1b) abstruse )adj) difficult to understand
1b) abstruse )adj) difficult to understand
2b) accolade (noun) an award, or praise
3b) acrimony (noun) words or behavior filled with harshness, anger, or bitterness
4b) adroit (adj) skillful in the use of the hands, or in handling difficult situations
5b) affable (adj) friendly; easygoing
6b) alienate (verb) to push someone away, or cause him to separate from people
7b) altruistic (adj) unselfish; caring
8b) ambiguous (adj) unclear: vague: having several possible interpretations
9b) ameliorate (verb) to make an unpleasant situation better: to improve
10b) amorphous (adj) without form or shape
11b) anarchy (noun) a lack of order; chaos
12b) antagonistic (adj) in hostile competition: opposing
13b) antithesis (noun) opposite
14b) apex (noun) top; highest pint; summit
15b) arbitrary (adj) selected by random choice and without solid reason
16b) archaic (adj) old; antiquated
17b) articulate (adj) able to speak clearly and effectively
18b) ascetic (noun) person who rejects physical comfort and luxury for self-discipline
19b) assail (verb) attack with words or force
20b) assuage (verb) relieve; ease; pacify
21b) atrophy (verb) waste away; wither
22b) augment (verb) make larger; increase
23b) austere (adj) stern; plain; without luxuries
24b) banal (adj) boring; trite; insipid
25b) belie (verb) to give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are; to misrepresent
26b) benediction (noun) good wishes; a blessing
27b) benign (adj) gentle; kind-hearted; mild
28b) blight (noun) decay; disease; widespread death
29b) bombast (noun) speech or writing intended to impress the audience; pompous
30b) bumptious (adj) pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive
31b) cajole (verb) to fool with flattery of false promises; coax; deceive
32b) capitulate (verb) surrender; yield
33b) castigate (verb) scold; punish
34b) celerity (noun) speed
35b) chasten (verb) punish; discipline; castigate
36b) choler (noun) anger
37b) circumspect ( adj) cautious
38b) cloister (noun) secluded or isolated from the outside world; also, a place of seclusion
39b) coerce (verb) to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him
40b) compliant (adj) to change you behavior at someone else’s request; conforming; obeying; yielding
41b) concede (verb) admit reluctantly; yield
42b) concur (verb) agree
43b) confound (verb) to mix up (in your mind); or, to confuse someone else
44b) consummate (verb) to complete or make whole
45b) contingent (adj) dependent upon other circumstances; conditional
46b) contrite (adj) sorry; penitent
47b) converge (verb) move together to meet at a common point
48b) convivial (adj) fond of parties; sociable
49b) cordial (adj) friendly; welcoming; gracious
50b) corroborate (verb) support with evidence; tell the same story; confirm
51b) cryptic (adj) hidden; secret; mysterious
52b) cupidity (noun) greed, especially for money
53b) daunted (dismayed; disheartened; discouraged (made less courageous)
54b) defame (verb) to say things harmful to a person’s reputation; malign; vilify
55b) denounce (verb) criticize; condemn
56b) deplore (verb) to express regret or disapproval; complain; criticize
57b) deride (verb) make fun of; ridicule
58b) despot (noun) tyrant
59b) desultory (adj) lacking a plan; aimless
60b) diatribe (noun) a bitterly critical speech
61b) dilatory (adj) causing lateness; stalling
62b) disclose (verb) provide information; reveal
63b) discourse (noun) exchange of ideas; conversation
64b) disparage (verb) say negative things; belittle
65b) disperse (verb) spread around; scatter
66b) dissolution (noun) separation into parts; the process of dissolving
67b) divergence (noun) the act of splitting off into different directions
68b) dogmatic (adj) sticking to widely-accepted beliefs, even when faced with contrary evidence; closed-minded
69b) eccentric (adj) different from most, especially in personality or behavior
70b) efface (verb) erase
71b) efficacy (noun) the ability to produce desired results
72b) eloquence (noun) powerfully effective speech
73b) emulate (verb) imitate
74b) endorse (verb) promote; recommend
75b) enhance (verb) intensify; improve
76b) enmity (noun) mutual hatred
77b) eradicate (verb) remove completely and permanently; exterminate
78b) erudition (noun) the knowledge acquired through many years of study
79b) ethereal (adj) heavenly; fine; delicately beautiful
80b) euphemism (noun) a word or phrase that’s used to make an unpleasant idea sound better
81b) exacerbate (verb) to make a bad situation worse
82b) expunge (verb) erase
83b) extemporaneous (adj) done without planning; improvised
84b) extraneous (adj) unnecessary; irrelevant
85b) exuberant (adj) uncontrollably joyous
86b) fastidious (adj) difficult to please
87b) fickle (adj) lacking loyalty; unpredictably changeable; erratic
88b) flagrant (adj) openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous
89b) flippancy (noun) treating a serious situation with arrogant humor or disrespect
90b) foresight (noun) the ability to see ahead, anticipate, or predict
91b) fulminate (verb) to explode, either with sound or anger
92b) futile (adj) hopelessly ineffective; useless; in vain
93b) garish (adj) flashy; gaudy
94b) garrulous (adj) very talkative; loquacious
95b) germane (adj) relevant; fitting
96b) glutton (noun) a person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; someone with great endurance
97b) gregarious (adj) sociable; extroverted; enjoying companionship
98b) hackneyed (adj) unoriginal; trite
99b) haphazard (adj) without plan or direction
100b) harbor (verb) to provide shelter or refuge; hide
101b) hedge (veb) to avoid giving a definite or clear answer, thereby escaping responsibility or blame
102b) heinous (adj) shockingly evil
103b) hiatus (noun) gap; interruption; a break in the continuity of a process; a pause
104b) homage (noun) respect paid to someone or something; tribute; honor
105b) hyperbole (noun) extreme exaggeration
106b) idolatry (noun) the worship of objects or people as gods
107b) imminent (verb) to fill, as with a strong dye or a strong feeling
108b) impair (verb) weaken in strength or value
109b) impassive (adj) without feeling; expressionless
110b) impetuous (adj) making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive
111b) impudence (noun) rudness; insolence
112b) inane (adj) silly; insignificant
113b) incessant (adj) continuous; endless
114b) incite (verb) arouse to action; stir up; foment
115b) incongruous (adj) out of place
116b) incredulous (adj) unwilling or unable to believe
117b) indigent (adj) very poor
118b) induce (verb) cause to happen; bring about
119b) infallible (adj) incapable of making a mistake
120b) infer (verb) to figure out, based on given information; conclude; deduce
121b) ingenuous (adj) naïve; unsophisticated; inexperienced
122b) innocuous (adj) harmless; inoffensive
123b) inscrutable (adj) mysterious
124b) insolent (adj) rude; haughty
125b) intermittent (adj) occurring at intervals; periodic; not constant or continual
126b) intrinsic (adj) located within the very nature of an object or person; inherent
127b) irascible (adj) easily angered
128b) irresolute (adj) indecisive; unsure
129b) jargon (noun) specialized language used by a particular group
130b) jaunty (adj) lively; perky; sprightly
131b) jettison (verb) to throw overboard; to discard
132b) jubilant (adj) filled with joy
133b) juncture (noun) point in time, especially a crucial one; joint or connection
134b) lionize (verb) to put someone onto a pedestal; to treat with great respect
135b) loath (adj) reluctant; unwilling
136b) lofty (adj) at a great height; elevated; noble
137b) lucid (adj) easy to understand; transparent; clear-thinking
138b) lugubrious (adj) mournful
139b) magnate (noun) a person of great power
140b) malefactor (noun) person who tries to hurt others; criminal
141b) malign (verb) to say evil or harmful things about someone; defame; vilify
142b) marred (adj) spoiled, scratched, blemished
143b) meander (verb) wander in a carefree manner; follow a winding course; ramble
144b) mendacity (noun) a lie; a false statement
145b) minute (adj) very small in size
146b) mitigate (verb) make less severe; mollify
147b) monologue (noun) a long, uninterrupted
148b) mundane (adj) ordinary; earthly (not spiritual); practical; temporary
149b) nefarious (adj) extremely evil
150b) neophyte (noun) beginner
151b) nostalgic (adj) wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick
152b) nuance (noun) slight degree; shade of difference
153b) nurture (verb) provide care and support; nourish: train or educate
154b) objurgate (verb) scold; castigate; denounce
155b) obscure (adj) hazy; unfamiliar; difficult to understand
156b) obsolete (adj) no longer usable; outdated
157b) obtuse (adj) dull; blunt; unintelligent; lacking sharpness
158b) onerous (adj) burdensome; oppressive
159b) opportunist (noun) someone who takes advantage of the situation
160b) opulence (noun) luxury; wealth; riches
161b) paltry (adj) worthless; insignificant; petty
162b) parity (noun) equality or equivalence; balance among a group of rivals
163b) partisan (adj) blindly devoted to a cause or organization
164b) pecuniary (noun) a strong liking; attraction
165b) perfunctory (adj) without enthusiasm or thoroughness; routine; “going through the motions”
166b) perspicacity (noun) mental sharpness; keen insight; shrewdness
167b) pervade (verb) to spread to every part
168b) phlegmatic (adj) calm; unemotional
169b) pithy (adj) to the point; concise
170b) platitude (noun) dull, trite statement
171b) pompous (adj) filled with self-importance; arrogant; obnoxiously proud
172b) portent (noun) warning sign; omen; indication
173b) precarious (adj) risky; uncertain
174b) precocious (adj) mature at a young age
175b) predilection (noun) a preference for something
176b) prevalent (adj) widely-accepted; common; prevailing
177b) prodigal (adj) wasteful, especially of money; extravagant
178b) profound (adj) penetrating beyond the superficial; filled with wisdom and insight; deep
179b) protract (verb) extend in time or space
180b) proximity (noun) nearness; closeness
181b) puerile (adj) childish
182b) quandary (noun) a state of confusion of doubt; dilemma
183b) quell (verb) to calm; pacify
184b) rampant (adj) unrestrained; widespread
185b) rebuff (verb) to ignore or reject strongly; snub
186b) recant (verb) take back something you’ve said; withdraw a statement or belief
187b) recondite (adj) hidden; difficult to understand; profound
188b) redundant (adj) more than what is necessary; repetition of words or ideas of speech or writing
189b) relevancy (noun) having a clear relationship to the matter at hand
190b) reprimands (verb) scold; criticize
191b) repudiate (verb) disown; reject
192b) resolve (noun) determination; strong will
193b) revere (verb) greatly respect
194b) rudimentary (adj) undeveloped; fundamental; elementary
195b) salutary (adj) promoting health, or having some beneficial effect
196b) sanguine (adj) optimistic; cheerful
197b) scanty (adj) small in quantity; insufficient
198b) scrutinize (verb) examine closely; inspect carefully
199b) sectarian (adj) limited to the beliefs of a small group, such as a religious sect; narrow scope
200b) sententious (adj) short and to the point; terse
201b) servile (adj) like a slave; subservient; submissive
202b) slander (noun) negative oral remarks about another person that are untrue
203b) solemn (adj) serious; somber; grave
204b) sonorous (adj) loud, full in sound; booming
205b) sporadic (adj) occurring infrequently and without predictability; occasional
206b) stagnant (adj) motionless; unchanging; dull
207b) stealth (noun) secretive behavior
208b) stymie (verb) block; get in the way of; hamper
209b) sublime (adj) of very special quality; noble
210b) succinct (adj) short and to the point; concise
211b) sumptuous ( adj) rich; magnificent
212b) surreptitious (adj) secret
213b) sycophant (noun) someone who flatters in order to gain favor; wimpy follower
214b) taciturn (adj) quiet
215b) tantamount (adj) equal; comparable
216b) tenacious (adj) strong; persistent; determined to hold on
217b) tenuous (adj) thin; flimsy
218b) thrifty (adj) careful about managing money
219b) tirade (noun) a long and bitter speech; diatribe
220b) translucent (adj) permitting light to pass through
221b) trite (adj) overused; common; stale
222b) turbulence (noun) violent disturbance
223b) ubiquitous (adj) existing everywhere at the same time
224b) undermine (verb) to weaken by wearing away the foundation; to sabotage
225b) unerring (adj) without making a mistake
226b) unkempt (adj) messy; sloppy
227b) upbraid (verb) criticize severely; scold
228b) usury (noun) the practice of charging a very high rate of interest on loans
229b) vacuous (adj) empty; stupid; purposeless
230b) valedictory (noun) a farewell speech
231b) vapid (adj) dull; boring; lacking flavor or spark
232b) verbose (adj) very talkative; loquacious
233b) vestige (noun) something left behind; a visible trace or evidence of something that has vanished
234b) virulent (adj) poisonous or destructive; filled with hate or anger; harsh
235b) volatile (adj) capable of evaporating, exploding, or changing moods very quickly
236b) waive (verb) to voluntarily abandon a legal right or priviledge; relinquish; postpone
237b) wanton (adj) excessive; uncontrolled; lustful
238b) wastrel (noun) person who wastes his money
239b) wither (verb) dry out; shrivel up; lose life or energy
240b) xenophobia (noun) the fear or hatred of anything foreign
241b) yoke (verb) to link, or join together; marry
242b) zenith (noun) the highest point; apex
243b) adversary (noun) opponent; enemy
244b) animosity (noun) a feeling of resentment, hostility, or enmity
245b) authoritarian (adj) having complete control over many people
246b) blasphemy (noun) disrespect toward God or something sacred
247b) comprehensive (adj) covering completely: having brad scope
248b) debilitate (verb) to weaken
249b) depravity (noun) corruption; perversion; evil
250b) deterrent (noun) something that prevents or discourages an act
251b) didactic (adj) intended to teach; informative; instructional
252b) diminution (noun) the act of decreasing
253b) disinclination (noun) tending to avoid; aversion
254b) disputatious (adj) tending to argue; or, controversial
255b) dissonance (noun) clashing sounds; lack of agreement
256b) dubious (adj) doubtful; questionable
257b) elaborate (verb) expand and explanation to include more details
258b) emaciated (adj) extremely thin; wasted away
259b) engender (verb) cause to exist; produce
260b) equanimity (noun) calmness; composure
261b) erroneous (adj) in error; false; mistaken
262b) exemplary (adj) deserving imitation; serving as an example
263b) exhaustive (adj) complete; thorough
264b) expedient (adj) useful for reaching a desired end
265b) facilitate (verb) make easier
266b) fluctuate (verb) to go up and down or back and fourth
267b) gesticulate (verb) to gesture dramatically when speaking
268b) grandiose (adj) large; grand; filled with splendor
269b) haughty (adj) proud to the point of being arrogant
270b) hypothetical (adj) not necessarily real; based upon supposition
271b) implication (noun) necessary result of an action; connection
272b) impugn (verb) to attack with words; to accuse of being false
273b) incidental (adj) happening by chance or luck; accidental
274b) inclusive (adj) covering or including everything
275b) indefatigable (adj) having endless energy; tireless
276b) indiscriminate (adj) without careful consideration; haphazard
277b) inherent (adj) having a certain quality by nature; intrinsic
278b) instigate (verb) to cause; to act; urge; incite
279b) intangible (adj) not capable or being touched or perceived
280b) interlocutor (noun) someone who participates in conversation
281b) methodical (adj) step-by-step; sequential; systematic
282b) nascent (adj) recently born or created
283b) notoriety (noun) fame, usually obtained by doing something bad
284b) oblivion (noun) the state of being forgotten
285b) obtrusive (adj) sticking out; or, pushy
286b) opalescent (adj) reflecting a rainbow or color; dazzling
287b) parochial (adj) having a narrow view; restricted; local
288b) perturbation (noun) disturbance
289b) plethora (noun) over-abundance; excess
290b) pragmatic (adj) practical
291b) prevarication (noun) a lie; mendacity
292b) prolific (adj) productive; fertile
293b) quiescent (adj) calm; inactive; latent
294b) quixotic (adj) idealistic; impractical (from Don Quixote)
295b) rectify (verb) to fix; to correct
296b) renounce (verb) to reject past beliers or actions; repudiate
297b) rescind (verb) take back; remove; void
298b) sagacity (noun) wisdom; shrewdness
299b) saturate (verb) fully satisfy; fill to capacity; soak
300b) sedulous (adj) hard-working and careful of details; diligent
301b) stalwart (adj) strong; unwavering
302b) staunch (adj) standing firm; solidly loyal
303b) strident (adj) harsh sounding
304b) submissive (adj) tame; subservient; obsequious
305b) tedious (adj) long and drawn-out; tiresome; boring
306b) vehement (adj) strongly expressed; powerful
307b) viable (adj) capable of living or functioning
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