Vocabulary Level F Units 1-5 Flashcards
Ameliorate
To improve or make better
Aplomb
Composure, Poise
Bombastic
Pompous
Callow
Inexperienced
Drivel
Nonsense, saliva
Epitome
An instance that represents a larger reality
Exhort
To urge strongly
Ex Offico
By virtue of holding a certain office
Infringe
Violate, trespass
Ingratiate
Cozy up to
Interloper
Intruder
Intrinsic
Belonging to something by natured inherent
Inveigh
Attack in words
Lassitude
Fatigue
Millennium
Period of 1000 years
Occult
Mysterious, magical
Permeate
To speak/soak through
Precipitate
Fall as moisture; to cause
Stringent
Strict
Surmise
To guess
Affable
Courteous and pleasant
Aggrandize
To make appear greater
Amorphous
Shapeless, without definite form
Aura
A distinctive air or personal quality
Contraband
Illegal, prohibited
Erudite
Scholarly, learned
Gossamer
Thin, lift, delicate
Infer
To find out by reasoning
Inscrutable
incapable of being understood
Insular
Narrow in Outlook
irrevocable
Irreversible
Propensity
A natural inclination, tendency
Querulous
Complaining
Remonstrate
Protest against, object to
Repudiate
To deny
Resilient
Able to Recover quickly
Reverberate
To reecho, resound
Scurrilous
Coarsest abusive
Sedulous
Persistent
Sleazy
Cheap, inferior
abominate
to hate
acculturation
adaptation to new culture.
adventitious
unintentional, accidental
ascribe
attribute, credit
commiserate
to sympathize with
enjoin
to direct or order
expedite
to make easy, speed up
expiate
make amends for
ferment
state of great excitement
Inadvertent
accidental
nominal
too small to be take seriously
noncommittal
not decisive
peculate
to steal
proclivity
natural inclination or tendency
Sangfroid
composure or coolness
seditious
resistant to lawful authority
tenuous
poorly supported
vitriolic
Bitter, sarcastic
circuitous
indirect, roundabout
Wheedle
To cajole, sweet-talk
Amnesty
Pardon or Forgiveness
Autonomy
Self government, independence
Axiomatic
Universally accepted
Blazon
To display, broadcast
Caveat
Warning
Equitable
Fair
Flinch
Steal
Flout
To mock
Fractious
Troublesome, unruly
Percept
A rule of conduct
Salutary
Helpful, Beneficial
Scathing
Harsh, Severe
Scourge
punish severely
Sepulchral
gloomy, dismal
Soporific
Tendency to cause sleep
Straitlaced
Overly strict
Transient
Lastin a a short time
Unwieldy
Not easily managed
Vapid
Dull, uninteresting
Extricate
To remove; disentangle
Assuage
To calm or relieve
Approbation
Approval, praise
Coalition
Alliance
Decadence
Decay, Corruption
Expostulate
To dissuade, Protest
Interceed
Intervine, Mediate e
Innuendo
A hint
Umbrage
Offence
Meritorious
Worthy, deserving recognition, Praise
Lurid
Causing shock, or horror
Prerogative
A special right or privilege
Simulate
Imitate
Provincial
Narrow-Minded
Transcend
To raise above or beyond
Petulant
Irritable, testy
Hiatus
Gap, Pause
Unctuous
Fawning, Trying to hard
Jaded
Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
Elicit
To draw forth
Hackneyed
wearied, worn-out