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Vocabulary 11-20 Arduous: adj, hard to do. Benign: adj, kind or gentle.
Atone: v, to make up for. Auspicious: adj, attended by favorable Circumstance, marked by success. Belligerent: adj, aggressive loud mouthed.
Cherubic: adj, resembling an angel. Circumlocution: n, the use of unnecessary. language. Coerced: v, persuaded. Cordial: adj, friendly.
Dogma: n, a belief.
Vocabulary Week 41-50 Eccentric: adj, odd, unusual. Exploit: v, to make use of. n, a deed.
Eminent: adj, famous or outstanding. Equinox: n, 2 times a year when day and night are the same length.
Fecal/feces: n, poop. Facetious: adj, playful, joking, witty. Flippant: adj, lacking respect or seriousness. Futile: adj, useless.
Vocabulary 51-60 Gauche: adj, lacking grace or social polish. Gauntlet: n, ordeal, difficult to get past. Gist: n, general idea.
Homogeneous: adj, of the same or similar kind, when everything is the same.
Inundate: v, to overwhelm.
Melancholy: n, depressed.
Malice: n, done with evil intent. Mediocre: adj, average, ordinary, not impressive.
Vocabulary 91-100 Narcissistic: n, abnormal love of oneself. Narcissist: n. Nirvana: n, absolute blessedness.
Posthumous: adj, occurring after death. Pander: v, to cater to a persons weakness. Preposterous: adj, ridiculous. Pensive: adj, thoughtful, reflective. Plethora: n, overabundanc. Prim: adj, very neat, proper.
Pulchritude: n, beauty.
Serendipity:n, fate/chance.
Subtle: adj, having a delicate quality, almost secret. Superfluous: adj, exceeding what is required.
Subjugate: v, to bring under control, conquer. Sublime: adj, majestic, elevated, inspiring awe.
Tenacious: adj, stubborn, not giving up, relentless. Ubiquitous: adj, being everywhere.
Vindicate: v, justify.
Visceral: adj, instinctive. Vortex: n, place or situation that sucks everything into its center.
Vocabulary 151-160 Vulgar: adj, rude, bad. Ornery: adj, bad tempered .
Vocabulary 161-170 Unctuous: adj characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; suave, or smug. Deciduous: adj not permanent; transitory.
Levity: n, Humor, lighthearted. Egregious: adj extraordinary in some bad way. Minion: n, follower, underling. Quarrel: n, v, an argument.
Qualm: n, an uneasy feeling related to conscience. Pedantic: adj, overly concerned with details or learning.
Vocabulary 171-180 Cacophony: n, a mixture of meaningless or disharmony. Nebulous: adj, hazy, vague, confused. Neophyte: n, beginner, novice. Nemesis: n, someone or thing as an opponent that cant be conquered. Nepotism: n, favoritism showed to family.
Autonomy: n, independence, on ones own. Pessimism: n, tendency only to see the bad. Petulant: adj, easily annoyed.
Piety /pious: n, having great respect for God or the state of being religious. Collusion: n, a secret agreement for evil.
Recapitulate: v, to summarize.
Malign: v, to say or write or damaging things of another that may not be true.
Vocabulary 191-200 Scatological: adj, a preoccupation with the obscene or excrement. Manic/mania: adj, n, excessive happiness or agitation.
Hindrance: n, obstacle.
Scrutinize: v, inspect or look over closely. Poignant: adj, emotional, important, sad.