Vocabulary Study Quiz

Vocabulary Study Notes

• Abdicate: To formally renounce a throne, high office, or function; to relinquish power. Synonym: discard
• Apathetic: Showing little or no interest, concern, or emotion.
• Artless: Lacking skill or knowledge; natural, sincere, without guile. Synonyms: uncouth, crude, natural, sincere, simple
• Craven: Cowardly; lacking courage
• Debonair: Suave, urbane; lighthearted and nonchalant.
• Eschew: To avoid habitually, especially for moral or practical reasons; to shun.
• Fickle: Lacking steadfastness or constancy; given to erratic changes.
• Forgo: To give up the enjoyment of something; to do without.
• Incapacitate: To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable. Can also mean to make legally incapable or ineligible.
• Ingenue: A naive young woman; a stage role of such a woman.
• Lackey: A servant or someone who does menial tasks; a servile follower, sycophant.
• Livery: A servant's uniform; distinctive clothing; a business offering vehicles for rent; care of horses for a fee.
• Narcissist: An extremely self-centered person with an exaggerated sense of self-importance; someone overly concerned with physical appearance.
• Partisan: A strong adherent to a party, faction, or cause; exhibiting blind allegiance; a member of a guerrilla band.
• Preclude: To make impossible or rule out in advance.
• Propitious: Favorably disposed; being a good omen; advantageous.
• Proscribe: To condemn as harmful or unlawful; prohibit.
• Purview: The authority, competence, or scope of something; range of vision or understanding.
• Rancor: Bitter, deep-seated ill will.
• Rant: To talk in a loud, excited, or declamatory manner; to scold vehemently; a bombastic speech or language.
• Rapport: A friendly, harmonious relationship characterized by agreement, mutual understanding, or empathy.
• Revoke: To annul or rescind; to bring back or call back.
• Steadfast: Firm in belief, determination, or adherence; loyal; immovable.
• Stolid: Having or expressing little sensibility; unemotional.
• Turncoat: Someone who switches to an opposing side or party; a traitor.