Top 100 college board vocab Flashcards
adulation
high praise
adversity
misfortune
amicable
agreeable
anecdote
short account of event
arid
extremely dry
assiduous
hard-working
asylum
sanctuary
camaraderie
trust among friends
censure
to criticize harshly
circuitous
indirect, roundabout
clairvoyant
able to see the future
condescending
patronizing
conditional
provisional, contingent
conformist
follower of customs
convergence
joining of parts
deleterious
harmful
demagogue
rabble-rousing leader
digression
staying from the main point
divergent
variant, moving apart
empathy
sharing of feelings
emulate
follow an example
enervating
tiring, weakening
ephemeral
momentary, fleeting
evanescent
short-lived, as an image
extenuating
guilt diminishing
florid
flushed, ornate
fortuitous
lucky
hackneyed
overused, cliched
hedonist
pleasure-seeker
impetuous
rash, impulsive
impute
to attribute to someone
inconsequential
trivial
inevitable
unavoidable, certain
intrepid
fearless, adventurous
intuitive
instinctive, untaught
lobbyist
persuader of legislators
longevity
long life
mundane
ordinary, common
nonchalant
calm, casual
opulent
wealthy
ostentatious
displaying wealth
parched
dried up
perfidious
disloyal
precocious
talented beyond one’s age
pretentious
pompous, self-important
prosaic
run-of-the-mill
provocative
inflammatory
querulous
irritable
ancourous
hateful
reclusive
withdrawn, hermit-like
renovation
state of being renewed
resilient
quick to recover
restrained
controlled, restricted
sagacity
wisdom
scrutinize
to observe carefully
spurious
phony, false
substantiate
to verify, confirm
subtle
elusive, sly, ambiguous
surreptitious
secret, stealthy
tactful
diplomatic, polite
tenacious
persistent, resolute
transient
temporary, fleeting
venerable
respectable due to age
vindicate
to clear from blame
wary
watchful, alert