Advanced Vocabulary 13-24

The exercise was created 2021-03-25 by MalinThorn. Question count: 88.

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  • disparity a state of inequality, a great difference
  • facilitate to make easier
  • fraudulent dishonest, deceptive
  • ludicrous laughable
  • opportunist a person who pursues and exploits any kind of opportunity without being guided by principles, plans or any ethical considerations
  • shirk avoid, ignore or neglect responsibility
  • spite a desire to hurt, annoy, vengeance
  • apathy a lack of interest or enthusiasm
  • diligent conscientiously hard-working
  • inane empty and pointless
  • indict to charge with a crime
  • petty unimportant or trivial
  • sedentary inactive; spending much time seated
  • facetious in a joking manner; treating serious matters with deliberately inappropriate humor
  • discord disagreement or conflict
  • ostracize to exclude from a group
  • pensive deep in thought or reflection
  • placid tranquil, peaceful, calm
  • salient Most noticeable, important, prominent, or conspicuous
  • tacit understood or implied but not specifically expressed
  • zeal passion, or enthusiasm (usually in pursuit of a cause or objective)
  • cryptic mysterious, secret, or obscure in meaning
  • dichotomy a division into two groups or parts or two opposing viewpoints
  • disdain contempt
  • impugn criticize; dispute the truth; call into question
  • malice the desire to hurt others
  • staunch strong, loyal and committed in attitude
  • vilify to write or speak badly or abusively about
  • conundrum a confusing problem or question
  • exploit to make use of, take advantage of (unfairly profit from)
  • gullible easily persuaded to believe something
  • impeccable perfect, flawless
  • penchant a strong habitual fondness for something
  • plausible believable, possible
  • scrutinize to look over or inspect closely
  • concoct to make by combining different ingredients, create or devise
  • credence belief that or acceptance that something is true
  • devise to plan or invent
  • disengage to detach or separate from something
  • rebuke to express sstrong criticism or disapproval of (someone)
  • sentiment an opinion
  • unilateral performed by a single person, group or country (an action or decision)
  • expedite to make something happen sooner (usually an action or process)
  • flagrant outrageous or conspicuously offensive
  • frugal thrifty, economical
  • gregarious sociable, outgoing
  • misanthrope a person who dislikes people and avoids people
  • pacifist a person who does not believe in war or violence.
  • repudiate to reject as false
  • astute shrewd, or having the ability to accurately assess situations or people for one's own advantage
  • candor the quality of openness and honesty in attitude and expression
  • copious plentiful, abundant in supply
  • effeminate feminine, unmanly
  • finagle to get something through manipulation or dishonest means
  • prolific very productive
  • tangible touchable, perceptible by touch
  • ad lib to speak or perform without preparing previously, improvise
  • animosity strong hostility, hatred
  • earnest serious and sincere
  • epitome a perfect example
  • genre a category or kind (usually of art, literature, or music)
  • permeate to spread throughout (usually odor)
  • taciturn reserved, saying little
  • callous insensitive and unfeeling toward others
  • emulate to imitate or model yourself after
  • finite limited
  • laud to praise
  • nocturnal active at night
  • noxious harmful or unpleasant
  • recant to take back what one has said; to say that one no longer holds a belief or opinion
  • agony intense suffering and pain
  • allege assert or claim wrongdoing by someone (typically without proof)
  • caricature a picture or description of a person or thing with comically exaggerated characteristics
  • disperse cause to go in different directions
  • incite to stir up or encourage (violent or unlawful behavior)
  • polarize to divide or cause to divide into two sharply contrasting groups
  • precipitate to cause to happen suddenly or sooner than expected
  • sanction official authorization, approval or ratification of a law
  • commemorate to remember and show respect (in a ceremony)
  • devastate to ruin or destroy
  • disarmament the reduction of military or weapons
  • distraught very agitated and upset from mental conflict
  • embark to start, begin
  • envision to imagine as a future possibility
  • excerpt an extract (from film, writing, music, or other type of work)
  • forsake to abandon
  • temperance abstinence from drinking alcohol
  • vow to solemnly promise

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