Vocabulary Definitions

Vocabulary Definitions

• Abase: To degrade or humble, reducing rank or status.
• Abate: To lessen or diminish.
• Abdicate: To formally give up power or responsibility.
• Aberrant: Deviating from the norm; abnormal.
• Abeyance: A state of temporary inactivity or suspension.
• Abhor: To detest or regard with disgust.
• Abjure: To renounce or give up, especially formally.
• Abrasive: Rough, causing irritation; suitable for grinding.
• Abreast: Side-by-side or keeping up with progress.
• Abridge: To shorten by omitting parts but retaining the main idea.
• Abscission: Cutting off or sudden termination, like the separation of plant parts.
• Abscond: To depart suddenly and secretly.
• Abstain: To refrain, especially from something unhealthy or bad.
• Abyss: A deep, vast space, either physical or metaphorical.
• Accede: To agree, consent, or assume power.
• Accretion: Gradual increase or addition.
• Acerbic: Sour, harsh, or severe in tone.
• Acidulous: Slightly sour or acidic; sharp.
• Acme: The summit, peak, or highest point.
• Activism: Pursuing political goals through vigorous action.
• Acumen: Keen and accurate insight or judgment.
• Adhere: To stick or to conform to a plan or belief.
• Admonish: To mildly scold or caution.
• Adulterate: To make impure by adding inferior ingredients.
• Adumbrate: To give a rough outline or foreshadow.
• Adverse: Opposing or harmful.
• Advocate: To speak in favor of or a person who argues for a cause.
• Aerie: A dwelling or fortress on a high place or a bird's nest on a cliff.
• Aesthetic: Pertaining to beauty or good taste.
• Affable: Warm, friendly, and approachable.
• Affectation: Fake behavior adopted to give a certain impression.
• Aggrandize: To make greater or exaggerate.
• Aggregate: To gather or amount to a whole made of constituent parts.
• Alacrity: Cheerful and speedy willingness.
• Albeit: Although, even though.
• Alienate: To cause to become unfriendly or hostile.
• Alleviate: To lessen or make easier to endure.
• Aloof: Distant or reserved, either physically or emotionally.
• Amalgamate: To blend, merge, or unite.
• Ambiguous: Not clear, open to multiple interpretations.
• Ambivalent: Uncertain; having contradictory feelings.
• Ameliorate: To improve or make better.
• Amortize: To gradually pay off a debt or write off an asset.
• Anachronism: Something out of its correct historical time.
• Analgesia: Pain relief or inability to feel pain.
• Analogous: Comparable or corresponding in a particular way.
• Anarchy: Absence of law or government; chaos.
• Annul: To make void, cancel, or abolish.
• Anodyne: A medicine that relieves pain or something soothing.
• Anoint: To rub or sprinkle oil on; to make sacred.
• Anomaly: Deviation from what is common; inconsistency.
• Antagonize: To make hostile or unfriendly.
• Antedate: To precede in time or assign to an earlier date.
• Antithetical: Directly opposed; involving antithesis. love me or hate me
• Apathy: Lack of interest or concern.
• Apocryphal: Of questionable authenticity; false.
• Apostate: A person who deserts a cause, religion, or party.
• Apostle: Pioneer of a reform movement or early follower.
• Apposite: Highly appropriate, suitable, or relevant.
• Apprise: To inform or give notice to.
• Approbation: Praise or formal approval.
• Appropriate: Set aside for a purpose or take for one's own use.
• Arbiter: A judge or umpire.
• Arcane: Known or understood by only a few; obscure.
• Archaic: Characteristic of an earlier period; ancient.
• Ardent: Very passionate, devoted, or enthusiastic.
• Arduous: Very difficult, strenuous, or severe.
• Arrogate: To claim or take without right.
• Articulate: Using clear and fluent language.
• Artifact: An object made by humans from an earlier time.
• Artless: Free of deceit; lacking skill or knowledge.
• Ascertain: To find out with certainty.
• Ascetic: Abstinent or austere in lifestyle.
• Ascribe: To assign or credit to a cause or source.
• Aseptic: Free from germs.
• Asperity: Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness.
• Aspersions: Damaging remarks or slander.
• Assail: To attack violently or assault.
• Assiduous: Persevering, diligent, or constant.
• Assuage: To make milder, relieve, or soothe.
• Attenuate: Weaken or thin out
• Attuned: In harmony or sympathetic relationship.
• Audacious: Very bold, brave, or original.
• Augment: To make larger.
• Augury: Telling the future through supernatural means.
• August: Venerable, majestic, or inspiring admiration.
• Austere: Severe in manner; ascetic, without luxury.
• Autonomous: Self-governing, independent.
• Avarice: Insatiable greed.
• Aver: To declare or affirm with confidence.
• Avid: Enthusiastic, dedicated, or passionate.
• Axiom: A self-evident truth, universally accepted.
• Balk: To refuse to proceed or do something.
• Balloon: To swell or puff out; increase rapidly.
• Banal: Lacking freshness and originality; cliché.
• Bane: Something that ruins or spoils.
• Base: Morally low, mean, or dishonorable.
• Baying: Howling in a deep way.
• Belie: To contradict or misrepresent.
• Beneficent: Doing good.
• Benign: Harmless, favorable, or gentle.
• Bent: Personal inclination or tendency.
• Besiege: To attack or overwhelm.
• Bevy: A group of birds or other animals.
• Bifurcate: To fork into two branches.

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• Bilk: To cheat or defraud.
• Blight: A disease that kills plants or ruins something.
• Blithe: Joyous, merry, or carefree.
• Bogus: Fake or fraudulent.
• Bolster: To strengthen or support.
• Bombastic: Pretentious or overly dramatic.
• Bonhomie: Friendliness and simple-heartedness.
• Boor: A rude or insensitive person.
• Brandish: To shake or wave a weapon.
• Brook: To suffer or tolerate.
• Bucolic: Pertaining to shepherds; rural.
• Buffer: Something that shields or protects.
• Bureaucracy: Government with petty administrators and excessive requirements.
• Burgeon: To grow or flourish rapidly.
• Burnish: To polish, make smooth and lustrous.
• Buttress: A support; to support.
• Bygone: Past or former.
• Cacophony: Harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
• Calumny: Malicious lie to hurt someone's reputation.
• Canard: A false or baseless rumor.
• Candid: Open, sincere, and honest.
• Canonical: Authorized or recognized.
• Capricious: Acting on impulse, erratic.
• Cardinal: Chief, most important.
• Cartography: Mapmaking.
• Castigate: To criticize severely or punish.
• Catalyst: Causer of change.
• Catholic: Universal, broad-minded.
• Caustic: Able to corrode or burn; very sarcastic.
• Censure: Strong disapproval or reprimand.
• Chauvinism: Fanatical patriotism or undue devotion.
• Chicanery: Trickery or deception.
• Chronological: Arranged in time order.
• Circumscribe: To strictly limit or construct around.
• Circumspect: Cautious, prudent, and careful.
• Clamber: To climb awkwardly with difficulty.
• Clamor: Noisy uproar or protest.
• Clinch: To make final or fasten together.
• Cloying: Disgustingly sweet.
• Coagulate: To cause a liquid to become solid.
• Coalesce: To come together or unite.
• Coda: The final part of a musical composition or ending.
• Coffer: A chest for storing valuables or financial resources.
• Cogent: Very convincing and logical.
• Collude: To conspire or cooperate for illegal purposes.
• Commensurate: The same in size or extent; proportional.
• Compendium: Concise but complete summary.
• Complacent: Self-satisfied, smug, and overly content.
• Complaisant: Eager to please or complying.
• Complementary: Completing or fitting together.
• Compliant: Obeying, submissive, or following requirements.
• Concede: To give in, admit, or yield.
• Conciliatory: Reconciling, appeasing, or attempting to make peace.
• Concur: To approve or agree.
• Condone: To overlook, tolerate, or regard as harmless.
• Confer: To consult or bestow.
• Confound: To confuse or frustrate.
• Connoisseur: An expert in fine arts with refined tastes.
• Connote: To suggest or imply in addition to the literal meaning.
• Console: To lessen suffering or grief.
• Consolidate: To unite, combine, or solidify.
• Constrict: To squeeze or compress.
• Construe: To interpret or translate.
• Contentious: Controversial or prone to causing arguments.
• Contextualize: To place in context.
• Contraries: Things that are opposing.
• Contrite: Remorseful or feeling sorry.
• Contumacious: Rebellious or stubbornly disobedient.
• Conundrum: A riddle or mystery.
• Converge: To move towards a point or unite.
• Conversant: Knowledgeable or experienced with.
• Conversely: In an opposite way.
• Convoke: To call together for a meeting.
• Convoluted: Twisted or complicated.
• Copious: Plentiful and bountiful.
• Corroborate: To support or add evidence to.
• Cosmopolitan: Belonging to the entire world, free from prejudice.
• Cosset: To treat as a pet, pamper.
• Coterie: A close or exclusive group.
• Countenance: Facial expression or to approve/tolerate.
• Counterintuitive: Against what one would expect.
• Counterpoint: Contrasting item.
• Counterproductive: Defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal.
• Covert: Secret, veiled, undercover.
• Crafty: Cunning, skillful in deception.
• Craven: Very cowardly, lacking courage.
• Credibility: Believability, trustworthiness.
• Credulous: Gullible; prone to believing.
• Crescendo: Steady increase in force; climax.
• Culminate: To reach the highest point or final stage.
• Cupidity: Greed, great or excessive desire.
• Curmudgeon: Bad-tempered, difficult person; grouch.
• Cynical: Thinking the worst of others' motivations.
• Daunt: Discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of.
• Debase: Degrade; lower in quality or moral quality.
• Debunk: Expose, ridicule, or disprove exaggerated claims.
• Declaim: Speak in an impassioned or pompous manner.
• Declivity: A downward slope.
• Decorous: Behaving with propriety and good taste; polite.
• Deem: To judge or consider.
• Deface: To vandalize or mar the appearance of.
• Default: Failure to act or fulfill an obligation.
• Deference: Respectful submission or yielding to authority.
• Deflect: Cause to curve or turn aside; avoid.
• Deleterious: Harmful, unhealthful.
• Delimit: Fix, mark, or define the boundaries of.

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• Delineate: To mark the outline of; describe in detail.
• Demagogue: A leader who lies and gains power by arousing passions.
• Demur: To show reluctance or object.
• Denigrate: To belittle or attack the reputation of.
• Denote: To be a name or symbol for.
• Deride: To mock, scoff at, or laugh at.
• Derivative: Derived from something else; not original.
• Desiccate: Thoroughly dried up, dehydrated.
• Desultory: Lacking consistency, disconnected, or sporadic.
• Detached: Impartial, disinterested, distant.
• Deterrent: Something that restrains or discourages.
• Diaphanous: Very sheer, fine, translucent.
• Diatribe: Bitter, abusive attack or criticism; rant.
• Dichotomy: Division into two contradictory groups.
• Dictum: Formal pronouncement; saying or proverb.
• Didactic: Intended to instruct or teach.
• Diffident: Lacking confidence, shy.
• Diffuse: Spread widely; dispersed or wordy.
• Digress: To go off-topic when speaking or writing.
• Dilate: To become wider or speak at length.
• Dilatory: Slow, late, procrastinating, or stalling.
• Dilettante: One who takes up an art superficially.
• Din: Loud, confused noise for a long period.
• Dirge: A funeral or mourning song or poem.
• Disabuse: To free from a mistake in thinking.
• Discerning: Having good judgment or able to distinguish.
• Discomfiting: Disconcerting, confusing, frustrating.
• Discordant: Harsh in sound; disagreeing.
• Discredit: To injure the reputation of or to disbelieve.
• Discrepancy: Difference or inconsistency.
• Discrete: Separate, distinct, detached.
• Discriminating: Judicious, discerning, having good judgment.
• Disingenuous: Insincere, not genuine.
• Disinterested: Unbiased, impartial, not interested.
• Disjointed: Disconnected, not coherent, jerky.
• Dismiss: Allow to disperse or leave; fire from a job.
• Disparage: To belittle or bring shame upon.
• Disparate: Distinct, different.
• Dispassionate: Unbiased, lacking emotion.
• Dispatch: Speed; send off or deal with.
• Disperse: Scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish.
• Disposition: A person's general mood or tendency.
• Disquieting: Disturbing, causing anxiety.
• Dissemble: Mislead, conceal the truth.
• Disseminate: Scatter or spread about; broadcast.
• Dissent: Disagree or take opposing view.
• Dissolution: Dissolving; breaking bonds; death, disintegration.
• Dissonance: Harsh sound; disagreement.
• Distaff: Female; staff for spinning.
• Distend: Swell, expand, or stretch.
• Distill: Purify or extract.
• Dither: Act indecisively.
• Diurnal: Occurring every day; happening in the daytime.
• Diverge: Differ or deviate; branch off.

Vocabulary Deep Dive, Continued

• Divest: To deprive or strip of something.
• Divine: To discover through divination or insight.
• Doctrinaire: Applying doctrine rigidly and close-mindedly.
• Document: To support with evidence.
• Doff: To take off or remove clothing/hat.
• Dogma: Established system of principles or beliefs.
• Dormant: Asleep, inactive, or on a break.
• Dovetail: To join or fit together.
• Droll: Funny in an odd or whimsical way.
• Dubious: Doubtful, questionable, suspect.
• Dupe: A person easily fooled; to fool or exploit.
• Duplicity: Deceit, double-dealing.
• Dyspeptic: Grumpy, pessimistic, irritable.
• e.g.: For example, such as.
• Ebullient: Very enthusiastic, lively, excited.
• Eccentric: Peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm.
• Echelon: A level, rank, or grade.
• Eclectic: Selecting the best from diverse sources.
• Eclipse: Obscuring of one thing by another.
• Edify: To uplift, enlighten, or improve spiritually.
• Efficacy: The quality of producing the intended effect.
• Effigy: Representation or image of a person (mockery).
• Effrontery: Shameless boldness.
• Egalitarian: Believing in the equality of all people.
• Egregious: Extraordinarily bad.
• Egress: An exit or the action of exiting.
• Elated: Very happy and in high spirits.
• Elegy: Song or poem expressing sorrow, especially for the dead.
• Elevate: To raise or lift up; improve spiritually or intellectually.
• Elicit: To call forth, bring out, or evoke.
• Eloquent: Expressive, emotionally moving.
• Emaciate: To make abnormally thin, cause to physically waste away
• Embellish: Decorate, add ornamentation to enhance.
• Eminent: Prominent, distinguished, of high rank.
• Empirical: Based on experience or experimentation.
• Emulate: Copy in an attempt to equal or be better than.
• Encomium: Warm, glowing praise.
• Endemic: Native, local or specific to a particular place.
• Enervate: Weaken, tire.
• Engender: Produce, give rise to, cause to exist (procreated).
• Enhance: Increase the value, desirability, beauty, etc. of something.
• Enigma: A riddle, puzzle, mystery, or contradictory person.
• Entitlement: Having the right to certain privileges.
• Enumerate: To count or list; specify one-by-one.
• Ephemeral: Lasting only a short time, fleeting.
• Epicure: A person with cultivated, refined tastes, especially in food and wine.
• Equanimity: Composure, evenness of mind, especially under stress.
• Equitable: Fair, equal, and just.
• Equivocate: Use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing.
• Erratic: Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course.
• Erroneous: Mistaken, in error; improper or morally incorrect.
• Ersatz: Artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute.
• Erstwhile: Former, previous, in the past.

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• Erudite: Scholarly, knowledgeable, possessing deep learning.
• Eschew: Shun, avoid, abstain from.
• Esoteric: Understood by only a few; secret.
• Estimable: Worthy of esteem, able to be estimated.
• Ethos: Character, personality, moral values specific to a group or person.
• Eulogy: Speech of praise or written work of praise, especially at a funeral.
• Euphemism: Mild, inoffensive expression for one considered offensive.
• Euphony: Pleasing or sweet sound as formed through harmonious sounds.
• Exacerbate: Make worse or increase the severity of; irritate.
• Exacting: Severe in demands; requiring precise attention.
• Exculpate: Clear from guilt or blame.
• Exhaustive: Comprehensive, thorough, and accounting for all possibilities.
• Exigent: Demanding immediate attention or action.
• Exonerate: Clear from blame or responsibility.
• Expedient: Suitable and effective, often at the expense of ethics.
• Explicit: Direct, clear, and fully revealed.
• Exponent: Person who expounds or advocates.
• Expurgate: Censor; to remove objectionable parts.
• Extemporaneous: Done without preparation, improvised.
• Extraneous: Irrelevant; foreign or not belonging.
• Extrapolate: Conjecture about the unknown by projecting known information.
• Facetious: Joking, humorous, especially inappropriately.
• Facilitate: Make easier or help the progress of.
• Faction: A clique or party strife within a larger group.
• Fallacious: Containing a fallacy or mistake in logic; deceptive.
• Fallow: Unplanted or not in use (of land).
• Fanatical: Excessively devoted or enthusiastic.
• Fanciful: Whimsical, capricious, imaginary.
• Fastidious: Excessively particular and difficult to please.
• Fathom: Measure the depth of or understand.
• Fatuous: Foolish, silly, especially in a smug way.
• Fawn: To show affection or try to please in the manner of a dog; seek favor.
• Feasible: Possible, logical, likely; suitable.
• Fecund: Fruitful, fertile, capable of producing.
• Felicitous: Admirably appropriate; pleasant, fortunate.
• Fervid: Very hot; heated in passion/enthusiasm.
• Fetid: Stinking; having an offensive smell.
• Fidelity: Faithfulness; strict observance of duty; accuracy.
• Figurative: Metaphorical, based on figures of speech.
• Finesse: Extreme delicacy, subtlety, or diplomacy.
• Flag: To get tired, lose enthusiasm.
• Fledgling: New or inexperienced person or bird.
• Fleeting: Passing quickly, transitory.
• Florid: Reddish, flowery, or excessively fancy.
• Flout: Treat with disdain or scorn.
• Fluke: Stroke of luck; successful by accident.
• Foment: Instigate or promote the growth of.
• Forage: Wander in search of; rummage.
• Ford: Place where a river can be crossed; to cross there.
• Foreshadow: Indicate or suggest beforehand; presage.
• Forestall: Delay, hinder, prevent by taking action beforehand.
• Forfeit: Surrender or lose as a result of an error.
• Fortify: Strengthen or invigorate.

Vocabulary Virtuosity: More Definitions

• Fortuitous: Happening by chance; lucky.
• Fracas: Noisy disturbance or fight; brawl.
• Fractious: Unruly, troublemaking; irritable.
• Frenetic: Wildly excited, frantic, distracted.
• Fringe: On the margin; extreme group members.
• Frugal: Economical, thrifty, inexpensive.
• Fulminate: Explode, detonate; attack verbally.
• Furtive: Done secretly; stealthy, sly, shifty.
• Futile: Producing no useful result; trivial.
• Gainsay: Declare false, deny, oppose.
• Gambol: Frolic; skip or leap playfully.
• Garner: Gather and store; amass, collect.
• Garrulous: Talkative, wordy, rambling.
• Gauche: Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward.
• Gawky: Physically awkward (esp. of a tall, skinny person).
• Germane: Relevant and appropriate; on-topic.
• Gestation: Pregnancy; development of a plan (metaphorically).
• Gist: Main idea, essence.
• Glacial: Cold, icy, slow; unsympathetic.
• Glib: Fluent but superficial.
• Glower: Stare in an angry, sullen way.
• Goad: Urge on; stimulate.
• Goosebumps: The "bumps" created by hairs standing up on skin in cold, fear etc.
• Gouge: Scooping/digging tool; extract dishonestly.
• Gradation: Progression; process taking place gradually.
• Graft: Insert plant part into another; join living tissue.
• Grandiloquent: Relating to lofty and pompous speech.
• Grandstand: Perform showily to impress.
• Grating: Irritating; harsh or discordant (of a noise).
• Gregarious: Sociable, pertaining to a flock.
• Grievous: Causing grief and suffering; very serious.
• Grouse: Complain/grumble/ a reason for complaint (noun).
• Grovel: Creep, prostrate in subservience, degrade.
• Guile: Clever deceit, cunning, and craftiness.
• Hackneyed: Commonplace; stale; not fresh.
• Halcyon: Calm, peaceful, carefree; prosperous.
• Hallmark: A mark of quality or distinguishing characteristic.
• Hand-wringing: Expressing nervousness or guilt.
• Hapless: Unlucky; unfortunate.
• Harangue: Long, intense verbal attack in public.
• Hardy: Bold, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue.
• Harrow: Farming tool or to distress painfully (verb).
• Haven: Harbor, refuge, safe place.
• Hearken: Listen, pay attention to.
• Hedge: Avoid commitment or protect a bet.
• Hedonist: Person devoted to pleasure.
• Hegemony: Domination; authority; influence.
• Hermetic: Airtight; sealed; isolated; reclusive.
• Heterogeneous: Different in type; composed of different elements.
• Hew: Strike, chop, or hack with tool.
• Hierarchy: Ranked series based on ability or ranking.
• Hoary: Very old; gray or white.
• Hodgepodge: Mixture of different things; jumble.
• Homage: Honor or respect demonstrated publicly.
• Homogeneous: Of the same kind; uniform.
• Hoodwink: Trick; deceive.
• Hotly: In an intense, fiery, or heated way.
• Husband: Manage prudently; conserve resources.
• Hyperbole: Deliberate exaggeration for effect.
• Iconoclast: Attacker of cherished beliefs/institutions.

Vocabulary Zenith: Even More words

• Idiosyncrasy: Characteristic or habit peculiar to the individual, quirk.
• Idolatry: Idol worship, excessive or unthinking devotion.
• Idyllic: Presenting a positive, peaceful, view of rural life.
• Ignoble: Not noble; having a base or low quality.
• Illiberality: Narrow-mindedness, bigotry.
• Imbue: Permeate or saturate and influence throughout.
• Imminent: Ready to occur; impending.
• Immutable: Unchangeable and unvarying.
• Impair: Make worse, weaken.
• Impartial: Unbiased and fair.
• Impasse: Position where there is no escape; deadlock.
• Impassive: Not having or showing emotion.
• Impecunious: Poor, without money.
• Impede: Hold back; obstruct the progress of.
• Imperious: Commanding and domineering.
• Impermeable: Impassable, not allowing fluid to pass through.
• Imperturbable: Calm and not able to be upset.
• Impervious: Impenetrable, not able to be harmed.
• Impetuous: Passionately impulsive, and hasty.
• Impious: Not religious, and lacking in reverence.
• Implacable: Not able to be appeased/calmed.
• Implication: Act of implying or close connection.
• Implicit: Implied, not stated directly.
• Implode: Burst inward.
• Imprecation: Curse; prayer for harm to come.
• Impugn: Attack the truth or integrity of.
• Impute: Credit/attribute/lay blame.
• Inadvertent: Unintentional with lack of attention.
• Inasmuch: In like manner: considering that.
• Incarnadine: Blood red or flesh-colored.
• Incendiary: Setting on fire/arson; inciting strife.
• Incentive: That which encourages greater effort.
• Inchoate: Just begun, undeveloped, or disorganized.
• Incipient: Just beginning; in a very early stage.
• Incongruous: Out of place/inappropriate.
• Inconsequential: Insignificant/unimportant.
• Inconstancy: Fickleness and unreliability.
• Incorporate: Combine/unite to form a corporation.
• Inculcate: Teach persistently; implant an idea in a person.
• Indefatigable: Untiring and not able to become fatigued.
• Indeterminate: Not fixed/determined; vague.
• Indifferent: Not caring or having no interest.
• Indigence: Extreme poverty.
• Indolent: Lazy and slothful.
• Inert: Inactive or having little/no power to move.
• Inexorable: Relentless and unyielding; not moved by pleading.
• Infallible: Incapable of error; certain.
• Inform: Inspire/animate; give essence to.
• Ingenuous: Genuine/sincere; not holding back.
• Ingrained: Deep-rooted and part of essence.
• Ingrate: Ungrateful person.
• Ingratiate: Make an effort to gain favor.
• Inherent: Existing as a permanent quality-intrinsic.
• Inimical: Hostile/adverse/harmful.
• Iniquity: Injustice/wickedness/sin.
• Innocuous: Harmless/inoffensive.
• Inordinate: Excessive and unrestrained exceeding reasonable limits.
• Inquest: Legal or judicial inquiry, e.g. cause someone's death.
• Insensible: Incapable of feeling/unconscious.
• Insinuate: Hint/suggest artfully; subtly introduce an idea.
• Insipid: Dull, stale and lacking interest.
• Insular: Pertaining to an island; narrow-minded; isolated.
• Insurrection: Rebellion against the government- a revolt.
• Intelligible: Able to be understood; clear.
• lInter: Bury a dead body
• Interplay: Interaction; reciprocal relationship.
• Interregnum: time between reigns; freedom from authority.
• Intractable: Difficult to manage or cure; stubborn
• Intransigent: Refusing to compromise extreme inflexible attitudes.

Definitions to end all definitions? Almost.

• Intrepid: Fearless, enduring in the face of adversity.

• Intrinsic: Belonging to the essential nature of a thing.

• Inundate: Flood; overwhelm.

• Inure: Toughen up; accustom to hardship.

• Invective: Violent denunciation/verbal abuse.

• Inveigle: Entice, lure; get by flattery.

• Investiture: Formally giving someone a right/title. .

• Invidious: Hateful and offensive.

• Irascible: Irritable/easily angered.

• Irresolute: Wavering and unsure how to proceed. Itinerant: traveling from place to place; travel schedule . Jargon: vocabulary specific to a group; unintelligible language. Jettison: Discard; throw overboard to lighten a ship.. Jingoism: Excessive, loud patriotism Jocular: Joking.and aggressive Judicious: Using good judgment. Juncture: Critical point in time. Juxtapose: Place side by side for comparison. Keen: Sharp; piercing; intensely perceptive. Kindle: Ignite; incite; to arouse passion. Kinetic: Pertaining to motion. Knell: the sound of a bell for a funereal, or sad signals. Kudos: Praise, honor, congratulations. Lachrymose: Tearful.and mournful Lackluster: Mediocre, lacking brilliance. Laconic: Concise. using few words Lament: Mourn or express grief. Lampoon: Satire; to ridicule. Landmark: Object for navigation; significant place or event. Languid: Lacking in spirit. Larceny: Theft. Largess largesse: Generosity Lassitude: Tiredness or weariness; lazy. Latent: Potential. existing but not visible Laudable: Worthy of praise. Lavish: Abundant; generous. Lax: Not strict; slack and careless. Layperson: Not a member of the clergy (or professional). Leery: Suspicious and wary. Legerdemain: Slight-of-hand; magic. Lethargic: Lazy/Drowsy/Sluggish. Levity: Lightness or humor, lack of seriousness. Levy: Collect tax from/amount or drafting army. Liberal: Tolerant and open-minded, favorable to progress . Libertine: Morally/sexually unrestrained, freethinker. Licentious: Sexually unrestrained. Likewise: Also, and in that Same way Limpid: Clear; transparent; calm. Lionize: Treat as celebrity Lissome: Agil/Flexible/supple Listles: Spiritless; lacking interest or energy. Livid: Furiously angry or enraged. Log: Record. Loquacious: Wordy and very talkative Lucid: Clear; sane; easy to understand. Lugubrious: Mournful.and Gloomy Lull: Soothe or quiet, stop activity momentarily. Walk Lumber: in a clumsy way to weigh down

• Luminous: Shining and radiant. Lurid: Gruesome or vivid, sensational. Machination: Crafty schemes. Maelstrom: Chaotic, turbulent situation; violent whirlpool. Magnanimous: High-minded and generous. Magnate: Important, influential person. Makeshift: Temporary substitute. Malediction: A curse. Malinger: Pretend to be sick/incapacitated Malleable: Able to be shaped. Manifest: Obvious/apparent; to clear and prove. Mannered: Artificial and with particular manner. Mar: Damage or spoil. Martinet: Strict disciplinarian. Maudlin: Excessively sentimental. Maverick: Rebel and individualist. Maxim: General that is true. Mendacious: Lying; habitually dishonest Mendicant: Beggar/Religious for donations Mercurial: Flighty and subject.to changing Meretricious: Flashy, tawdry, and deceptive. Metamorphosis: change in form/nature Metaphysical: Abstract thought Meticulous: Precise and fussy. Milieu: Environment/atmosphere. Militate: Effect, weight heavily. Mired: Entangled. Mirth: Jollity/laughter/amusement. Misanthrope/Misanthropist Hater of human kind Missive: Letter, written message. Mitigate: Make less severe. Modest Humble:Simple, descent limited Modicum: limited amount Modish: ContemporarStylishy Mollify: Soothe, lessen Molt: Shed (as feathers or skin). Monastic: Relating where monks are quietly Monotony: Sameness/repetition that is bored Moreover: Besides: In just Mores: Customs/manners/morals Morose: Gloomy/Sullen Multifarious: various/variety Mundane: Common/ordinary Munificent: Generous: giving liberally Myopic: near short sighted; lacking terms

Here are some additional vocabulary terms:
Naive: Simple, unsuspecting.

Nadir: Lowest point.

Nascent: Coming into existence. Negate: Deny, refute. Neologism: New word or expression. . Neophyte: Beginner; new convert. Net: Remaining; to bring in as profit. Nettle: Irritate; annoy. Nevertheless: Despite that.

Noisome: Offensive; disgusting.

Nominal: In name only; trivial. Nontrivial: Big enough with big matter

Normative: Establishing the norm.

Notoriety: Ill repute and known. Novel: New; original. Nuance: Subtle difference. Obdurate: Stubborn; hardened Obdurate. Objective: Factual; unbiased Oblique: Slanting indirect misleading Oblique Obsequious: Servile, fawning.

Obsolete: Out of date, no longer in use. Obstinate: Stubborn and hard to Control Obviate: Prevent; eliminate Occlude: Stop up; shut in. Occult: Supernatural; pertaining to magic. Offhand: Casual; without preparation. Officious: Excessively eager to advise Offset: Counteract. Onerous: Burdensome. . Opaque: Not translucent; dull uninspired Opine: Express an opinion. Opprobrium: Disgrace Optimal: Most desirable Optimum: Most advantageous

Orotund: Pompous Orthodox: Traditional Oscillate: Swing and waver Ossify: Become inflexible. Ostensible and ostensive: Outwardly appearing evident pretended Ostentatious: Pretentious: showinesess Ostensible:

Outstrip: Surpass and leaves Overshadow: Cast as ahadow Overwrought Ornate: Agitated overly; excessivley Palatial: Luxurious fitting for palace Palliate: Relieves svereal symptoms Pallid: ABNORMALLY pale Panache: Flair: Swagger: Style