Vocabulary Quiz on Word Definitions

Word Definitions

• Abound: To exist in large numbers or amounts.
• Abstain: To refrain from doing or consuming something.
• Aesthetic: Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
• Amorphous: Lacking a clear shape or form; shapeless.
• Capricious: Unpredictable or given to sudden changes of mood or behavior.
• Austere: Severe or strict in manner; without luxury or decoration.
• Congenial: Pleasant and friendly; suited to one's taste or disposition.
• Belie: To contradict or give a false impression.
• Cursory: Hasty and not thorough or detailed.
• Daunting: Intimidating or discouraging.
• Cerebral: Intellectual rather than emotional or physical; relating to the brain.
• Didactic: Intended to teach, often in a moralizing or overly instructive way.
• Disseminate: To spread widely, especially information or ideas.
• Cherish: To care for deeply; to hold something dear.
• Flout: To openly disregard a rule, law, or convention.
• Deify: To treat someone or something as a god.
• Feasible: Possible and practical to do easily or conveniently.
• Homogeneous: Composed of similar or identical parts; uniform.
• Misanthropic: Disliking or avoiding people; distrustful of humanity.
• Misnomer: A wrong or inaccurate name or term for something.
• Humdrum: Lacking excitement or variety; dull and monotonous.
• Insipid: Lacking flavor, interest, or vigor; dull.
• Quixotic: Unrealistically idealistic or romantic; impractical.
• Lax: Not strict or careful; negligent.
• Advocate: To publicly support or recommend something; a person who supports a cause.
• Banal: Lacking originality; boring and unoriginal.
• Benign: Gentle, kind, or harmless.
• Brazen: Bold and without shame; unashamedly confident.
• Candid: Truthful and straightforward; honest and open.
• Covet: To strongly desire something that belongs to someone else.
• Decorum: Proper and polite behavior or conduct.
• Deft: Skillful and quick in one's movements or actions.
• Demur: To raise doubts or objections; to show reluctance.
• Abate: To lessen in intensity or degree; to reduce or diminish.
• Artless: Without deceit; natural, simple, or naive.
• Loquacious: Very talkative; tending to talk a lot.
• Negligent: Failing to take proper care in doing something.
• Opaque: Not transparent; hard to understand.
• Mitigate: To make less severe or painful; to alleviate.
• Placate: To calm or pacify someone, often by making concessions.
• Placid: Calm and peaceful; free from disturbance.
• Prophetic: Accurately predicting future events; visionary.
• Prudent: Acting with care and thought for the future; wise.
• Aloof: Distant or detached in behavior or emotion.
• Placate: To calm or pacify someone, often by making concessions.
• Placid: Calm and peaceful; free from disturbance.
• Prophetic: Accurately predicting future events; visionary.
• Prudent: Acting with care and thought for the future; wise.
• Aloof: Distant or detached in behavior or emotion.
• Placate: To calm or pacify someone, often by making concessions.
• Placid: Calm and peaceful; free from disturbance.
• Prophetic: Accurately predicting future events; visionary.
• Prudent: Acting with care and thought for the future; wise.
• Aloof: Distant or detached in behavior or emotion.
• Lucrative: Producing a great deal of profit; financially rewarding.
• Vitiate: To spoil, impair, or weaken the quality or efficiency of something.