High Frequency Word list Flashcards
Engender
Cause or give rise to
Repudiate
Refuse to accept
Assuage
Make a Unpleasant feeling less intense
Precedent
standard or guide
Preclude
prevent from happening
Ubiquitous
present, Found everywhere
Detractor
A person who disparages someone or something. Critic
Abstruse
Difficult to understand
Vindicate
Clear someone of blame
Buttress
Source of defense or support. Strengthen
Absolved
Free from guilt
Paucity
The presence of something only in a small or insufficient amount
innocuous
Not harmful or offence
Conjecture
Hypothesis, speculation
Capricious
given to sudden and unaccountable changes in mood or behavior.
Alacrity
Brisk and cheerful readiness
Nebulous
Vague or ill-defined, ambiguous
Evince
Show, Indicate
Unprecedented
Never known or done before
Unequivocal
Leaving no doubt
Spurious
False or Fake
Ineluctable
Unable to be resisted or avoided
Copious
Abundant in supply
Irreprochable
Faultless
Amorphous
Without a clearly designed shape or form
Supplant
Supersede and replace
Placate
Make someone less angry
Coalesce
Combine
Ameliorate
Make better
Superfluous
Unnecessary
Austere
severe or strict in manner
Appraise
Evaluate
Idiosyncratic
Peculiar or individualistic
Equitable
Fair
Apprise
Inform or tell
Permeate
spread throughout
Misconstructed
Interpret wrongly
Juxtapose
Place them closely together for a contrasting effect
Interspersed
Scatter among or between other things
Augment
make greater
Substantiate
Validate
Vacuity
Lack of thought or intelligence
Untenable
Implausible, indefensible
Scrupulous
attentive to details
Incongruous
Incompatible
Myriad
Multitude
Insuperable
impossible to overcome
Discern
Recognize or find out
Proliferate
Increase in numbers
Sporadic
Occasional
Exactitude
Very accurate or careful
Hew out
carve out or cut out
Extrapolate
Extend the application of
Tenuous
weak or slight
Jostle
shove
Dogmatic
Opinionated
Reverence
Deep respect or admiration
Banal
Lacking in originality
Prudence
quality of being cautious
Vacillating
Fluctuate
Stalwart
Loyal
Pretentious
showy
Subversive
Disruptive
Inextricable
Impossible to distinguish
Inducement
Incentive
Presage
Foreshadow
Extraneous
Irrelevant
Pernicious
Deadly or harmful
Insular
Limited or restricted
Defunct
No longer in effect or in use
Ingenious
Clever
Pristine
perfect
stymied
to prevent
Noxious
Toxic, harmful
Unpalatability
Distasteful
monetize
to earn revenue
Corroborate
confrim
Loquacious
Talkative
precipitating
cause
Disparage
being of little worth
outstrip
exceed
Circumvent
avoid
Obviate
Remove
Putative
Accepted
Elide
delete, omit when speaking
Sequester
Isolate
Ephemeral
momentary
Verdant
grassy
Thwarted
foil, derail
Percolate
Drain
Festoons
Wreath
Virtuosity
Mastery
Gratification
Satisfaction
Dissimilitude
diversity, not similar
Concomitant
Accompanying
Agglomeration
cluster, clump, collection of things
Convoluted
Complicated
Arbitrary
Based on random choice
Efficacy
effectiveness
Indoctrinate
Brainwash
Autonomy
Liberty, Freedom
Conspicuous
clearly visible
Corpus
Collection
Throng
mass, multitude
Dissipate
disapear
Venearate
respect
Precarious
Uncertain
Satiate
satisfied to the full
Gamut
Spectrum
mutability
changeable
Proclivity
Inclination to choose or do something
Perpetuate
Continue
Temporal
Relating to time
Innate
inbred, inborn
Proponent
Advocate
Unbridled
Uncontrolled