| Words | Definition |
| Aberration | Deviation from normal/expected |
| Enervate | Sap energy from |
| Venality | Susceptibility to bribes/corruption |
| Betray | to reveal or make known something, usually unintentionally |
| Censure | to express strong disapproval |
| Wanting | lacking |
| Extant | still in existence (usually refers to documents) |
| Maintain | to assert |
| Profligate | spending resources recklessly or wastefully |
| Involved | complicated, and difficult to comprehend |
| Ingenuous | to be naïve and innocent |
| Auspicious | favorable, the opposite of sinister |
| Ambivalent | mixed or conflicting emotions about something |
| Amorphous | shapeless |
| Demur | to object or show reluctance |
| Impertinent | being disrespectful; improperly forward or bold |
| Prodigal | rashly or wastefully extravagant |
| Equivocal | confusing or ambiguous |
| Intimate | to suggest something subtly |
| Belie | to give a false representation to; misrepresent |
| Galvanize | to excite or inspire (someone) to action |
| Veracious | truthful |
| Restive | restless |
| Calumny | making of a false statement meant to injure a person’s reputation |
| Egregious | standing out in a negative way; shockingly bad |
| Iconoclast | somebody who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions |
| Castigate | to reprimand harshly |
| Vindicate | to clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof |
| Ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation, not clear |
| Parochial | narrowly restricted in scope or outlook |
| Disinterested | unbiased; neutral |
| Mercurial | prone to unexpected and unpredictable changes in mood |
| Artful | Cunning/exhibiting artistic skill |
| Gregarious | willingness to socialize |
| Laconic | using very few words |
| Qualify | to make less severe; to limit (a statement) |
| Upbraid | to reproach; to scold |
| Anomalous | not normal |
| Prevaricate | to speak in an evasive way |
| Venerate | to respect deeply |
| Acrimony | bitterness and ill will |
| Frugal | not spending much money (but spending wisely) |
| Harangue | a long pompous speech; a tirade |
| Amenable | easily persuaded |
| Undermine | to weaken |
| Amalgam | a mixture of multiple things |
| Parsimonious | extremely frugal; miserly |
| Commensurate | to be in proportion or corresponding in degree or amount |
| Innocuous | harmless and doesn’t produce any ill effects |
| Chastise | to reprimand harshly |
| Audacious | willing to be bold in social situations or to take risks |
| Torpor | inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy |
| Dogmatic | not accepting that one’s own beliefs may not be correct |
| Gall | being rude and impertinent, feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
| Cryptic | mysterious or vague, usually intentionally |
| Rustic | characteristic of rural life; awkwardly simple and provincial |
| Didactic | instructive (especially excessively) |
| Platitude | a trite or obvious remark |
| Vociferous | conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry |
| Banal | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |
| Recondite | difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge |
| Concede | acknowledge defeat, admit, give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another |
| Meticulous | marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| Dictatorial | expecting unquestioning obedience; characteristic of an absolute ruler |
| Entrenched | fixed firmly or securely |
| Conspicuous | without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious |
| Deferential | showing respect |
| Exacerbate | make worse |
| Fortuitous | occurring by happy chance; having no cause or apparent cause |
| Perfidy | deliberate betrayal; a breach of a trust |
| Decorous | characterized by good taste in manners and conduct |
| Obscure | make unclear, not known by many |
| Frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| Querulous | habitually complaining |
| Incisive | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
| Superfluous | more than is needed, desired, or required; serving no useful purpose |
| Aesthete | one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature |
| Engender | give rise to |
| Gossamer | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy |
| Aesthetic | concerned with the appreciation of beauty, set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement. |
| Predilection | a strong liking |
| Inexorable | impossible to stop or prevent; stubborn |
| Eschew | Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of |
| Mawkish | overly sentimental to the point that it is disgusting |
| Lambast | criticize severely or angrily |
| Diffident | modest reserve; lacking self-confidence |
| Prescience | the power to foresee the future |
| Glut | an excessive supply; supply with an excess of |
| Reticent | disinclined to talk, not revealing one’s thoughts |
| Bucolic | relating to the pleasant aspects of the country |
| Apathetic | marked by a lack of interest |
| Germane | relevant and appropriate |
| Preclude | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| Culminate | reach the highest or most decisive point |
| Impudent | improperly forward or bold |
| Gainsay | deny or contradict; speak against or oppose |
| Volubility | the quality of talking or writing easily and continuously |
| Culpability | a state of guilt, responsibility |
| Mitigate | make less severe or harsh |
| Chortle | to chuckle, laugh merrily, often in a breathy, muffled way |
| Treacherous | tending to betray; dangerously unstable and unpredictable |
| Precocious | exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) |
| Supplant | take the place or move into the position of |
| Rudimentary | earliest stages of development; being or involving basic facts or principles |
| Frustrate | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| Disaffected | discontented as toward authority |
| Guileless | free of deceit |
| Heretic | a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) |
| Subsume | contain or include; consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle |
| Insidious | working in a subtle but destructive way |
| Vilify | spread negative information about |
| Panache | distinctive and showy elegance |
| Derivative | not original but drawing strongly on something already in existence, especially in reference to a creative product (e.g. music, writing, poetry etc.) |
| Immutable | not able to be changed |
| Avaricious | excessively greedy |
| Haughty | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
| Quotidian | found in the ordinary course of events |
| Refractory | stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
| Jingoism | fanatical patriotism |
| Unequivocal | admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion |
| Spurious | plausible but false |
| Eclectic | comprised of a variety of styles |
| Fallacious | of a belief that is based on faulty reasoning |
| Ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| Staunch | firm and dependable especially in loyalty |
| Derive | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; reason by deduction; establish by deduction |
| Elucidate | make clearer and easier to understand |
| Denote | be a sign or indication of; have as a meaning |
| Languid | not inclined towards physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed |
| Travesty | an absurd presentation of something; a mockery |
| Apathy | an absence of emotion or enthusiasm |
| Tantamount | being essentially equal to something |
| Abstain | choose not to consume or take part in (particularly something enjoyable) |
| Mollify | to make someone angry less angry; placate |
| Magnanimous | noble and generous in spirit, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful |
| Itinerant | traveling from place to place to work |
| Tenacious | stubbornly unyielding |
| Juxtapose | place side by side for contrast |
| Vehement | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
| Jubilant | full of high-spirited delight because of triumph or success |
| Ascetic | practicing self-denial; one who practices great self-denial |
| Contrive | to pull off a plan or scheme, usually through skill or trickery |
| Belligerent | characteristic of one eager to fight |
| Forlorn | marked by or showing hopelessness |
| Circumvent | cleverly find a way out of one’s duties or obligations |
| Eminent | standing above others in quality or position |
| Ameliorate | make something bad better |
| Incongruous | lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness |
| Negligible | so small as to be meaningless; insignificant |
| Delineate | describe in detail |
| Aberrant | markedly different from an accepted norm |
| Soporific | inducing mental lethargy; sleep-inducing |
| Ignoble | dishonorable |
| Blatant | without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious |
| Acerbic | harsh in tone |
| Exacting | requiring and demanding accuracy |
| Reconcile | make (one thing) compatible with (another) |
| Contingent | dependent on (usually used with upon); a gathering of persons representative of some larger group |
| Construe | interpreted in a particular way |
| Provincial | characteristic of a limited perspective; not fashionable or sophisticated |
| Iconoclastic | defying tradition or convention |
| Apocryphal | being of questionable authenticity |
| Intransigent | unwilling to change one’s beliefs or course of action |
| Hackneyed | lacking significance through having been overused |
| Forthcoming | available when required or as promised; at ease in talking to others |
| Expound | add details or explanation; clarify the meaning; state in depth |
| Implausible | describing a statement that is not believable |
| Pedantic | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects |
| Petulant | easily irritated or annoyed |
| Pragmatic | guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory |
| Temperance | the trait of avoiding excesses |
| Largess | extreme generosity and giving |
| Espouse | to adopt or support an idea or cause |
| Bumbling | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands |
| Implacable | incapable of making less angry or hostile |
| Pundit | someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field |
| Idiosyncrasy | a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual |
| Tortuous | marked by repeated turns and bends; not straightforward |
| Underscore | give extra weight to (a communication) |
| Abstruse | difficult to understand; incomprehensible |
| Ostentatious | intended to attract notice and impress others; tawdry or vulgar |
| Decorum | propriety in manners and conduct |
| Laudable | worthy of high praise |
| Copious | in abundant supply |
| Opaque | not clearly understood or expressed |
| Discrete | constituting a separate entity or part |
| Refute | prove to be false or incorrect |
| Confound | To cause confusion; mistake one thing for another |
| Exalt | praise or glorify |
| Unscrupulous | without scruples or principles |
| Burgeon | grow and flourish |
| Incorrigible | impervious to correction by punishment |
| Ingratiate | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts |
| Denigrate | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone |
| Eradicate | to completely destroy |
| Exonerate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| Myopic | lacking foresight or imagination |
| Indifference | the trait of seeming not to care |
| Adamant | refusing to change one’s mind |
| Admonitory | serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
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