abolish abolish: If someone in authority abolishes a law or practice they formally put an end to it. abridge abridge: you book play make it shorter by making cuts the original. abstract abstract: When idea is abstract not based on sensed material object but rather mental concept purely theoretical. acclaim acclaim: deeds of someone praise them highly and approve enthusiastically. accord accord: are with agreement harmony them. acquaintance acquaintance: An that know—but well enough be thought as friend. adjacent adjacent: something else lies close neighbors advent advent: The something such new kind technology marks beginning its arrival appearance world at large. adversary adversary: person who goes against some way opponent contest personal enemy conflict. adversity adversity: undergo life struggle trouble bad luck difficult times. aesthetic aesthetic: word used talk about art beauty study appreciation beautiful things. allege allege: has done say claim have without showing any proof. ambiguous ambiguous: describe ambiguous mean unclear confusing because can understood multiple ways. anguish anguish: suffering from anguish feel extreme pain severe sorrow. animated animated: animated energetic lively filled excited activity. append append: attach add it extra information book. apprehensive apprehensive: future event nervous fearful apprentice apprentice: trains under master order learn trade other skill. aptitude aptitude: Someone's skill their natural ability perform well this also refers someone's become better arbitrary arbitrary: decision rule plan arbitrary think was decided thought standard system guide it therefore seem unfair. arid arid: landscape dry lacking sufficient rainfall support much life. arrogant arrogant: Someone thinks very themselves result self-important act if than others. artifact artifact: weapon tool piece art created human beings historically culturally interesting valuable. ascertain ascertain: truth determine find out for sure. aspiration aspiration: goal ambition want achieve. aspire aspire: do greatly desire work hard achieve assent assent: give your assent agree accept what said. audible audible: Something loud clearly heard. authoritarian authoritarian: system government military school demands people obey all orders question. avert avert: eyes turn away when disaster prevent happening—thereby turning away. avid avid: eager belligerent belligerent: A country aggressive unfriendly likely start fight. bestow bestow: bestowed upon you—usually valuable—you given presented bewilder bewilder: bewilders you confused puzzled bleak bleak: sad depressing offers little hope instance bare unwelcoming while weather cold cheerless. brevity brevity: Brevity communicating using just few words taking time so. calligraphy calligraphy: Calligraphy handwriting special pens brushes. catastrophe catastrophe: widespread terrible disaster often accompanied many deaths. cavernous cavernous: space large empty both hollow huge. celestial celestial: either heavens sky general. cerebral cerebral: brain and/or intellectual capability. chronicle chronicle: record historical events arranges those correct which happened. chronological chronological: history coincide coincide: two things coincide go along each other match happen same time. commandeer commandeer: commandeered taken seized usually force. commemorate commemorate: person honor cause remembered way. commotion commotion: noisy activity disturbance. communal communal: Communal property includes goods items shared common community. competent competent: job able skilled well. compilation compilation: gathering together various sources. composure composure: exhibits composure remain calm—even times conditions. comprehend comprehend: information understand grasp concede concede: unwillingly admit true conceit conceit: possesses excessive self-pride—and thus too abilities. concentric concentric: Concentric circles gradually increasing size spread central point. concise concise: statement short clear gets right concoct concoct: recipe create mix ingredients concur concur: another opinion do. concurrent concurrent: Concurrent condole condole: express sympathy sorrow death dear. conglomerate conglomerate: business organization consists different companies involved numerous areas expertise. conjecture conjecture: theory guess certain complete. conscientious conscientious: performing task thorough careful fashion sure completely done. consensus consensus: group reaches consensus reached general something. consolidate consolidate: businesses consolidate combine form stronger more solid company. constituent constituent: part makes up whole thing. constrain constrain: constrained forced kept doing contemplate contemplate: deeply gaze intently. contemporary contemporary: exists else current contrary contrary: oppose existing way thinking convene convene: People gather called meeting. conventional conventional: behaving one most commonly accepted social groups. convergent convergent: Two meeting coming point space. cordial cordial: greeting warm friendly polite. cornucopia cornucopia: quantity variety good nourishing. corrosion corrosion: Corrosion gradual rusting decay metal. counterpart counterpart: corresponds copy almost identical credible credible: fashion easy believe trust. criteria criteria: Criteria standards that met allow something example getting grades community service will help get into college. cultivate cultivate: farmer cultivates field garden prepare soil plow land plant seeds carefully tend growing crops. cumulative cumulative: process builds increases grows slowly over customary customary: practice usual established acting. cynical cynical: motivated selfish concerns doubt mistrust question deceitful deceitful: tricky false dishonest. deficit deficit: occurs spends money been received. demean demean: down so embarrassed lowered status character. denounce denounce: actions criticize severely public strongly wrong evil. depict depict: illustrate picture image words. deplorable deplorable: conduct deplorable shameful unacceptable really bad. derivative derivative: borrowed English comes language. descendant descendant: offspring child traced back ancestor. designation designation: name label mark identify desolate desolate: area unused empty deserted lonely. despair despair: experiencing despair hopeless may going through sad defeat nothing about. despicable despicable: person's actions despicable extremely unpleasant nasty. deviate deviate: behavior deviating differently departing straying devious devious: dishonest secretive own purposes. dialect dialect: standard language English differences vocabulary grammar pronunciation. dilemma dilemma: situation problem choice between equally disagreeable unfavorable alternatives. diligent diligent: completing tirelessly until discern discern: notice detect after studying disclaimer disclaimer: legal declares refusal responsibility case happens product used. discrepancy discrepancy: there sets data difference disagreement among them—despite fact should same. disentangle disentangle: knot problem untie yourself problem. disintegrate disintegrate: disintegrates crumbles falls apart breaks separate pieces. dismal dismal: hopeless miserable. dismantle dismantle: take apart destroy piece. dispel dispel: mind away disappear crowd scatter directions. disposition disposition: Your personality react mood generally have. disrupt disrupt: happening interrupt upset disturb dissension dissension: Dissension distortion distortion: subjected distortion twisted shape diversion diversion: diversion aside momentarily distracting dominion dominion: another rules controls absolutely. dubious dubious: claim great deal disbelief doubt eccentric eccentric: eccentric behave strange unusual people. ecstatic ecstatic: overjoyed happy egotistical egotistical: concerned no themselves. elated elated: happy overjoyed delighted. eloquent eloquent: speak beautifully expressive convincing audience. embark embark: journey begin boarding plane starting new. eminent eminent: famous high standing superior encompass encompass: encompasses aspects surrounds entice entice: entices trying appear attractive. entity entity: thing reality exists fish tree rock. epidemic epidemic: disease development kind spreads quickly area. eradicate eradicate: tear roots remove completely. erode erode: erodes wears destroyed. erratic erratic: Anything behaves irregular unpredictable unusual. erroneous erroneous: erroneous incorrect error. esteem esteem: respect value evasive evasive: being evasive avoid trouble direct answer excerpt excerpt: passage selection excise excise: cutting out. exclusion exclusion: Exclusion shutting excruciating excruciating: injury painful. exemplify exemplify: One exemplifies serves example illustrates demonstrates exodus exodus: mass departure land another. expansive expansive: wide scope fabricate fabricate: physically build verbally up. facilitate facilitate: event project easier everyone giving assistance. fanaticism fanaticism: Fanaticism condition overly enthusiastic unreasonable fatigue fatigue: fatigue tired exhausted. fidelity fidelity: Fidelity towards marriage promise faithfulness loyalty finite finite: limited restricted particular size amount. flair flair: Flair refer talent possess style. fluctuate fluctuate: Things vary change often rising falling seemingly random. formative formative: shapes influences growth else. formulate formulate: action design detail ahead fortification fortification: structure building defense invading army. fruitless fruitless: effort does bring successful result rather spent pointlessly. gallant gallant: brave heroic respectful acts honor. generic generic: description attribute specific applies members entire class group. genre genre: category type artistic work. gingerly gingerly: To handle cautious glut glut: anything excess gratification gratification: feeling gratification experience satisfaction pleasure job hamper hamper: efforts try slow progress holding back. heed heed: another's wishes mindful therefore full attention. homage homage: pay show admiration respect might even worship humanitarian humanitarian: response crisis focuses well-being care need. illustrative illustrative: explain providing pictures. immerse immerse: immersed subject interested mind occupied immobile immobile: still motionless incapable moving. impair impair: impairs weakens harms lessens impediment impediment: blocks obstructs progress weakness disorder having difficulty speaking. impending impending: approaching fast occur negative implication referring threatening harmful coming. impenetrable impenetrable: barrier cannot gotten means parts walls doors—or solved. imperative imperative: done absolutely necessary important accomplished. implicit implicit: implicit imposition imposition: additional duty welcomed person. impoverished impoverished: nation poor stricken poverty. improvise improvise: improvises once unexpected arisen. impulsive impulsive: tends time unpredictable. incarcerate incarcerate: prison jail. incidental incidental: minor occurrence related important chance. incite incite: encourage urge persuade incompatible incompatible: incompatible along disagree unable cooperate inconsistency inconsistency: quite fit disagrees somehow rest indeterminate indeterminate: indeterminate known certainty. indicative indicative: suggests shows indispensable indispensable: item essential—it without. induce induce: state about ineffectual ineffectual: task useless ineffective attempting inevitable inevitable: certainly occur avoided. inference inference: conclusion available data. infiltrate infiltrate: spy infiltrates lines creep penetrate information. ingenuity ingenuity: Ingenuity solving uses creativity intelligence cleverness. inhospitable inhospitable: unfriendly welcoming initiate initiate: integrate integrate: things whole. interim interim: position school only temporary lasts permanently. intervene intervene: situation solve introvert introvert: primarily prefers themselves instead hanging others socially nevertheless still enjoy spending friends. invariable invariable: constant unchanging. irreversible irreversible: undone fixed jeopardy jeopardy: jeopardy danger kind. jubilant jubilant: jubilant joyful judicious judicious: sound judgment wise decisions. kinetic kinetic: moving active energy. laborious laborious: takes long time requires lot effort boring. lavish lavish: Lavish praise giving meal rich plentiful generous sometimes border much. lethal lethal: fatal causes death dangerous harmful. linger linger: lingers stay somewhere longer literal literal: meaning sentence exact accurate basic word. longevity longevity: Longevity life life span object. luminous luminous: luminous bright glowing. luxuriant luxuriant: luxuriant plants hair healthy. malice malice: Malice type hatred strong harm emotionally. malignant malignant: tumor criminal deadly harm. maximize maximize: possible. meager meager: amount small enough insufficient mediate mediate: mediates argument helps issues. mediocre mediocre: average ordinary quality it’s OK. memorandum memorandum: short note remember they've do communication gives metropolitan metropolitan: contains city. millennium millennium: period thousand years. miscellaneous miscellaneous: numbers types colors pencils pens markers. moderation moderation: moderation live balanced measured way excess. monotonous monotonous: repetitious becomes boring dull. monumental monumental: great impressive morale morale: self-confidence how emotionally complete tasks. naive naive: naive trusting others don't know whom believe. negligent negligent: careless attentive nimble nimble: moves ease norm norm: model rule notorious notorious: well-known large famous novice novice: activity begun started nurture nurture: feed obliterate obliterate: extent left. ominous ominous: sign predicts near future. optimist optimist: constantly looks side problems situations. orient orient: surroundings familiar adjust override override: overrides decision reject cancel parable parable: story told moral lesson paradox paradox: appears self-contradictory unrealistic surprisingly possible truth. paraphrase paraphrase: paraphrase read version. patronize patronize: patronizes seems friendly were intelligent are. perilous perilous: risky. persevere persevere: keep continue finished. piety piety: Piety devoted especially religion. placid placid: scene calm quiet undisturbed. plight plight: plight unfortunate circumstances. ponder ponder: seriously consider carefully. posterity posterity: children generations. potency potency: Something's powerful effective is. preamble preamble: introduction formal document explains document's purpose. predatory predatory: animal hunts animals eat predecessor predecessor: before ancestor someone. predicament predicament: predicament mess of. predominant predominant: prelude prelude: musical event. prevail prevail: stronger procrastinate procrastinate: procrastinate off delay something—usually you'd procure procure: obtain fashion. profound profound: saying deep understanding rich meaning. propel propel: move push forward. protocol protocol: Protocol proper demands. proximity proximity: closeness nearness purge purge: rid radiant radiant: radiant shining light. rationale rationale: reason explanation ravage ravage: destroy wreck damage ravenous ravenous: ravenous hungry. rectify rectify: more. referendum referendum: suggested measure concern brought vote. refined refined: educated cultures around world. refrain refrain: it—even though to. refurbish refurbish: repair improve function. regime regime: currently power country controlling management organization. remnant remnant: remnants small left main remorse remorse: feels guilty repulsive repulsive: offensive unpleasant plain disgusting. requisite requisite: purpose needed appropriate resignation resignation: accepting retaliate retaliate: retaliate did you. reversion reversion: again previous condition. ridicule ridicule: fun laugh rigorous rigorous: teacher expects students strict demand students robust robust: ruthless ruthless: pity mercy opponent. sanction sanction: official approval acceptance officially punishment restriction unacceptable action. satire satire: Satire criticizing ideas humorous beyond truth see faults. seclusion seclusion: Seclusion closed isolated society. secrete secrete: body secretes substance saliva spit produces releases sedentary sedentary: habit lifestyle sitting moving exercising often. senile senile: aged less mentally aware past forgetful serene serene: place peaceful calm. sever sever: severed cut off split separated simultaneous simultaneous: skeptic skeptic: doubts popular claims facts true. snub snub: ignore say. solemn solemn: serious joy. solitary solitary: alone around. sovereign sovereign: itself independent nations. spectrum spectrum: range visible light kinds art. stationary stationary: fixed all. stature stature: society standing level importance determined statutory statutory: statutory governor president created established controlled laws hence force behind must followed. stint stint: stints withhold needs. stupendous stupendous: accomplishment amazing wonderful spectacular. subdue subdue: emotions control. submissive submissive: submissive obedient subordinate subordinate: lower lesser rank subterranean subterranean: underground below earth hidden secret. subtle subtle: clever notice understand subversive subversive: destroys institution. superficial superficial: subject shallow depth obvious surface matters. surge surge: surges rapidly increases suddenly rises. susceptible susceptible: emotion inclined affected sustainable sustainable: maintained supported symmetry symmetry: Objects halves evenness divided half. synthesis synthesis: combination blend teeming teeming: teeming pond forest crowded life—and temperance temperance: temperance limit don’t well-balanced tenacious tenacious: quit finish started. terrestrial terrestrial: living land planet Earth comparison planets. therapeutic therapeutic: Therapeutic treatment heal treat patients physical emotional issue. torrential torrential: downpour rain heavy intense. traverse traverse: sea across travel trivial trivial: important. turbulence turbulence: Turbulence describes disorder confusion unpredictable wild wind currents. tyranny tyranny: ruler practices tyranny unjustly cruelly use rule. unanimous unanimous: All united unison unison: Doing unprecedented unprecedented: never occurred unusual original unprincipled unprincipled: immoral ethical dishonest wrong. unquenchable unquenchable: thirst satisfied unrestrained unrestrained: free please anyone themselves lead behavior. unsightly unsightly: presents ugly unattractive face unsurpassed unsurpassed: do best—period. utopia utopia: perfect where agreement. valiant valiant: courageous bold hopeless vengeful vengeful: vengeful unwilling forgive versatile versatile: skillful things likewise tool quality viable viable: project practical accomplished worth doing. vibrant vibrant: lively energy exciting vigor vigor: energy strength power. vile vile: evil horrible vintage vintage: best excellent past considered classic type.