid | excessively ornate swollen or bloated |
| turmoil | trouble disturbance |
| turpitude | wickedness shamefulness |
| turquoise | greenish-blue precious stone |
| tyro | tiro beginner |
| ubiquitous | present everywhere |
| ulterior | situated beyond |
| umbrage | offense resentment |
| uncouth | rough awkward |
| underbid | make a lower bid then smb else |
| undermine | weaken gradually at the base make smth under |
| undulate | to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate |
| unearth | discover and bring to light |
| unencumbered | easy-going trifle |
| unfeigned | not pretended sincere |
| unscathed | unharmed unhurt |
| untoward | unfortunate inconvenient |
| upbraid | scold reproach |
| urbane | elegant refined in manners |
| vacillation | being uncertain hesitating |
| vagary | strange act or idea |
| vain | without use result conceited |
| valiant | brave |
| valorous | brave |
| vanquish | conquer |
| veer | change direction |
| venal | ready to do smth dishonest |
| veneer | surface appearance covering the TRUE nature |
| veneration | regard with deep respect |
| veracity | truth |
| verdant | fresh and green |
| verisimilitude | appearing TRUE or real |
| veritable | real rightly named |
| verve | spirit vigor enthusiasm |
| vestige | trace or sign |
| vex | annoy distress trouble |
| vigilance | watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order |
| vigilant | member of a vigilance committee |
| vigorous | strong energetic |
| vilify | slander say evil things |
| vindictive | having a desire to revenge |
| virago | a loud domineering woman a scold or nag |
| visceral | of the internal organs of the body |
| viscous | sticky/semi-fluid |
| vitiate | lower the quality weaken the strength |
| vituperate | curse abuse in words |
| vivacious | lively high-spirited |
| volatile | changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive |
| volubility | fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language |
| voluble | fluent |
| waffle | talk vaguely and without much result |
| waft | scent waving movement carry lightly through |
| wag | merry person |
| warmonger | person who stirs up war |
| warrant | authority written order guarantee |
| wean | to turn away (from a habit) |
| weigh | measure hoe heavy smth is |
| welter | turmoil a bewildering jumble |
| wend | to go proceed |
| whimsical | full of odd and fanciful ideas |
| wince | show bodily or mental pain |
| woo | try to win |
| writ | written order |
| yarn | tale story fibers for knitting |
