Vocabulary Quiz: Advanced English Words

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• Ignominious: deserving or causing shame or dishonor
• Brazen: impudent or impertinent
• Feckless: weak or ineffective
• Urbane: courteous and refined in manner
• Admonish: to caution or advise someone
• Impasse: a situation in which no progress can be made
• Ambulatory: able to walk or move around
• Indolent: wanting to avoid activity or exertion
• Vacuous: having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence
• Lugubrious: sad or mourful
• Mitigate: to make something less severe or unpleasant
• Compunction: a feeling of guilt or remorse
• Churlish: rude or uncooperative
• Diffident: lacking confidence in one's own abilities or judgment
• Edict: an official proclamation or decree
• Indiscretion: the quality of being reckless or careless
• Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended result
• Palpitate: to cause a strong emotional response
• Ennui: a feeling of listlessness and boredom
• Inscrutable: difficult to understand or interpret
• Encumber: to hinder or obstruct
• Suppliant: humbly asking for something
• Prognosticate: to forecast or predict something
• Tumult: a state of great commotion or disturbance
• Vacillate: to hesitate or waver
• Marauding: robbing or plundering, especially in a predatory manner
• Avocation: a hobby or activity outside one's regular job
• Capricious: given to sudden, unpredictable changes
• Disparity: a noticeable difference or inequality
• Affront: an action or statement that causes offense or annoyance
• Impetus: a driving force or motivation
• Moribund: dying or decaying
• Wizen(eD: to become or make someone wise or wise-looking
• Blasé: unimpressed or indifferent
• Cajole: to persuade someone to do something by gentle persuasion
• Choleric: having or showing a quick temper
• Lassitude: a feeling of tiredness or lack of energy
• Licentious: having or showing a lack of moral standards
• Capacious: having a lot of space or capacity
• Didactic: intended to teach or instruct
• Deleterious: causing harm or having a bad effect
• Corroborate: to confirm or support something
• Preposterous: utterly absurd or ridiculous
• Retinue: a group of people who accompany an important person
• Nefarious: wicked or criminal
• Subversive: intended to overthrow or undermine
• Cognizant: having knowledge or awareness
• Collusion: secret agreement to deceive or cheat
• Allay: to reduce or remove fear or anxiety
• Prostrate: lying down or fallen to the ground
• Alacrity: quick and enthusiastic eagerness
• Unctuous: excessively flattering or trying to please
• Aplomb: complete calmness and self-confidence
• Barrage: a rapid and intense attack or criticism
• Inexorable: impossible to stop or prevent
• Pecuniary: relating to money
• Plight: a difficult or precarious situation