ASVAB Vocab Flashcards
Abrupt
adjective
Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly
Acrid
adjective
harshly pungent or bitter
Becalm
verb
to make quiet
Buffoon
noun
a clown
Chaos
noun
utter disorder & confusion
Cognizant
adjective
taking notice of something
Defer
verb
to put off or delay to a later time
Derision
noun
the act of ridiculing or making fun of something
Effulgence
noun
splendor
Enmity
noun
hatred
Famish
verb
to cause extreme hunger or thrist
Fealty
noun
loyalty
Generalize
verb
to draw general inferences
Grotto
noun
a small cavern
Habitual
adjective
according to usual practice
Hideous
adjective
extremely ugly or appaling
Ichthyic
adjective
fish-like
Icon
noun
an image or likeness
Illusion
noun
an unreal image
Irritate
verb
to excite ill temper or impatience in something
Jovial
adjective
merry
Juxtapose
verb
to place close together
Kernel
noun
a grain or seed
Kinsfolk
noun
relatives
Laggard
adjective/noun
falling behind or one who lags behind
Laud
verb
to praise
Maize
noun
native american corn
Malevolence
noun
ill will
Nestle
verb
to adjust cozily in snug quarters
Novice
noun
beginner
Obese
adjective
exceedingly fat
Obtrude
verb
to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
Pare
verb
to cut, shave, or remove the outside from anything
Pedagogue
noun
a schoolmaster
Quadrate
verb
to divide into quarters
Quiescence
noun
quietness
Rancor
noun
malice
Raucous
adjective
harsh
Sanguine
adjective
cheerfully optimistic or having the color of blood
Sepulcher
noun
a burial place
Teem
verb
to be full to overflowing
Tenacious
adjective
unyielding
Umbrage
noun
injury or offense
Vacillate
verb
to waver
Valid
adjective
founded on truth
Velocity
noun
speed
Wile
noun
an act or a means of cunning deception
Wizen
verb
to become or cause to become withered or dry
Yokel
noun
country bumpkin
Zealot
noun
one who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner
