Word Definition Brash Rude and tactless. Cease To stop.

Abundant Present in large quantities. Brief Short (in terms of time). Censure To express strong disapproval.
Accumulate To gradually collect. Brusque Abrupt to the point of rudeness. Chronological Arranged in order of time or date.
Accurate Correct; free from errors. Cacophony A harsh, unpleasant mixture of noise. Clarify To make clear; to remove confusion.
Accustomed Used to something. Deter To discourage. Coalesce To combine or grow together.
Acquire To come into possession of. Deviate To differ from the norm. Coerce To force someone to do something against their will.
Adamant Refusing to change an opinion. Devise To plan or create. Cognizant Being aware or having knowledge of something.
Adequate Enough to suit your needs. Diatribe A sharp criticism or attack. Cohesion Uniting; becoming one.
Adjacent Close to or next to. Digress To wander from the main subject. Coincide To occur at the same time.
Adjust To change something for better outcomes. Dilemma A situation where one must choose between two difficult choices. Collapse To fall down or break down.
Advantage Something that makes it easier to achieve success. Diminish To shrink or reduce. Collide To hit one another with a forceful impact.
Advocate To publicly support. Dispose To get rid of. Commitment Dedication to a cause or activity.
Adverse Unfavorable; against one’s desires. Disproportionate Too large or small when compared to something else. Community A group of people who live or work together.
Aggregate To combine. Disrupt To interrupt by causing a disturbance. Conceal To hide.
Aggressive Assertive and pushy. Distort To misrepresent. Concur To agree.
Allocate To put aside for a specific purpose. Distribute To give portions of something. Conflict A disagreement or fight.
Alternative Another option or choice. Diverse Showing a lot of variety. Constrain To restrict or repress.
Amateur Someone who is inexperienced Divert To cause a change of course. Contemplate To consider thoughtfully.
Ambiguous unclear and difficult to understand. Dynamic Constantly changing. Continuously To go on without stopping.
Ambitious Having large goals. Ease To reduce unpleasantness or difficulty. Contradict To give the opposite opinion.
Amend To change for the better; to improve. Efficient Maximizing productivity. Contribute To give something to a common fund or cause.
Ample Plentiful. Eliminate To remove. Convey To make known.
Anomaly Deviation from the norm. Elite A select, above-average group. Copious Abundant.
Annual Occurring yearly. Eloquent Moving speech or writing. Core Central; of main importance.
Antagonize To tease or be hostile towards a person or group. Emphasize To give special importance to when speaking or writing. Corrode To gradually wear away.
Attitude Manner or feeling. Endure To suffer through something difficult with patience. Cumbersome Burdensome; clumsy
Attribute To give credit. Enhance To intensify or magnify. Curriculum The courses given by a school or program.
Arbitrary Based on a whim or random decision. Epitome A perfect example of something. Data Facts, statistics, or pieces of information.
Arduous Requiring a lot of effort. Equivalent Equal. Decay To decline in health or excellence.
Assuage To lessen a negative feeling. Erroneous Incorrect. Deceive To trick or mislead.
Assume To suppose without solid proof. Estimate An approximate value. Decipher To find the meaning of.
Augment To increase or make larger. Evade To avoid or escape. Declaration An announcement.
Benefit Something positive or advantageous. Evaluate To assess. Decline To politely refuse, To deteriorate health wise
Berate To scold. Evidence Facts or information that help prove or disprove something. Degrade To lower in quality.
Bestow To give as a gift. Evolve To gradually change. Demonstrate To show.
Boast To brag or talk with excessive pride. Exemplary Worthy of imitation. Deny To state that something isn’t true.
Boost To help raise or increase something. Exclude To leave out. Deplete To significantly decrease.
Brash Rude and tactless. Exclusive Not admitting the majority. Deposit To deliver and leave an item.
Desirable Worth having or wanting. Extract To get or remove something. Progeny Offspring.
Despise To hate. Famine A time when there is an extreme lack of food. Quarrel Disagreement or fight; to have an argument.
Detect To locate something. Inconsistent Changing randomly. Incessant Continuing without pause.
Feasible Possible to do. Indefatigable Untiring. Incidental A minor part.
Finite Having an end or limits. Mediocre Ordinary, average. Incite To urge on.
Flaw A feature that ruins the perfection of something. Mend To fix. Inclination A preference.
Fluctuate To change continually. Method A way of doing something. Incompetent Incapable; lacking ability.
Focus The central point or idea. Migrate To move from one place to another. Mediocre Ordinary, average.
Fortify To strengthen. Minimum The smallest or lowest amount possible. Mend To fix.
Framework A skeletal structure designed to support. Misleading Giving the wrong idea. Method A way of doing something.
Frivolous Unnecessary; of little importance Modify To change. Migrate To move from one place to another.
Function A purpose natural to a person or thing. Morose Gloomy, depressed. Minimum The smallest or lowest amount possible.
Fundamental Of primary importance. Negligent Lazy, neglectful. Misleading Giving the wrong idea.
Gap A space in between to objects. Nonchalant Indifferent, unexcited. Modify To change.
Garbled Communication that is distorted and unclear. Obey To follow orders or instructions. Morose Gloomy, depressed.
Generate To produce. Obtain To get. Negligent Lazy, neglectful.
Grandiose Pompous; overly important. Obvious Easily understood. Nonchalant Indifferent, unexcited.
Hackneyed Overused and unoriginal. Opponent Someone on the opposite side for a game or contest. Obey To follow orders or instructions.
Haphazard Lacking planning. Oppress To unfairly burden. Obtain To get.
Harsh Not gentle; unpleasant. Origin The source; where something began. Obvious Easily understood.
Hasty In a hurry. Paradigm A typical example of something. Opponent Someone on the opposite side for a game or contest.
Hazardous Full of risk. Parsimonious Frugal, stingy. Oppress To unfairly burden.
Hesitate To pause, often due to reluctance. Partake To join in. Origin The source; where something began.
Hierarchy A ranking system. Partial Preferring one option over others. Paradigm A typical example of something.
Hindrance Something that causes delay or resistance. Paucity Something existing in very small amounts; scarcity. Parsimonious Frugal, stingy.
Hollow Empty inside. Peak The highest or most important point. Partake To join in.
Horror An intense feeling of fear. Peripheral Located on the side or edge. Partial Preferring one option over others.
Hostile Extremely unfriendly. Permeate To penetrate or pass through. Paucity Something existing in very small amounts; scarcity.
Hypothesis An unproven idea to explain something. Persist To continue, especially when facing opposition. Peak The highest or most important point.
Identical Exactly the same. Pertain Relate. Peripheral Located on the side or edge.
Illiterate Unable to read. Phase A period or stage in a process. Permeate To penetrate or pass through.
Illustrate To explain by using an example. Poll A record of opinions or votes. Persist To continue, especially when facing opposition.
Impact Effect or influence. Potent Powerful. Pertain Relate.
Impair To worsen. Pragmatic Practical, sensible. Phase A period or stage in a process.
Implement To carry out. Praise To give approval or admiration. Poll A record of opinions or votes.
Imply To strongly suggest. Precede To come before. Potent Powerful.
Impose To force upon. Precise Exact. Pragmatic Practical, sensible.
Impoverish To reduce to poverty. Prestigious Having a high reputation. Praise To give approval or admiration.
Incentive A reason to do something. Prevalent Widespread. Precede To come before.
Exploit To use selfishly. Primary First; most important. Precise Exact.
Expose To reveal or unmask. Prior Previous or earlier. Prestigious Having a high reputation.
Extension An act of making something longer. Proceed To continue doing something. Prevalent Widespread.
Primary First; most important. Shelter To protect from something harmful. Vacillate To waver or be indecisive.
Prior Previous or earlier. Shrink To become smaller. Valid Just; well-founded.
Proceed To continue doing something. Significant Important, noteworthy. Vanish To disappear quickly.
Progeny Offspring. Somber Gloomy; depressing. Vary To be different from something else in a group.
Promote To further to progress of something. Source A person, place, or thing where something was obtained. Verdict A judgement or decision.
Prosper To do well. Sparse Thinly scattered. Vestige A trace of something disappearing or disappeared.
Range The distance between two things. Specify To clearly indicate which one. Vial A small container used to hold liquids.
Rank An official position or station. Speculate To form a theory without strong evidence. Vilify To speak poorly of; to slander.
Rebuke To sternly disapprove or reprimand. Solitary Alone; without others. Voluminous Taking up a lot of space.
Recapitulate To give a brief summary. Soothe To calm or comfort. Whereas On the contrary.
Recede To retreat. Squalid Filthy and unpleasant.
Recommend To present someone with confidence and approval. Stable Unlikely to change or fail.
Reform To make changes that improve something. Stagnant Sluggish, showing little movement.
Regulate To supervise or control a process. Strategy A plan to reach a desired outcome.
Reinforce To strengthen with added support. Subsequent Coming after something in time.
Reject To say no to something that is offered. Substitute A person or thing acting in place of another.
Release To free; to allow to be known. Subtle Difficult to notice right away.
Rely To depend on. Sufficient Enough to serve a particular purpose.
Reproach To express disapproval or disappointment. Summarize To briefly give the main points.
Require To need for a specific purpose. Supervise To oversee work or a process.
Resent To feel bitterness or anger towards something. Supplant To take the place of something else.
Resign To give up an office or position. Suspend To temporarily stop.
Resist To withstand the effect of. Suspicious Having the belief about something dishonest or illegal.
Resolve To come to a firm decision. Sustain To keep going.
Restrict To confine or keep within limits. Symbolic Serving as a symbol.
Retain To continue to do something or keep something. Technical Relating to a specific subject or craft.
Retract To withdraw after it’s found to be untrue. Terminal Situated at the end.
Retrieve To bring back. Tolerate To put up with.
Rhetorical Used just for style or impact. Transfer To move from one place to another.
Rigid Stiff; unyielding. Transition Changing from one state or condition to another.
Rotate To turn. Transparent 1. See-through material.2. Easy to detect.
Safeguard Something that serves as protection or ensures safety. Tuition The fee for instruction at a school.
Scrutinize To very carefully examine. Unobtrusive Not attracting attention.
Section A part of the whole. Unscathed Unharmed.
Select To choose. Upbeat Happy; optimistic.
Sequence Things that follow each other in a certain order. Unjust Unfair.
Severe 1. Harsh or strict. 2. Grave, critical. zenith the point above the observer directly opposite the nadir
Shallow Not deep. yearn desire strongly or persistently
vague lacking clarity or distinctness
tenacious stubbornly unyielding