High Freq Words - III

Question 1

apathy

Answer 1

an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Question 2

decorum

Answer 2

behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety. Etiquette

propriety in manners and conduct

Question 3

endemic

Answer 3

native to or confined to a certain region

Question 4

implacable

Answer 4

incapable of being appeased or pacified

Question 5

mundane

Answer 5

found in the ordinary course of events

Question 6

appease

Answer 6

make peace with

Question 7

default

Answer 7

an option that is selected automatically

Question 8

enervate

Answer 8

weaken mentally or morally

lacking in energy or vitality.

Question 9

implicit

Answer 9

suggested though not directly expressed

Question 10

negate

Answer 10

make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

Question 11

apprise

Answer 11

inform somebody of something

Question 12

deference

Answer 12

courteous regard for people’s feelings
humble submission and respect.
“he addressed her with the deference due to age”

Question 13

engender

Answer 13

call forth

Question 14

implode

Answer 14

burst inward

Question 15

neophyte

Answer 15

any new participant in some activity

Question 16

approbation

Answer 16

official approval

Question 17

delineate

Answer 17

represented accurately or precisely
describe or portray (something) precisely.
“the law should delineate and prohibit behavior that is socially abhorrent”

Question 18

enhance

Answer 18

increase

Question 19

inadvertently

Answer 19

without knowledge or intention

Question 20

obdurate

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Question 21

appropriate

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suitable for a particular person, place, or situation

Question 22

denigrate

Answer 22

criticize unfairly; disparage.
“there is a tendency to denigrate the poor”
charge falsely or with malicious intent

Question 23

ephemeral

Answer 23

anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day

lasting for a very short time

Question 24

inchoate

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only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimenta

Question 25

obsequious

Answer 25

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

Question 26

arduous

Answer 26

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

Question 27

deride

Answer 27

treat or speak of with contempt

Question 28

equanimity

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steadiness of mind under stress

Question 29

incongruity

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the quality of disagreeing

Question 30

obviate

Answer 30

remove (a need or difficulty). "the Venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains" do away with

Question 31

artless

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simple and natural; without cunning or deceit

Question 32

derivative

Answer 32

a compound obtained from another compound

Question 33

equivocate

Answer 33

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear | "“Not that we are aware of,” she equivocated"

Question 34

inconsequential

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lacking worth or importance

Question 35

occlude

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block passage through

Question 36

ascetic

Answer 36

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

Question 37

desiccate

Answer 37

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

Question 38

erudite

Answer 38

having or showing profound knowledge

Question 39

incorporate

Answer 39

make into a whole or make part of a whole

Question 40

officious

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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

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assiduous

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marked by care and persistent effort

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desultory

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marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose

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esoteric

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understandable only by an enlightened inner circle

Question 44

indeterminate

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not fixed or known in advance

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onerous

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not easily borne; wearing

Question 46

assuage

Answer 46

provide physical relief, as from pain

Question 47

deterrent

Answer 47

something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

Question 48

eulogy

Answer 48

a formal expression of praise for someone who has died

Question 49

indigence

Answer 49

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

Question 50

opprobrium

Answer 50

a state of extreme dishonor