Words 1-83 (Today's Words Included)...

The test on Thursday will cover the first EIGHTY (80) words.

1.      patronizing   

2.      repress        

3.      pragmatic       

4.      reticent   

5.      capricious    

6.      frivolous

7.      ignominious   

8.      squalor    

9.      subjective       

10. objective   

11. vulnerable    

12. anomaly

13. revere       

14. pretentious    

15. condescending   

16. alleviate   

17. uncanny    

18. conventional

19. vilify       

20. slander    

21. trepidation       

22. turbulence   

23. puritanical    

24. crucible

25. rapturous       

26. languish    

27. indulge       

28. hedonism   

29. convoluted    

30. abstention

31. misanthrope   

32. avarice        

33. recoil       

34. enervate   

35. meek        

36. averse

37. relinquish       

38. dissension

39. rue

40. disseminate

41. disdain

42. chastise

43. contempt

44. spurn

45. scorn

46. surreptitious

47. malice

48. stringency

49. iniquity

50. iniquitous

51. malevolent

52. malicious

53. valor

54. valorous       

55. amoral

56. maniacal

57. compelling—evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way

58. daunting—seemingly difficult to deal with; intimidating

59. cunning—having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion

60. aspersion— an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something

a.      The verb “asperse” means to attack the integrity of someone.

61. compunction—a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad; remorse

62. absolution (n)—freedom from blame, sin, guilt; clemency; exculpation

1. verb—absolve

63. exculpation—(n) freedom from guilt or blame; clemency; absolution
1. verb-exculpate
64. limpid- clear, transparent
65. latent- hidden but capable of being exposed abigail's intentions were latent in the community

69. archetypal (adj)—
70. quintessential (adj)—
71. ambivalent (adj)—not having strong feelings of like or dislike; not affected; unsure; hesitant; of two minds
72. affluent (adj)—rich; wealthy

71. bombastic (adj)—pompous; pretentious

72. opulent (adj)—wealthy; lavish; luxurious
73.  supercilious (adj)—excessively proud; arrogant
74.  cajole (v)—coax; wheedle; flatter; sweet talkremoved (adj)—distant; detached; uninvolved
75. bigoted (adj)—racist; prejudiced; biased; xenophobiccomplacent (adj)—often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
76. complacent (adj)—often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
77. languid (adj)—lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent
78. discomfit (v)— humiliate; to make someone feel uneasy
79. divert (v)—deflect; distract; change direction
80. disputatious (adj)—inclined to argue
81. intimation (n)—a hint; an insinuation; a suggestion; a warning
1. to intimate (v)—to suggest; to hint
82. enigma (n)—a mysterious or puzzling object/person; a person who is difficult to understand
1. enigmatic (adj)—puzzling; mysterious
83. pine (v)—to yearn for; suffer a mental and physical decline, esp. because of a broken heart