Advanced Word PowerFeb 2, 2011
by Beth Johnson and Janet M. Goldstein
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| 8064449361 | hindrance | An obstacle; barrier |  | 0 |
| 8064449362 | cognizant | Aware; conscious of. |  | 1 |
| 8064449363 | expedient | Self-interested; convenient. |  | 2 |
| 8064449364 | lavish | Extravagant; overly luxurious. |  | 3 |
| 8064449365 | negligent | Careless; irresponsible. |  | 4 |
| 8064449366 | scrutinize | To examine carefully; inspect. |  | 5 |
| 8064449367 | kindle | To stir up; inspire. |  | 6 |
| 8064449368 | appall | To horrify; shock. |  | 7 |
| 8064449369 | ludicrous | Laughable; ridiculous. |  | 8 |
| 8064449370 | commiserate | To sympathize; express compassion and sorrow. |  | 9 |
| 8064449371 | apocryphal | Of doubtful authenticity; fictitious. |  | 10 |
| 8064449372 | desultory | Moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way; random. |  | 11 |
| 8064449373 | loquacious | Very talkative. |  | 12 |
| 8064449374 | affable | Friendly; good-natured. |  | 13 |
| 8064449375 | irascible | Easily angered; bad-tempered. |  | 14 |
| 8064449376 | opaque | Difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible. |  | 15 |
| 8064449377 | recapitulate | To summarize or repeat briefly. |  | 16 |
| 8064449378 | obtuse | Slow to understand; dim-witted. |  | 17 |
| 8064449379 | paucity | A scarcity; lacking. |  | 18 |
| 8064449380 | garbled | Mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible; distorted. |  | 19 |
| 8064449381 | accolade | Praise; an expression of approval. |  | 20 |
| 8064449382 | edifice | A building, especially of large, imposing size; structure. |  | 21 |
| 8064449383 | infraction | A breaking of a law or rule; violation. |  | 22 |
| 8064449384 | diatribe | A bitter, abusively critical speech or piece of writing; verbal attack. |  | 23 |
| 8064449385 | assuage | To relieve; to make less severe. |  | 24 |
| 8064449386 | somber | Solemn; very depressing. |  | 25 |
| 8064449387 | censure | A rebuke; disapproval. |  | 26 |
| 8064449388 | gravity | Severity; weighty importance; seriousness. |  | 27 |
| 8064449389 | profane | Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things; irreverent. |  | 28 |
| 8064449390 | cacophony | Harsh, discordant sounds; unpleasant noise. |  | 29 |
| 8064644881 | clamor | Loud noise. |  | 30 |
| 8064646995 | contract | To become smaller; to reduce in size by drawing together. |  | 31 |
| 8064650410 | duplicity | Deceit; treachery. |  | 32 |
| 8064662268 | equivocal | Intentionally vague or ambiguous. |  | 33 |
| 8064668339 | irresolute | Unable to decide; hesitant. |  | 34 |
| 8064674417 | rescind | To cancel. |  | 35 |
| 8064678438 | stagnant | Motionless. |  | 36 |
| 8064680826 | uniform | Unvarying. |  | 37 |
| 8064683684 | untenable | Unable to be defended; impossible to maintain. |  | 38 |
| 8064691934 | vilify | To speak evil of; slander. |  | 39 |
| 8064701616 | blasphemy | An insult to something holy. |  | 40 |
| 8064704348 | enmity | Hostility. |  | 41 |
| 8064706908 | erroneous | In error. |  | 42 |
| 8064707134 | garner | To gather; to acquire as the result of effort. |  | 43 |
| 8064714951 | heretic | A rebel; someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs. |  | 44 |
| 8064720535 | incite | To urge on; to arouse to action. |  | 45 |
| 8064726768 | languish | To do poorly; to become weak or feeble; to lose strength. |  | 46 |
| 8064740763 | peruse | To inspect. |  | 47 |
| 8064743432 | recluse | A hermit; a person who leads a secluded or solitary life. |  | 48 |
| 8064749615 | renounce | To disown. |  | 49 |
