v. to become less active, less intense, or Candid adj.

direct, blunt
Abate
less in amount
Candor n. the trait of being honest and frank
Abysmal adj. extremely bad
adj. emotionally unattached (usu. used
Clinical
Adversarial adj. relating to hostile opposition in medical or scientific setting)

n. someone who promotes or defends Clout n. special advantage or power

something
Advocate adj. satisfied, with no desire to change
v. to defend or promote something Complacent
or improve
(usu. a belief, theory, opinion, etc.)

v. to be forced to agree or surrender

Agitate v. to promote something (usu. a cause) Concede
v. to admit to a transgression
v. to make a secretive mention of
Allude
something Condone v. to overlook, approve, or allow

Altercation n. a noisy argument or confrontation adj. able to bring about or be suitable

Conducive
for
n. the state of being uncertain or stuck
Ambivalence
between two or more options v. to share something secretive with
Confide
someone
Analogous adj. similar but not identical
Consensus n. overall agreement
Anomaly n. something different from the norm
v. to form or compose (part of)
Constitute
Antipathy n. a strong feeling of dislike something

Apprehension n. fearful expectation of something Contend v. to maintain or assert (an opinion)

Assertion n. a strong declaration v. to provide evidence for; to back up (a

Corroborate
claim)
adj. extremely plain
Culmination n. the final act or climax
Austere adj. stern and forbidding

adj. relating to self-denial Deference n. respect; regard

n. an intangible path or approach to Demur v. to object to

Avenue
something
Disparage v. to belittle or speak down to
Bittersweet adj. tinged with a feeling of sadness
Dispatch v. to send off a message or messenger
Bolster v. to support, strengthen, or fortify
Diversificatio
n. the act of becoming diverse
Brevity n. the quality of being brief or terse n
Dreary adj. sad, gloomy, dull v. to guess, conclude, or derive by
Infer
reasoning
Dubious adj. doubtful, questionable
Inversion n. a reversal
Egregious adj. extremely bad
v. to call on; to appeal to (e.g., a higher
Invoke
Emphatic adj. very expressive; using emphasis power)

adj. derived from experience, Locomotion n. movement

Empirical
observation, or an experiment
adj. capable of making a lot of money;
Lucrative
Entail v. to involve or include profitable

Entrenched adj. firmly established adj. extravagant or exaggerated (as of a

Melodramatic
melodrama)
Enumerate v. to specify or count
Novel adj. new, innovative
adj. having no fixed course; deviating
Erratic
from the norm Nuance n. a subtle difference in meaning

v. to make worse or increase the Peculiar

Exacerbate n. the beginning or early stages
severity of
Onset

Facilitate v. to aid the progress of

Opine v. to openly express an opinion

Fiscal adj. related to (government) money

Ornate adj. highly detailed and decorated

Foment v. to stir up
v. to remove or force out of (usu. a
Oust
position or office)
Freewheeling adj. carefree
adj. punctual, on time
Galvanizing adj. thrilling, exciting, stimulating
n. a cue to begin something;
Prompt
Geriatric adj. relating to old age instructions

v. to incite, propel, or cause to act

Ignominious adj. publicly shameful or humiliating
adj. predominant, superior, most
adj. impressive (esp. in size or Paramount
Imposing important
appearance)
Petulant adj. cranky, pouty, irritable
Imposition n. an unnecessary burden
Pragmatic adj. practical, useful
Imprudent adj. not cautious or prudent; rash
Prescribe v. to command orders
Incite v. to encourage or stir up
Promulgate v. to put into law or formally declare
Quirk n. a strange habit Tactful adj. skilled at dealing with people

Ramify v. to split into two or more branches adj. abundantly filled (usu. with living
Teeming
organisms)
v. to give up (usu. power or a position)
Renounce Tentative adj. not yet finalized
v. to cast off

Ubiquitous adj. being everywhere at once

v. to refuse to recognize as true
Repudiate
v. to cast off Unadorned adj. undecorated, plain

Retention n. the act of keeping something v. to weaken or subvert (usu. gradually

Undermine
or secretly)
Satiated adj. satisfied (usu. in hunger)
v. to emphasize or give additional
Underscore
adj. having practical intelligence or weight to
Savvy
knowledge
v. to move as ripples or in a wavy
Undulate
Scrupulous adj. paying great attention to detail pattern

n. opinion Unilateral adj. one-sided

Sentiment
n. a tender or moving gesture
Unmitigated adj. downright, utter, total

Sheer adj. so thin that light can shine through

n. ability to be done in a practical or
Viability
useful way
n. the joining of commonalities or
Solidarity
common purposes among a group
Warrant v. to prove to be reasonable

Spur v. to stimulate or incite

Squalid adj. run-down, sordid, or sleazy

adj. very plain; devoid of any details or

Stark
features

adj. motionless
Static
adj. changeless

v. to strengthen with new evidence or

Substantiate
facts

Surly adj. unfriendly; inclined to anger

Surmount v. to get on top of or overcome

Susceptible adj. to be vulnerable (to something)