Vocab List 5

Adroit:someone who is very skillful at doing something
His mind was adroit when it came to working with computers.

Amicable: having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor
Although they were divorced, their relationship was still amicable.

Averse:having a feeling of distaste or strong opposition 
The teacher was averse towards the idea of letting students use their phones during class.

Belligerent: war like or aggressive
He was belligerent because he constantly started fights with other.

Benevolent: someone or something that enjoys helping others and is warm and friendly
The teacher was benevolent, which gave a good vibe to the classroom.

Cursory: something done quickly with only small attention to detail
The cursory painting earned a unsatisfactory grade since the student missed a few days to work on it.

Duplicity: deception or a lie
Her friend caused duplicity, which mad her distrust him. 

Extol: to praise highly 
The people at church would extol by singing worship songs.

Feasible: something doable, likely, possible
It was feasible to get the answer to a math problem,

Grimace: a face indicating displeasure
She made a grimace on her face, causing him to think he had said something wrong.

Holocaust: a complete or near destruction of life
A holocaust was formed in the forest after the fire burned down all the trees.

Impervious: not being able to be hurt or penetrated
The fabric was impervious, causing water to slip right off.

Impetus: force that makes something happen or move.
After somebody called Jared stupid, he decided to go back to college and learned the comment was impetus.

Jeopardy: danger or risk
He experienced complete jeopardy when he confronted the burglar in his house.

Meticulous: showing extreme care and concern for detail
Ellen got a job very easily because her interviewers saw that she was meticulous.

Nostalgia: desire to return to an earlier time in life
When she got home from her date, she experienced nostalgia, wanting to do it again.

Quintessence: someone or something that is a is a classic example of character or persona
He was a quintessence of politeness.

Retrogress: to move backward into a less complex condition; decline
At first college was difficult and made Lana want to retrogress back to high school.

Scrutinize: to look at something carefully
Holland would scrutinize each painting at the museum.

Tepid: lukewarm, something that doesn't express warmth
The audience was tepid; they were only clapping to be polite.

Vocab Fall List 3

Coherent:logically connected; consistent- a coherent argument.

Belabor:to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary-He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.

Eschew:to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid-to eschew evil.

Acquisitive:tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to getwealth, possessions, etc.:-our acquisitive impulses; 

Emulate:to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass:-to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.

Banal:devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:-

• The architecture is, for the most part, banal.
• Excoriation-to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally:
• Congeal:to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:-Sometimes a collection of lesser actions congeal into larger consequences
• Carping:characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous:-carping criticism.
• Substantiate:to establish by proof or competent evidence:-to substantiate a charge.
• Temporize:to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.-The government has felt that it could not temporize with the difficulty any further.
• Largesse:the generous bestowal of gifts, favours, or money-
• Tenable:capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute:-But ignoring the people's views is no longer tenable.
• Insatiable:not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased:-These insatiable fish will also prey upon one another.
• Reconnaissance:to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.-
• Germane:closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:-Please keep your statements germane to the issue.
• Ramify:to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.- 
• Intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.-
• Taciturn:inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.-The writer wants to learn why, but does not tell his story, hoping that the taciturn ex-leader will volunteer an explanation.
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Vocab Fall List 2

intercede: to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:to intercede with the governor for a condemned man.

hackneyed: made commonplace or trite; stale; banal:

the hackneyed images of his poetry.

approbation: approval; commendation. The mans approbation let him do his choice.

innuendo: an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of adisparaging or a derogatory nature.

• Their entire existence is based on lies, innuendo and a complete misreading of law.
• coalition: a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons,factions, states, etc. It will take a global coalition to help others in need.
• elicit: to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: The double hydrogen bond formed would diminish the ability of the molecule to elicit sweet taste.
• hiatus:a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. Worried by the playwright's increasingly unstable state, he also advised a total hiatus from work.
• assuage:to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: It also agreed to make its secret source code available to somegovernments in order to assuage security concerns.
• decadence: the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state;deterioration; decay: The search for longevity genes is a reflection of the 20th-21st centuriesscience decadence.
• expostulate: to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling
• simulate: to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like):to simulate crisis conditions.
• jaded: dulled or satiated by overindulgence: worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse. He's got a lot of ailments, but it hasn't made him bitter or jaded or anything
• umbrage: offense; annoyance; displeasure:It is a risky thing to stand against such a near-universal outpouring of moral umbrage.
• prerogative: an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, orthe like: the prerogatives of a senator.
• lurid: gruesome; horrible; revolting: Some of these diseases, in addition to their horrific manifestations, also have lurid origin stories.
• transcendence: to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy
• provincial: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local:the provincial newspaper.
• petulant: moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: On the one hand she could be a moody and petulant bully, who carefullycultivated inflexible opinions and fostered great hates.
• unctuous: characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially inan affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. When bitten, they collapsed with an unctuous squelch.
• meritorious: deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy:to receive a gift for meritorious service.
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