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abate
decrease in amount/ intensity
abet
to aid (aid and abet)
abdicate
to give up power/position
abjure
to renounce/ give up something
abode
home/ dwelling/ residence
accord
agreement/harmony
acrid
bitter/ harsh/ pungent
acute
sharp, specific/ having a good understanding
adamant
stubborn
adept
skilled/proficient (adj) someone who is skilled (n)
adjacent
near/close/bordering/neighboring
adjunct
added/ conjoined
adroit
skillful/ dexterous
advocate
publicly support
affable
friendly, warm, sociable
affliction
sickness/ pain/ suffering
agile
nimble/ quick
akin
related to
allege
report/ declare a claim/ not proven yet
allot
to distribute (allot these donuts)
aloof
lack of sympathy, apathetic
allure
to lure, entice, attract
ambiguous
uncertain, up to interpretation
ameliorate
to improve
amicable
friendly, not harsh (amicable divorce)
amiss
wrong, not right, astray
amorphous
without shape
anarchy
no government
animosity
hostility
antithesis
exact opposite
apathy
indifferent, not caring, unconcerned
apathetic
without feeling, bored, not caring
apex
highest point
apocryphal
doubtful in authenticity, not certain about legitimacy of thing
arbitrary
on a whim, by chance no reason
ardor
passionate
articulate
to put into words
aspire
wish to be/ hope for
asses
to place value on
assuage
to make easier, to lessen intensity of, soothe, relieve, ease (draw arrow going up on declining stock graph)
assimilate
to blend with (cultural assimilation)
atrocity
extreme cruelty
astute
shrewd/ intelligent
audacious
bold
augment
to large and increase
authentic
the realness of, genuine, not counterfeit
avert
to turn/look away from
avid
intense/ enthusiastic/ passionate (ex: avid fan)
awry
crooked, twisted
avuncular
helpful/ friendly (LIKE AN UNCLE avaUNCuLar)
banal
common, dull [bānãl]
banter
back and forth conversation (ppl on the news banter)
bellicose
war-like, pugnacious
barter
trade with ITEMS (no $)
belligerent
eager to fight
benefactor
a financial help
benighted
in the dark; oblivious/ignorant
bengign
harmless
bigot
a prejudiced person
bizarre
strange/ odd
blatant
obvious
bleak
hopeless
blithe
happy without care; ignorace
boon
a gift/favor
breach
to break into
brisk
energetic
cache
a hidden place to keep money
candid
honest
callous
emotionally hard
capricious
impulsive change
capacious
spacious, large capacity
capsize
to tip over (esp a boat)
cascade
a rush/pour/flow downward (like a waterfall)
chaff
beat bad away and only the good stays = seperate wheat from the chaff
chagrin
Embarrassment/ shame
choleric
angry/ irritable (ex: babies)
chastise
to scold/ reprimand
circumlocution
talking in circles/ roundabout way; evading question
citadel
fortress surrounding city
clad
wearing (black-clad man)
clarify
to clear up; explain
coalesce
come together/ join/ form
cogent
convincing/ powerful
cogitate
think
cognizant
having awareness
component
a part/ factor
conceited
being prideful, aloof, vain, pleased with yourself [conceeted]
concur
agree
condone
excuse/ agree with ( we don’t condone of this behavior)
confiscate
to take away with a reason
congeal
to jell/ solidify
connoisseur
an expert of something (ex: food coinnesseur)
consensus
agreement (come to by a group)
console
to talk to and comfort(v) housing device controller (n)
conspiracy
a theory/ plotting
contemporary
modern, existing in the same time as subj, in the now (adj)
contiguous
adjacent, connected (the continguous 48 states, all connected)
conventional
normal, following usual practices
contrive
devise/ come up with a plan
copious
plentiful, abundant
cordial
friendly, affable
counsel
advice for others (n), give advice (v)
counterfeit
fake, illegitimate (ex: counterfeit merchandise)
covet
strongly desire possession of something
credulous
believing things easily
crucial
necessary
crusade
enthusiastic support towards a cause
culminate
reach the crucial point/ final stage (her long career culminated when she got the award)
debilitating
causing weakness
debunk
to prove false
debut
first appearance
deceptive
misleading
decipher
decode
decree
an official order
deface
vandalize, disfigure, cover. To mar the appearance of something
defer
postpone, let someone else decide (college deferment)
deficient
to lack
deft
skillful
deplete
to exhaust the supply
deplore
to strongly disapprove
(dePlore, disaPProve)
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deploy
to send out
deter
to prevent
dexterous
skilled with hands
dialect
language of that region
diction
choice of words/ way of speaking
dilapidated
falling into ruin
dilemma
a difficult choice (2 unfavorable options)
diminutive
small
dire
ill-boding, causing fear of dread
disclose
to tell/ make known
discern
to identify
discreet
subtle, hidden
discrete
separate and distinct
disdain
dislike/ reject (adj)
disgruntled
sulky and dissatisfied
dismal
gloomy and depressing
dispatch
to send out
dispel
to drive off/away
dispendable
expendable; non essential
distraught
agitated, upset
disperse
scatter
docile
gentle, harmless
distress
worry, to cause pain and suffering
doctrine
belief system
dormant
resting, not active
dross
waste matter
dub
to nickname
dubious
suspicious (dubiOUS suspiCIOUS)
Duplicitous
deceitful, double dealing ( one person you tell one thing, another person you tell another thing)
durable
sturdy
edible
capable to eat
egress
exit (older english)
elegy
a sad poem of serious reflection
elite
upper class, top-most the best
embargo
ban of trade with country, boycott of trade with countries
embark
to set out
encroach
to gradually pass boundary/limit (My wild bushes are encroaching on your property)
endeavor
a goal you try to accomplish
engender
bring about, to cause (engendered good will)
enigma
mysterious puzzle
enmity
hatred
epoch
distinctive period in time; era
equivocate
circumlocution, use certain language to hide the truth
eradicate
to destroy
evoke
to call forth ( esp feelings)
excavate
to dig up
facile
easy, oversimplified
facilitate
cause to happen
fallacy
misconception
fastidious
attentive with accuracy and detail (fAstiDious AAAccurary & DDDetail)
feign
to pretend, false movement
fission
to split (binary fission)
flagrant
purposefully bad
flustered
confused
foreboding
feeling of impending
forfeit
lose as a penalty, to give up
formidable
impressive in strength (a formidable foe)
foster
to house, nurture and encourage
frivolous
not serious
frugal
thrifty, saving with money
fulsome
abundant (flowers were fulsome)
fundamental
basics, necessary (going by the book)
fusion
a mix
garrulous
excessive talking, loquacious
gauche
lacking social grace,crude
gaudy
showy, often tastelessly
gaunt
thin, starving
glut
abundance, too much of something -> GLUTtony
grapple
to wrestle with
gregarious
social butterfly
grueling
tiring, difficult, lots of effort and discomfort
guile
deceit, cunning (good at guile= good at manipulation)
gullible
naive, easily fooled
haggard
looking exhausted and worn out
hamper
to interfere with (the bad weather HAMPERED with out plans)
harbor
to shelter (v) A place on the coast (n)
haughty
stuck up, aloof, arrogant
haven
safe place
heinous
brutal
hew
to cut down (nobunaga hewed down the takeda clan with portugese guns)
hue
shade/color
hybrid
a mix of species (mule, green mums)
ignoble
not noble, common
illiterate
unable to read/write
immaculate
VERY clean
impair
to make worse
impede
gradual reducing quality, obstrust(impeding doom)
implore
to beg earnestly (imP = beG implorE = bEg)
imply
express indirectly ykyk
inane
pointless, silly, stupid
incense
ignite/inflame with anger (v) (to incense a crowd= to work them up)
incite
cause, stir up (incite a riot)
incredulous
not believing
indifferent
apathetic, not caring
indolent
lazy, avoiding labor, work shy
induct
accept position/organization (inducted into hall of fame)
inept
Inadequate, clumsy, showing no skill, REALLY suck (INept INadequate)
innate
natural ability (athletic ability is INNATE) different from HONING (iNN Ate NNNNatural AAAAbility)
inordinate
excessive
insipid
uninteresting, insignifigant
(INSpid INsignifigant)
insolent
disrespectful
integrate
to combine
invincible
undefeatable (UN CONQUERABLE)
invoke
to call forth/ call on, summon (invoke a god/ invoke memories)
irascible
short tempered
irate
VERy angry (IRATE IRRITATE)
ire
anger (to increase ire)
jeer
mocking statement/ make fun of
jest
(v) to joke (n) a joke (JEST JESTer)
jocular
humorous, merry
jubilant
joyful, triumphant
juxtapose
place side by side (to reason side by side)
lament
VERY sorrowful (LAMENT LAMENT LAMENT LAMNET -xiao)
languish
wither away (the plants are languishing)
laud
to praise (LAUD appLAUD)
laudable
worthy of praise (something able to LAUD of)
lavish
extravagantly generous (adj) to give profusely (v)
lax
not strict, flexible
lethargic
sleepy
lexicon
dictionary
lithe
thin, flexible, graceful
lucid
clear
lucrative
profitable
luminous
giving off light
malcontent
dissatisfied/unhappy person. not contenet(MAlcontent mal=not)
mar
to ruin (marred the building with graffiti)
meager
deficient
martial
war-like (Mar as in god of war mars)
meander
to walk about (ex: “going to the bathroom” taking the long way)
mendicant
beggar (pls MEND my money situation)
mercenary
hired, hiring, hired to do something (usually fight)
merge
combine
meticulous
precise, detail oriented
mettle
courage, inner-strength (n)
millennium
1000 years
mimic
imitate/ copy
mirth
glee (giving birth to this baby brings her a lot of mirth)
modify
change partially
mollify
appease anger/anxiety
monotonous
repetitious, without variety
morose
sullen, sad
multitude
large number of things
mundane
ordinary (munDane orDinary)
municipality
city/town
muse
inspiration
nadir
lowest point (opposite of zenith or apex)
negligent
not paying sufficient attention to
neurotic
mentally ill
nimble
quick, agile
noisome
rancid/foul smell
nomadic
wandering/roaming
notorious
infamous
obdurate
stubborn, hard headed
OBDURE-> objection (STUBBORN OBJECTIONS)
oblique
slanting/ not straight (the shelf was oblique)
obstreperous
noisily defiant (the ppl who still talk when tena taps his backscratcher on the desk
odious
offensive, repugnant
opulent
expensive, high quality (opal is OPULENT)
oration
formal speech (ORAl ORation)
ornate
elaborately decorated (the christmas tree was ornate)
ostentatious
attracting attention (often boastful) STEN STENCH good STENCH is attracting attention but BOAstFUL bc they didnt actually use any products just NATIURAL
ostracize
excluded/ left out (ostrich sometimes left out of being a bird ppl think its a dinosaur)
ovation
enthusiastic applause (standing ovation) THE STAGE IS ROUND SO ITS AN OVAL APPLAUSE
pact
agreement(blood pact)
panegyric
speech of high praise (pans make great speeches of high praise)
paragon
model of excellence (a SHAPE (ex: hexaGON) that all the shapes follow)
parsimony
frugality but STINGY (ex: scrouge) parsely is something SCROUGE would never pay for
partial
favoring something/ part of something
partisan
a strong supporter, prejudiced towards (politics)
pathos
inspires emotion
patrol
to keep watch for
patron
a supporter who protects, defends, and encourages (patron of the arts)
pedantic
constantly corrects small errors
perfidious
disloyal, betraying
peripatetic
walking (pathetic form of transportation)
pernicious
extremely harmful (pernicious viCIOUS)
perturb
disTURB
petty
of small importance
pied
multicolored, patchwork [peyed] (pied piper)
pious
deeply religious
pique
anger (a pique of anger) PIECK IS NEVER ANGRY
pivotal
crucial pivoTAL cruCIAL (pivotal to the relation of so and so)
placid
undisturbed, serene (acid is disturbing Acid Antonym)
plausible
believable, valid
plunder
to steal from, looting, robbing
potent
powerful (potent POTENTIAL)
precocious
developing early (precocious kindergartener could write shakespearian)
PRECOCIOUS PPL ARE PRECIOUS
prim
prim and proper
primorial
first of its kind (PRIMal, PRImorial)
principal
first in importance (adj) head of school (n)
prodigy
talented youth
profane
non religious (PROFANities)
profound
wise
prologue
introducing works
protean
taking different shapes/forms; versatile [protian]
prudent
careful, cautious, sensibly wise
pugnacious
aggressive, belligerent
pseudonym
fake name (pseudo=fake)
pungent
acrid smell/tase
quench
to satisfy
query
a question (inQURY, QUERY)
rapacious
greedy (ex: rapacious appetite rapaCIOUS voraCIOUS
ratify
approve, confirm (ratify the treaty ex: constitution)
ravenous
extremely hungry, famished
raze
to demolish
rebuke
criticize, reprimand (rebuking your colleage)
recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant
rectify
to correct/ put right
redoubtable
respected, inspiring fear
regicide
killing of a monarch/ leader
relinquish
abandon
renounce
to formally abandon, (renouncing throne)
renown
famous
rouse
to become active/ awaken
reprehensible
deplorable, disgraceful
reprimand
scold, chastise
reproach
scold (v) disgrace/shame (n)
repugnant
offensive
repulse
repel, drive off, force away
resonant
deep clear
robust
strong, buff person
rue
to regret (v) bitter herb (n)
ruminate
to think over in your mind
rural
countryside
sage
wise (adj) wise person (n)
salvage
to save goods in danger of destruction
sanguine
cheerful, optomistic; red
serendipity
good luck (esp. unexpected
serene
calm, clear
servile
submissive LIKE A SERVANT
shackle
a restraint (prisoner’s chains) (n) to restrain (v)
sham
a scam/ faker (shAM, scAM)
shrewd
astute, clever, practical (shrewd investment= money making)
simulate
imitate, copy
smite
to strike/hit
solace
to comfort (esp for grief/stress) solicit retreats in NATURE
soporific
puts you to sleep
spontaneous
sudden
sporadic
scattered around (sporadic learning) like how spores are scattered around
squalid
dirty, unpleasant (live in squalor)
squander
waste/ throw away; threw away effort
stamina
endurance
staunch
dependable (ex: staunch ally)
stealthy
sneaky, careful, quiet
sterile
barren, not fertile, antiseptic (sterILE, not ferTILE) also means not bearing bacteria like in hospitals
stint
short period of work (dead plate Rody has many stints)
strident
harsh, loud (strident supporters)
sublime
awe-inspiring, perfect
subtle
unnoticible
succumb
to yield, to submit, give in
supplement
to add to (v), an addition (n)
susceptible
like to be influenced/ harmed; vulnerable (susceptIBLE, vulnerABLE)
sustain
to undergo suffering OR to strengthen /support
tactiturn
not talkative, not chatty
tact
consideration when dealing with others
tedious
tiresome, boring (tedious process)
tenacious
persistent, stubborn (+)
tirade
a verbal tantrum, long angry speech
torpid
slow , sluggish
toxic
poisonous
transient
fleeting, short (transient worker)
travail
hard work
trepidation
fear/ suspense
truculent
ready to fight; pugnacious
turbulent
not controlled/ calm; stormy
unctuous
oily, slippery, untrustworthy (unctuous ppl make us anxIOUS)
ungainly
clumsy
unique
one of a kind
urban
city-like
urbane
Courteous, good mannered
usurp
to seize by force (usurp the throne)
utilitarian
designed to be useful NOT AESTHETICALLY PLEASING
vain
proud; useless
valor
heroism, courage
variegated
colorful (esp. patches & streaks)
veneer
thin layer of wood over other materials (wood veneer)
veracity
truthfulness
verbose
loquacious, wordy
vex
to annoy, curse
vilify
to verbally abuse
visage
person’s face
vivify
to bring to life, animate (VIVIfy VIVId)
vocation
occupation; a calling
wan
pale
voracious
VERY hungry
wane
decrease in size (moon)
wax
increase in size (moon)
wary
cautious, on guard
whim
sudden desire, on impulse (on a whim)
wince
to visibly grimace, expression of pain
wrath
intense anger
yearn
to wish for desperately
zeal
extreme (usually religious) devotion
zealot
fanatical, a lot of zeal for something
zenith
time something is at it’s peak, top of mountain (antonym= nadir)
zephyr
breeze, gust of wind from the west
