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What does 'exacerbate' mean?
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Which word means 'to criticize harshly'?
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Highlights A - I
- Evocation: Refers to imaginative recreation, invoking vivid memories or feelings.
- Exacerbate: Means to worsen a situation or condition.
- Excoriate: Involves severe criticism or scathing disapproval.
- Extemporize: The act of improvising without preparation.
- Fastidious: Describes someone who is difficult to please, often due to high standards.
- Fecund: Signifies the ability to produce many new and inventive ideas.
- Fickle: Pertains to someone or something that changes frequently without consistency.
- Flippant: Describes a lack of seriousness or treating matters lightly.
- Florid: Characterized by excessively intricate details or a red-faced appearance.
- Flummox: Means to confuse or bewilder someone.
- Furor: An uproar or intense excitement, often associated with anger.
- Galvanize: To electrify or invigorate, often into action.
- Garrulous: A descriptor for someone who is excessively talkative.
- Genial: Characterizes a friendly and cheerful demeanor.
- Geriatric: Pertaining to the elderly or old age.
- Gerrymander: The act of manipulating boundaries to favor a particular group.
- Gestate: Can refer to both carrying a fetus and the development of ideas.
- Glib: Fluent and persuasive but often shallow and insincere.
- Glut: Indicates an excess supply or saturation in quantity.
- Gregarious: Describes someone who is sociable and enjoys the company of others.
- Guile: Involves cunning intelligence, often in deceitful contexts.
- Gully: A water-worn ravine formed by erosion.
- Halcyon: Conveys a sense of peace and happiness.
- Harbinger: Refers to a sign or omen indicating a future event.
- Haughty: Describes an arrogant or excessively proud attitude.
- Hedonist: Someone who seeks pleasure as the primary goal in life.
- Iconoclast: A critic or skeptic who challenges established beliefs.
- Idiosyncrasy: A unique or peculiar trait specific to an individual.
- Idyllic: Represents a peaceful and blissful state or condition.
- Ignominious: Associated with dishonor or shameful behavior.
- Impecunious: Describes someone who is financially poor or lacking in funds.
- Impetus: Refers to the driving force or motivation behind an action.
- Indigent: A term for someone who is extremely poor or impoverished.
- Indomitable: Represents someone or something that is invincible and cannot be subdued.
- Inexorable: Describes someone or something relentless and unyielding.
- Infernal: Pertaining to hellish conditions or situations.
- Innocuous: Harmless; unlikely to cause any harm or injury.
- Inscrutable: Implies something that is difficult to understand or interpret.
- Insular: Describes attitudes that are narrow-minded or isolated from others.
- Interloper: An intruder who is not welcomed.
- Intrepid: Fearless and adventurous, often in a bold manner.
- Invective: Language that is insulting or abusive in nature.
- Irreverent: Shows a lack of respect for things that are usually taken seriously.
- Itinerant: Refers to someone who travels frequently and is not settled in one place.
- Jibe: A taunt or mocking remark.
- Jocular: Characterizes a humorous or joking attitude.
- Juggernaut: A term for an overwhelming force that crushes everything in its path.
Vocabulary Highlights L - Z
- Laconic: Refers to brevity in speech; concise expression.
- Lambaste: To criticize someone harshly and verbally.
- Lampoon: Publicly ridicule or mock someone or something.
- Laud: To praise highly, typically in a public context.
- Licentious: Describes unprincipled, immoral behavior, often with promiscuity.
- Loquacious: Indicates someone who talks a lot; chatty in nature.
- Lugubrious: An expression that sounds overly sad or mournful.
- Lurid: Refers to something shocking or sensational, often in a graphic manner.
- Magnanimous: Describes a generous spirit; willing to forgive or overlook grievances.
- Malfeasance: Engaging in wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official.
- Manifesto: A public declaration of intentions, policies, or views.
- Martinet: A strict disciplinarian who enforces rules and order rigorously.
- Maudlin: Excessively sentimental or emotional, often in a weak manner.
- Maverick: An independent thinker who does not conform to the norm.
- Mellifluous: A sound that is pleasing to hear; sweet or harmonious.
- Mettle: A quality of spirit; resilience and courage in facing challenges.
- Misanthrope: Someone who dislikes or distrusts humankind.
- Moribund: Describes something that is at the point of death or decline.
- Nadir: The lowest point of a situation or experience.
- Neophyte: A novice or beginner in a particular field or area.
- Nonplussed: A state of confusion or perplexity.
- Noxious: Harmful or poisonous to living things.
- Obdurate: Describes someone who is stubborn and unmoved by persuasion.
- Obfuscate: To deliberately confuse or make something unclear.
- Obsolescence: The state of being outdated or no longer in use.
- Obstreperous: Describes a noisy, unruly person or behavior.
- Occult: Refers to mysterious or hidden knowledge and phenomena.
- Oligarchy: A political system where power rests with a small group of people.
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Test your knowledge of advanced vocabulary with The Maroon Bluebook. This quiz covers key terms from 'A' to 'I' including definitions and usage. Enhance your language skills and expand your lexicon through fun and challenging questions.
