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Important Vocabulary Words

abate

make less active or intense

abdicate

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligationsaberration

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

abstain

refrain from voting

adversity 

a state of misfortune or affliction

aesthetic

relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics

amicable

characterized by friendship and good will 

anachronistic

chronologically misplaced 

arid 

lacking sufficient water or rainfall 

asylum

a shelter from danger or hardship

benevolent 

intending or showing kindness

bias

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

boisterous

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

brazenunrestrained by convention or propriety 

brusque

marked by rude or peremptory shortness

camaraderie

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability 

canny 

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

capacious

large in capacity 

capitulate

surrender under agreed conditions

clairvoyant 

someone who has the power of clairvoyance

collaborate

work together on a common enterprise of project 

compassion

a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

compromise

a middle way between two extremes

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condescending

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

conditional 

qualified by reservations

conformist 

someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)

convergence

the occurrence of two or more things coming together 

deleterious

harmful to living things

demagogue

a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices

digression

a message that departs from the main subject 

diligent 

quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness

discredit cause to be distrusted or disbelieved 

disdain

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

divergent 

diverging from another or from a standard 

empathy 

understanding and entering into another's feelings

emulate

strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

enervating

causing debilitationephemeral 

lasting a very short time

evanescent 

tending to vanish like vapor 

exemplary 

worthy of imitation

extenuating

 partially excusing or justifying

 florid 

elaborately or excessively ornamented 

 forbearance

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

 fortitude

strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

 fortuitous

having no cause or apparent cause

 foster 

 promote the growth of 

 fraught 

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marked by distress

 frugal 

avoiding waste

hackneyed 

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

haughty 

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy 

hedonist 

someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

hypothesis

a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

impetuous

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

impute

attribute or credit to

inconsequential 

lacking worth or importanceinevitable

incapable of being avoided or prevented 

intrepid 

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

intuitive

spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency 

 jubilation

a feeling of extreme joy 

lobbyist 

someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's

employer longevity 

duration of service

mundane

 found in the ordinary course of events

nonchalant 

marked by blithe unconcern

opulent 

rich and superior in quality 

orator 

a person who delivers a speech or oration

ostentatious

intended to attract notice and impress others

 parched 

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight 

 perfidious

tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the

Romans

 pragmatic

concerned with practical matters

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 precocious

characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental 

aptitude)

 pretentious

making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

 procrastinate

 postpone doing what one should be doing

 prosaic

not fanciful or imaginative

 prosperity 

an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment 

 provocative

serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy 

 prudent 

careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment 

querulous

habitually complaining

rancorousshowing deep-seated resentment 

reclusive

withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

reconciliation

the reestablishing of cordial relations

renovation

the act of improving by renewing and restoring

restrained 

cool and formal in manner 

reverence

a feeling of profound respect for someone or somethingsagacity 

the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

scrutinize

to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail 

spontaneous

happening or arising without apparent external cause

spurious

 plausible but false

submissive

inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

substantiate

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

subtle

difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

superficial 

concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally 

or intellectually 

superfluous

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

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surreptitious

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed 

tactful 

having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others

tenacious

good at remembering

transient 

of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind 

venerable

impressive by reason of age

vindicate

show to be right by providing justification or proof 

wary 

marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

“When I was young I observed

that nine out of ten things I did

 were failures, so I did ten times

more work.”

Bernard Shaw