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Abundant Present in large quantities. Cohesion Uniting; becoming one. Disrupt To interrupt by causing a disturbance.

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

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