Vocab. Sections 1-14
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| 204835412 | factious | causing disagreement | |
| 204835413 | ignoble | dishonorable, shameful | |
| 204835414 | boor | a rude or impolite person | |
| 204835415 | aegis | a shield; protection | |
| 204835416 | perspicacity | keenness of judgement | |
| 204835417 | fervent | eager; earnest | |
| 204835418 | rectify | to correct; to make right | |
| 204835419 | enervate | to weaken | |
| 204835420 | besiege | to overwhelm; to surround and attack | |
| 204835421 | ephemeral | lasting only a brief time; short-lived | |
| 204835422 | altruism | a concern for others; generosity | |
| 204835423 | carrion | decaying flesh | |
| 204835424 | erotic | pertaining to sexual love | |
| 204835425 | amorphous | shapeless, formless, vague | |
| 204835426 | opulent | rich, luxurious; wealthy | |
| 204835427 | impotent | powerless; lacking strength | |
| 204835428 | antithesis | a exact opposite; an opposite extreme | |
| 204835429 | maelstrom | whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind | |
| 204835430 | emendation | a correction | |
| 204835431 | chagrin | embarrassment; a complete loss of courage | |
| 204835432 | bauble | a showy but useless thing | |
| 204835433 | diaphanous | very sheer and light | |
| 204835434 | labyrinth | a complicated network of winding passages; a maze | |
| 204835435 | gloat | to look at or think about with great satisfaction | |
| 204835436 | impediment | a barrier, obstruction | |
| 204835437 | bestial | savage; brutal | |
| 204835438 | effete | worn out; barren | |
| 204835439 | shard | a fragment | |
| 204835440 | bland | mild; tasteless; dull | |
| 204835441 | nihilism | a total rejection of established laws | |
| 213439552 | Pedestrian | ordinary or dull | |
| 213439553 | bona fide | In good faith | |
| 213439554 | adventitious | accidental; nonessential | |
| 213439555 | fecund | fertile; productive | |
| 213439556 | deviate | to turn aside from a course; to stray | |
| 213439557 | obfuscate | to confuse; to bewilder | |
| 213439558 | impale | to pierce with a sharp stake through the body | |
| 213439559 | extenuate | to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses. | |
| 213439560 | parochial | local; narrow; limited | |
| 213439561 | glower | to stare angrily | |
| 213439562 | edify | to improve someone morally | |
| 213439563 | ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation | |
| 213439564 | cataclysm | a violent change | |
| 213439565 | optimum | best; most favorable; ideal | |
| 213439566 | importune | to ask persistently; to beg | |
| 213439567 | celibate | abstaining from intercourse; unmarried | |
| 213439568 | fortuitous | happening by chance or accident | |
| 213439569 | recapitulate | to summarize; to repeat briefly | |
| 213439570 | perfunctory | done without care; in a routine | |
| 213439571 | baroque | overly decorated | |
| 213439572 | hedonism | pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses. | |
| 213439573 | obloquy | strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism. | |
| 213439574 | debacle | a complete failure; a total collapse | |
| 213439575 | quasi- | resembling; seeming; half | |
| 213439576 | besmirch | a make dirty; to stain | |
| 213439577 | imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important | |
| 213439578 | sacrosanct | extremely holy | |
| 213439579 | sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others | |
| 213439580 | demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself | |
| 213439581 | facetious | comical; jocular; flippant | |
| 223129851 | fop | An excessively fashion-conscious man. | |
| 223129852 | imprecation | a curse | |
| 223129853 | non sequitur | something that does not logically follow | |
| 223129854 | sanguine | cheerful; optimistic | |
| 223129855 | bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. | |
| 223129856 | impair | to weaken; to cause to become worse | |
| 223129857 | panegyric | an expression of praise | |
| 223129858 | quandary | a puzzling situation; a dilemma | |
| 223129859 | ebullient | enthusiastic | |
| 223129860 | deference | respect; consideration | |
| 223129861 | carnal | relating to physical appetite, especially sexual | |
| 223129862 | nebulous | hazy; cague; uncertain | |
| 223129863 | rakish | dashingly stylish and confident | |
| 223129864 | elegy | a sad or mournful poem | |
| 223129865 | pedantic | tending to show off one's learning | |
| 223129866 | antipathy | an intense dislike | |
| 223129867 | elucidate | to make clear | |
| 223129868 | imminent | likely to happen; threatening | |
| 223129869 | banal | common, ordinary | |
| 223129870 | obdurate | stubborn; hardhearted | |
| 223129871 | peruse | to read carefully; scrutinize | |
| 223129872 | bedlam | a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion | |
| 223129873 | affluence | wealth; richness | |
| 223129874 | scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar | |
| 223129875 | parody | a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner | |
| 223129876 | sedulous | hard working; diligent | |
| 223129877 | onerous | burdensome; heavy; hard to endure | |
| 223129878 | amoral | lacking a sense of right and wrong | |
| 223129879 | eschew | to keep away from, to avoid; to shun | |
| 223129880 | denouement | an outcome; result | |
| 226442859 | adroit | skillful; clever | |
| 226442860 | macroscopic | visible to the naked eye | |
| 226442861 | fatuous | foolish; inane | |
| 226442862 | bovine | pertaining to cows or cattle | |
| 226442863 | ferret | to search or drive out | |
| 226442864 | affectation | a phony attitude; pose | |
| 226442865 | knell | a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral | |
| 226442866 | dichotomy | a division into two parts | |
| 226442867 | callow | young and inexperienced | |
| 226442868 | laconic | using few words; short; concise | |
| 226442869 | quiddity | an essential quality | |
| 226442870 | patent | evident or obvious | |
| 226442871 | peccadillo | a minor offense; a misdeed | |
| 226442872 | sagacious | wise; having keen perception and sound judgement | |
| 226442873 | rationalize | to make a excuse for | |
| 226442874 | deride | to ridicule; to mock | |
| 226442875 | censure | to criticize sharply | |
| 226442876 | gambol | to frolic; to romp about playfully | |
| 226442877 | immolate | to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire | |
| 226442878 | recondite | difficult to understand; profound | |
| 226442879 | martinet | a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster | |
| 226442880 | quagmire | a swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation | |
| 226442881 | gibe | to scoff; to ridicule | |
| 226442882 | agape | open-mouthed; surprised; agog | |
| 226442883 | carcinogen | causing cancer | |
| 226442884 | olfactory | pertaining to smell | |
| 226442885 | imperious | domineering; haughty | |
| 226442886 | grotesque | absurd; distorted | |
| 226442887 | neologism | a new word or expression | |
| 226442888 | hackneyed | commonplace; overused | |
| 247587058 | machination | an evil design or plan | |
| 247587059 | pejorative | having a negative effect; insulting | |
| 247587060 | harbinger | an omen or sign | |
| 247587061 | nubile | suitable for marriage in age and physical development, referring to a female. | |
| 247587062 | sapient | wise; full of knowledge. | |
| 247587063 | chimerical | imaginary; fantastic | |
| 247587064 | masochist | one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering. | |
| 247587065 | finesse | diplomacy; tact; artful management | |
| 247587066 | heterogeneous | different; dissimilar | |
| 247587067 | eclectic | choosing from various sources. | |
| 247587068 | grandiose | impressive; showy; magnificent. | |
| 247587069 | raiment | clothing; garments | |
| 247587070 | blanch | to whiten; to make pale | |
| 247587071 | hybrid | anything of mixed origin | |
| 247587072 | idiosyncrasy | a peculiar personality trait. | |
| 247587073 | idolatry | excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object. | |
| 247587074 | adulterate | to make impure; to contaminate | |
| 247587075 | emante | to come fourth; to send forth. | |
| 247587076 | garish | tastelessly gaudy. | |
| 247587077 | immutable | unchangeable; fixed. | |
| 247587078 | diadem | a crown | |
| 247587079 | bucolic | pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic. | |
| 247587080 | redolent | having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative | |
| 247587081 | impecunious | without money; penniless | |
| 247587082 | sedition | rebellion or resistance against the government. | |
| 247587083 | defile | to pollute; to corrupt | |
| 247587084 | gratuitous | unnecessary or uncalled for. | |
| 247587085 | onus | a burden; a responsibility | |
| 247587086 | impious | disrespectful toward God | |
| 247587087 | caveat | a warning | |
| 261306507 | elixir | a supposed remedy for all ailments. | |
| 261306508 | desiccated | dried up | |
| 261306509 | cessation | a stopping; a discontinuance | |
| 261306510 | juxtapose | to place side-by-side for comparison | |
| 261306511 | kinetic | pertaining to motion | |
| 261306512 | garrulous | talkative | |
| 261306513 | fetish | an object that receives respect or devotion | |
| 261306514 | scintillate | to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually | |
| 261306515 | lachrymose | tearful, weepy | |
| 261306516 | fissure | an opening; a grove; a spilt | |
| 261306517 | epitome | a typical example | |
| 261306518 | languid | sluggish; drooping from weakness | |
| 261306519 | delineate | to describe, to depict | |
| 261306520 | legerdemain | sleight of hand; deception | |
| 261306521 | libertine | one who leads an immoral life. | |
| 261306522 | halcyon | calm; pleasant | |
| 261306523 | fastidious | hard to please; fussy | |
| 261306524 | badinage | playful; teasing talk | |
| 261306525 | malapropism | a word humorously misused | |
| 261306526 | garner | to gather; to acquire | |
| 261306527 | kismet | destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life) | |
| 261306528 | hegira | flight; escape | |
| 261306529 | paradigm | a model; an example | |
| 261306530 | debauchery | corruption; self-indulgence | |
| 261306531 | milieu | environment; setting | |
| 261306532 | regress | to move backward | |
| 261306533 | bilious | bad tempered; cross | |
| 261306534 | necromancy | magic, especially that practiced by a witch | |
| 261306535 | gumption | courage and initiative; common sense | |
| 261306536 | blandishment | flattery | |
| 301872927 | nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness | |
| 301872928 | salutary | healthful, wholesome | |
| 301872929 | despicable | contemptible; hateful | |
| 301872930 | harlequin | a clown | |
| 301872931 | empathy | an understanding of another's feelings | |
| 301872932 | brevity | briefness; short duration | |
| 301872933 | savant | a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar | |
| 301872934 | obsequious | excessively submissive or overly attentive | |
| 301872935 | redundant | repetitious; using more words than needed | |
| 301872936 | offal | garbage; waste parts | |
| 301872937 | hoi polloi | the common people; the masses | |
| 301872938 | sentient | conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving | |
| 301872939 | impinge | to encroach; to trespass | |
| 301872940 | cataract | a large waterfall | |
| 301872941 | animosity | hatred | |
| 301872942 | bombast | impressive bit meaningless language | |
| 301872943 | orthography | correct spelling | |
| 301872944 | paleontology | a science dealing with prehistoric | |
| 301872945 | recoil | to retreat; to draw back | |
| 301872946 | panache | self-confidence; a showy manner | |
| 301872947 | saturnine | gloomy; sluggish | |
| 301872948 | endemic | confined to a particular country or area | |
| 301872949 | mendacious | lying false, deceitful | |
| 301872950 | obviate | to prevent; to get around | |
| 301872951 | paroxysm | a sudden outburst; a fit | |
| 301872952 | aggrandize | to increase the range of, to expand; to make appear larger. | |
| 301872953 | deign | to lower oneself before an inferior | |
| 301872954 | flaunt | to show off | |
| 301872955 | shibboleth | a word or pronunciation that distinguishes | |
| 301872956 | elicit | to draw forth; to call forth |