WORD Definition Sentence Hint-Clue

Abject Adj Extremely bad or severe,

poor
Abstemious adj Do not eat/drink too much I believe her abstemious ABSTEMIOUS- Abstain
lifestyle prolonged her life
Abstruse Adj Difficult to understand The subject matter is
abstruse
Accolade N Award or expression of The highest accolade is an ACCOLADE-ACC-
praise honorary degree ACKNOWLEDGE–
Acquiesce Verb Accept without argument They demanded it and he
acquiesced.
Adulation Adv Excessive admiration I am an adulator of AM  Dula-play-AM
Adverse Adj Bad, unfavourable; not good Is there such thing as
adverse publicity, or are all
types of publicity positive?
Affable Adj Friendly Ted is a kind, affable young Ted Mosby-Friendly
fellow.
Aggregate Adj Found by adding 2 or more The winning team garnered Aggregate- Agree- 2
amounts the highest aggregate
points.
Aloof Adv Not involved, not attached, Sometimes, you must act “Aloof, not a doof” Rachel
distant aloof to impress a person Greene
Altruistic Adj Lack of selfishness, generous Because she supported the Truistic- true- truly
outreach, most of us now gengerous
believe she is altruistic.
Ambivalence Adv Not constant; does Her ambivalence turned me
contradicting things off.
Amenable Adj Willing to be controlled; Just tell me what you want Amenable-bendible-flexible
willing to accept things to do, I’m amenable
Amorphous Adj No definite shape Water is amorphous MORPH- change in shape
Antediluvian Adj Old fashioned Her antediluvian ways Ante-anti-change
proved that she’s from the
province
Antiquated Adj Very old, no longer useful An antiquated TV is no Antique
longer worth keeping
Appease Verb To make up by giving He made sacrifices to Appease-aPLEASE
something appease to the gods.
Arbitrary Adj Random, chosen for no I don’t know why I chose
particular reason this, it was an arbitrary
choice
Archaic Adj Old and no more use The computer updated its
archaic computer system
Ardent Adj Having or showing very Make ardent declarations of
strong feelings love to AM
Blatant Adj Very obvious EGREGIOUS MEANS
BLATANT
Bodacious Adj Very impressive; sexually A singer with a bodacious THE BODY (of AM)
attractive voice
Delectation N Cause delight Your voice is the cause of Delectation=delight
my delectation.
Deleterious Adj Damaging or harmful Too much greenhouse gas Delete-harm something
 is deleterious to the
environment
Desolation Feeling of unhappiness or In desolation, he watched Desolate=isolate.
hopelessness him leave. To isolate is negative,
unhappy
Droll Adj Odd, amusing quality A droll little man with a
great sense of humor
Earnest N Serious mental state An earnest plea for help Ernest Hemingway –
serious writers

Effusive Adj Express pleasure, gratitude Cheska is effusive of her Diffuse; stop from
or approval in a very emotions. exploding
enthusiastic way Effuse: let explode
Egregious Adj Very bad, easily noticed; Everyone makes mistakes, Crack- mistake&obvious
blatant maybe not as egregious as Egregious- obvious
yours.
Foster Verb Help grow or develop Their group’s advocacy is to
foster education
Frivolous Adj No serious purpose or value He believes that watching
Television is a frivolous
activity
Frugal Adj Careful about spending A frugal meal of rice and
money; thrifty sardines
Futile Adj Pointless and useless A futile and foolish gesture
Gaudy Adj Too bright, too decorated The vendors at tabora wore
gaudy costumes
Gawky Adj Awkward, clumsy gAWKward
Immutable Adj Unable to be changed The immutable laws of
gravity
Ineffable Adj Too great, too powerful to AM IS INEFFABLE “I’m not effable?”
be described
Innocuous Adj Not likely to bother anyone; He told a few innocuous
harmless jokes
Invaluable Adj Valuable, useful
Lofty Adj Noble, important, A lofty building is very high
admirable; up high
Mischievous Adj Doing things they are not I believe that mischievous
supposed to do children grow up to be
explorers
Mundane Adj Something very ordinary, I hate listening to the tiring, Moon-plain white;
not unusual mundane details of her something usual u see
stories
Obscure Adj Dark, dim
Obstinate Adj Stubborn; refusing to His obstinate refusal to
change behaviour obey.
Ostentatious Adj Displaying wealth, Three ostentatiously
knowledge to attract displayed his broad
attention, admiration or knowledge on the subject
envy matter.
Pellucid Adj Very clear LUCID, clead
Prosaic Adj Dull and uninteresting I find their school paper
prosaic.
 Soporific Adj Causing someone to fall What’s the point of drinking
asleep; boring soporific drinks?
Timid Adj Shy, nervous and no courage The timid child finally had
the courage to say hi to his
classmate
Uncouth Adj Rude His reaction towards the
technical difficulty was
uncouth.
Volatile Adj Changing; likely to become A strawberry cannot grow
dangerous and out of in volatile conditions
control