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GRE Test Vocabulary and SAT Test Vocabulary High Frequency WordsThe following is a list of high frequency vocabulary words found on multiple exams, such as the GRE and SAT. Make a study schedule and memorize the following terms to excel on your test. aberrant: Markedly different from an accepted norm. aberration: Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. abet: To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). abeyance: A state of suspension or temporary inaction. abjure: To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. ablution: A washing or cleansing, especially of the body. abrogate: To abolish, repeal. abscond: To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. abstemious: Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food. abstruse: Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. abut: To touch at the end or boundary line. accede: To agree. acquiesce: To comply; submit. acrid: Harshly pungent or bitter. acumen: Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. adage: An old saying. adamant: Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. admonition: Gentle reproof. adumbrate: To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. affable: Easy to approach. aggrandize: To cause to appear greatly. aggravate: To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. agile: Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. agog: In eager desire. alacrity: Cheerful willingness. alcove: A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. alleviate: To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. aloof: Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. amalgamate: To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. ambidextrous: Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease. ambiguous: Having a double meaning. ameliorate: To relieve, as from pain or hardship anathema: Anything forbidden, as by social usage. animadversion: The utterance of criticism or censure. animosity: Hatred. antediluvian: Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah. antidote: Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like. aplomb: Confidence; coolness. apocryphal : Of doubtful authority or authenticity. apogee: The climax. apostate: False. apotheosis: Deification. apparition: Ghost. appease: To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. apposite: Appropriate. apprise: To give notice to; to inform. approbation: Sanction. arboreal: Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. ardor: Intensity of passion or affection. argot: A specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group. arrant: Notoriously bad. ascetic: Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion. ascribe: To assign as a quality or attribute. asperity: Harshness or roughness of temper. assiduous: Unceasing; persistent assuage: To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease. astringent: Harsh in disposition or character. astute: Keen in discernment. atonement: Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury. audacious: Fearless. augury: Omen auspicious: Favorable omen austere: Severely simple; unadorned. autocrat: Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence. auxiliary: One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory. avarice: Passion for getting and keeping riches. aver: To avouch, justify or prove aversion: A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing. avow: To declare openly. baleful: Malignant. banal: Commonplace. bask: To make warm by genial heat. beatify: To make supremely happy. bedaub: To smear over, as with something oily or sticky. bellicose: Warlike. belligerent: Manifesting a warlike spirit. benefactor: A doer of kindly and charitable acts. benevolence: Any act of kindness or well-doing. benign: Good and kind of heart. berate: To scold severely. bewilder: To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. blandishment: Flattery intended to persuade. blatant: Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. blithe: Joyous. boisterous: Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. bolster: To support, as something wrong. bombast: Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects. boorish: Rude. breach: The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation. brittle: Fragile. broach: To mention, for the first time. bumptious: Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. buoyant: Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. burnish: To make brilliant or shining. cabal: A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose. cacophony: A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones. cajole: To impose on or dupe by flattering speech. callow: Without experience of the world. calumny: Slander. candid: Straightforward. cant: To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity. capacious: Roomy. capitulate: To surrender or stipulate terms. captious: Hypercritical. castigate: To punish. cataract: Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness. caustic: Sarcastic and severe. censure: To criticize severely; also, an expression of disapproval. centurion: A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army. chagrin: Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors. chary: Careful; wary; cautious. chicanery: The use of trickery to deceive. circumlocution: Indirect or roundabout expression. coddle: To treat as a baby or an invalid. coerce: To force. coeval: Existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary. cogent: Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience. cogitate: Consider carefully and deeply; ponder. cognizant: Taking notice. colloquial: Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary. collusion: A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose. comestible: Fit to be eaten. commemorate: To serve as a remembrance of. complaisance: Politeness. complement: To make complete. comport: To conduct or behave (oneself). compunction: Remorseful feeling. conceit: Self-flattering opinion. conciliatory: Tending to reconcile. concord: Harmony. concur: To agree. condense: To abridge. conflagration: A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like. confluence: The place where streams meet. congeal: To coagulate. conjoin: To unite. connoisseur: A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art. console: To comfort. conspicuous: Clearly visible. consternation: Panic. constrict: To bind. consummate: To bring to completion. contiguous: Touching or joining at the edge or boundary. contrite: Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin. contumacious: Rebellious. copious: Plenteous. cornucopia: The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity. corporeal: Of a material nature; physical. correlate: To put in some relation of connection or correspondence. corroboration: Confirmation. counterfeit: Made to resemble something else. countervail: To offset. covert: Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. cower: To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. crass: Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. credulous: Easily deceived. cupidity: Avarice. cursory: Rapid and superficial. curtail: To cut off or cut short. cynosure: That to which general interest or attention is directed. dearth: Scarcity, as of something customary, essential,or desirable. defer: To delay or put off to some other time. deign: To deem worthy of notice or account. deleterious: Hurtful, morally or physically. delineate: To represent by sketch or diagram. deluge: To overwhelm with a flood of water. demagogue: An unprincipled politician. denizen: Inhabitant. denouement: That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up. deplete: To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste. deposition: Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court. deprave: To render bad, especially morally bad. deprecate: To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite. deride: To ridicule. derision: Ridicule. derivative: Coming or acquired from some origin. descry: To discern. desiccant: Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds. desuetude: A state of disuse or inactivity. desultory: Not connected with what precedes. deter: To frighten away. dexterity: Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work. diaphanous: Transparent. diatribe: A bitter or malicious criticism. didactic: Pertaining to teaching. diffidence: Self-distrust. diffident: Affected or possessed with self-distrust. dilate: To enlarge in all directions. dilatory: Tending to cause delay. disallow: To withhold permission or sanction. discomfit: To put to confusion. disconcert: To disturb the composure of. disconsolate : Hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless. discountenance: To look upon with disfavor. discredit: To injure the reputation of. discreet: Judicious. disheveled: Disordered; disorderly; untidy. dissemble: To hide by pretending something different. disseminate: To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. dissent: Disagreement. dissolution: A breaking up of a union of persons. distraught: Bewildered. divulge: To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret. dogmatic: Making statements without argument or evidence. dormant: Being in a state of or resembling sleep. dubious: Doubtful. duplicity: Double-dealing. earthenware: Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun. ebullient: Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling. edacious: Given to eating. edible: Suitable to be eaten. educe: To draw out. effete: Exhausted, as having performed its functions. efficacy: The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it. effrontery: Unblushing impudence. effulgence: Splendor. egregious: Extreme. egress: Any place of exit. elegy: A lyric poem lamenting the dead. elicit: To educe or extract gradually or without violence. elucidate: To bring out more clearly the facts concerning. emaciate: To waste away in flesh. embellish: To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features. embezzle: To misappropriate secretly. emblazon: To set forth publicly or in glowing terms. encomium: A formal or discriminating expression of praise. encumbrance: A burdensome and troublesome load. endemic: Peculiar to some specified country or people. enervate: To render ineffective or inoperative. engender: To produce. engrave: To cut or carve in or upon some surface. enigma: A riddle. enmity: Hatred. entangle: To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications. entreat: To ask for or request earnestly. Epicurean: Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite. epithet: Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas". epitome: A simplified representation. equable: Equal and uniform; also, serene. equanimity: Evenness of mind or temper. equanimity : Calmness; composure. equilibrium: A state of balance. equivocal: Ambiguous. equivocate: To use words of double meaning. eradicate: To destroy thoroughly. errant: Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. erratic: Irregular. erroneous: Incorrect. erudite: Very-learned. eschew: To keep clear of. espy: To keep close watch. eulogy: A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character. euphonious: Characterized by agreeableness of sound. evanescent: Fleeting. evince: To make manifest or evident. evoke: To call or summon forth. exacerbate: To make more sharp, severe, or virulent. exculpate: To relieve of blame. exhaustive: Thorough and complete in execution. exigency: A critical period or condition. exigency : State of requiring immediate action; also, an urgent situation; also, that which is required in a exorbitant: Going beyond usual and proper limits. expatiate: To speak or write at some length. expedient: Contributing to personal advantage. expiate: To make satisfaction or amends for. explicate: To clear from involvement. expostulate: To discuss. expropriate: To deprive of possession; also, to transfer (another's property) to oneself. extant: Still existing and known. extempore: Without studied or special preparation. extenuate: To diminish the gravity or importance of. extinct: Being no longer in existence. extinguish: To render extinct. extirpate: To root out; to eradicate. extol: To praise in the highest terms. extort: To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity. extraneous: Having no essential relation to a subject. exuberance: Rich supply. facetious: Amusing. facile: Not difficult to do. factious: Turbulent. fallacious: Illogical. fatuous: Idiotic fawn: A young deer. feint: Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement. felon: A criminal or depraved person. ferocity: Savageness. fervid: Intense. fervor: Ardor or intensity of feeling. fidelity: Loyalty. finesse: Subtle contrivance used to gain a point. flamboyant: Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste. flippant: Having a light, pert, trifling disposition. florid: Flushed with red. flout: To treat with contempt. foible: A personal weakness or failing. foment: To nurse to life or activity; to encourage. foppish: Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners. forbearance: Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. forfeit: To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation. forgery: Counterfeiting. forswear: To renounce upon oath. fragile: Easily broken. frantic: Frenzied. frugal: Economical. fugacious: Fleeting. fulminate: To cause to explode. fulsome: Offensive from excess of praise or commendation. gainsay: To contradict; to deny. gamut: The whole range or sequence. garrulous: Given to constant trivial talking. germane: Relevant. gesticulate: To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech. glimmer: A faint, wavering, unsteady light. gossamer: Flimsy. gourmand: A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table. grandiloquent: Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style. gregarious: Sociable, outgoing grievous: Creating affliction. guile: Duplicity. gullible: Credulous. halcyon: Calm. harangue: A tirade. harbinger: One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing. head: Adv. Precipitately, as in diving. heinous: Odiously sinful. heresy: An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles. heterogeneous: Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds. hirsute: Having a hairy covering. hoodwink: To deceive. hospitable: Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness. hypocrisy: Extreme insincerity. iconoclast: An image-breaker. idiosyncrasy: A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual. ignoble: Low in character or purpose. ignominious: Shameful. illicit: Unlawful. imbroglio: A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife. imbue : To dye; to instill profoundly. immaculate: Without spot or blemish. imminent: Dangerous and close at hand. immutable: Unchangeable. impair: To cause to become less or worse. impassive: Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling. impecunious: Having no money. impede: To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of. imperative: Obligatory. imperious: Insisting on obedience. imperturbable: Calm. impervious: Impenetrable. impetuous: Impulsive. impiety: Irreverence toward God. implacable: Incapable of being pacified. implicate: To show or prove to be involved in or concerned implicit: Implied. importunate: Urgent in character, request, or demand. importune: To harass with persistent demands or entreaties. impromptu: Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment. improvident: Lacking foresight or thrift. impugn: To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations. impute: To attribute. inadvertent: Accidental. inane: Silly. incessant: Unceasing. inchoate: Incipient. incipient: Initial. incite: To rouse to a particular action. incongruous: Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion. inculcate: To teach by frequent repetitions. indelible: That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed. indigence: Poverty. indigenous: Native. indistinct: Vague. indolence: Laziness. indolent: Habitually inactive or idle. indomitable: Unconquerable. indulgent: Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care. ineffable: Unutterable. ineluctable: Impossible to avoid. inept: Not fit or suitable. inexorable: Unrelenting. infuse: To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities. ingenuous: Candid, frank, or open in character or quality. inimical: Adverse. innocuous: Harmless. inscrutable: Impenetrably mysterious or profound. insensible: Imperceptible. insinuate: To imply. insipid: Tasteless. insouciant: Nonchalant. insurrection: The state of being in active resistance to authority. interdict: Authoritative act of prohibition. interim: Time between acts or periods. intransigent: Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course. intrepid: Fearless and bold. introspection: The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings. inundate: To fill with an overflowing abundance. inure: To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure. invalid: One who is disabled by illness or injury. invective: An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach. inveigh: To utter vehement censure or invective. inveterate: Habitual. invidious: Showing or feeling envy. invincible: Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome. iota: A small or insignificant mark or part. irascible: Prone to anger. irate: Moved to anger. ire: Wrath. irksome: Wearisome. itinerant: Wandering. itinerate: To wander from place to place. jocular: Inclined to joke. jovial: Merry. judicious: Prudent. junta: A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government. lachrymose: Given to shedding tears. lackadaisical: Listless. languid: Relaxed. lascivious: Lustful. lassitude: Lack of vitality or energy. latent: Dormant. laudable: Praiseworthy. laudatory: Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise. legacy: A bequest. levee: An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow. levity: Frivolity. lexicon: A dictionary. libel: Defamation. licentious: Wanton. lien: A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge. listless: Inattentive. lithe: Supple. loquacious: Talkative. lugubrious: Indicating sorrow, often ridiculously. luminary: One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light. lustrous: Shining. malaise: A condition of uneasiness or ill-being. malcontent: One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs. malevolence: Ill will. malign: To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely. malleable: Pliant. massacre: The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings. maudlin: Foolishly and tearfully affectionate. mawkish: Sickening or insipid. mellifluous: Sweetly or smoothly flowing. mendacious: Untrue. mendicant: A beggar. meretricious: Alluring by false or gaudy show. mesmerize: To hypnotize. meticulous: Over-cautious. mettle: Courage. mettlesome: Having courage or spirit. microcosm: The world or universe on a small scale. mien: The external appearance or manner of a person. mischievous: Fond of tricks. miscreant: A villain. miser: A person given to saving and hoarding unduly. misnomer: A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. moderation: Temperance. modicum: A small or token amount. mollify: To soothe. molt: To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc. monomania: The unreasonable pursuit of one idea. morbid: Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind. mordant: Biting. moribund: On the point of dying. morose: Gloomy. multifarious: Having great diversity or variety. mundane: Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. munificent: Extraordinarily generous. myriad: A vast indefinite number. nadir: The lowest point. nefarious: Wicked in the extreme. negligent: Apt to omit what ought to be done. neophyte: Having the character of a beginner. noisome: Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. nostrum: Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character. noxious: Hurtful. nugatory: Having no power or force. obdurate: Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity. obfuscate: To darken; to obscure. oblique: Slanting; said of lines. obsequious: Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another. obstreperous: Boisterous. obtrude: To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. obtrusive: Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. obviate: To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty. odious: Hateful. odium: A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust. officious: Intermeddling with what is not one's concern. ominous: Portentous. onerous: Burdensome or oppressive. onus: A burden or responsibility. opprobrium: The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil. ossify: To convert into bone. ostentation: A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery. ostracism: Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics. ostracize: To exclude from public or private favor. palate: The roof of the mouth. palatial: Magnificent. palliate: To cause to appear less guilty. palpable: Perceptible by feeling or touch. panacea: A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases. panegyric: A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act. panoply: A full set of armor. paragon: A model of excellence. Pariah: A member of a degraded class; a social outcast. paroxysm: A sudden outburst of any kind of activity. parsimonious: Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money. partisan: Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party. pathos: The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy. paucity: Fewness. peccadillo: A small breach of propriety or principle. pedestrian: One who journeys on foot. pellucid: Translucent. penchant: A bias in favor of something. penurious: Excessively sparing in the use of money. penury: Indigence. peregrination: A wandering. peremptory: Precluding question or appeal. perfidy: Treachery. perfunctory: Half-hearted. peripatetic: Walking about. perjury: A solemn assertion of a falsity. permeate: To pervade. pernicious: Tending to kill or hurt. persiflage: Banter. perspicacity: Acuteness or discernment. perturbation: Mental excitement or confusion. petrify: To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character. petulant: Displaying impatience. phlegmatic: Not easily roused to feeling or action. physiognomy: The external appearance merely. pious: Religious. pique: To excite a slight degree of anger in. placate: To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness. platitude: A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace. plea: An argument to obtain some desired action. plenary: Entire. plethora: Excess; superabundance. plumb: A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something. plummet: A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical. poignant: Severely painful or acute to the spirit. polyglot: Speaking several tongues. ponderous: Unusually weighty or forcible. portend: To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs. portent: Anything that indicates what is to happen. precarious: Perilous. preclude: To prevent. precocious: Having the mental faculties prematurely developed. predominate: To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree. premature: Coming too soon. presage: To foretell. prescience: Knowledge of events before they take place. presumption: That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved. preternatural: Extraordinary. prevalent: Of wide extent or frequent occurrence. prevaricate: To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention. prim: Stiffly proper. pristine: Primitive. probity: Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. proclivity: A natural inclination. procrastination: Delay. prodigal: One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property. prodigious: Immense. profligacy: Shameless viciousness. profligate: Recklessly wasteful profuse: Produced or displayed in overabundance. prolix: Verbose. propinquity: Nearness. propitious: Kindly disposed. prosaic: Unimaginative. proscribe: To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation. protuberant: Bulging. provident: Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies. prudence: Caution. puerile: Childish. pugnacious: Quarrelsome. punctilious: Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom. pungency: The quality of affecting the sense of smell. pusillanimous: Without spirit or bravery. pyre: A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body. qualm: A fit of nausea. quandary: A puzzling predicament. quibble: An utterly trivial distinction or objection. quiescence: Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive quiescent: Being in a state of repose or inaction. Quixotic: Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree. quotidian: Of an everyday character; ordinary. raconteur: A person skilled in telling stories. ramify: To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions. rapacious: Sieze by force, avaricious raucous: Harsh. reactionary: Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction. rebuff: A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches. recalcitrant: Marked by stubborn resistance. recant: To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained). reciprocity: Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed. recluse: One who lives in retirement or seclusion. recondite: Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding. recrudescent: Becoming raw or sore again. recuperate: To recover. redoubtable: Formidable. redress: To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer. refractory: Not amenable to control. regale: To give unusual pleasure. regicide: The killing of a king or sovereign. reiterate: To say or do again and again. relapse: To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery. remonstrate: To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong. renovate: To restore after deterioration, as a building. repast: A meal; figuratively, any refreshment. repel: To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally. repine: To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding. reprobate: One abandoned to depravity and sin. repudiate: To refuse to have anything to do with. repulsive: Grossly offensive. requisite: Necessary. requite: To repay either good or evil to, as to a person. rescind: To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority. resilience: The power of springing back to a former position resonance: Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. respite: Interval of rest. restive: Resisting control. retinue: The group of people who accompany an important person during travels. revere: To regard with worshipful veneration. reverent: Humble. ribald: Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity. risible: Capable of exciting laughter. rotund: Round from fullness or plumpness. ruffian: A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow. ruminate: To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated. sagacious: Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception. salacious: Having strong sexual desires. salient: Standing out prominently. salubrious: Healthful; promoting health. salutary: Beneficial. sanction: To approve authoritatively. sanguine: Cheerfully confident; optimistic. sardonic: Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic. satiate: To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of. satyr: A very lascivious person. savor: To perceive by taste or smell. scabbard: The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon. scintilla: The faintest ray. scribble: Hasty, careless writing. sedulous: Persevering in effort or endeavor. sequence: The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time. severance: Separation. shrewd: Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances. sinecure: Any position having emoluments with few or no duties. sinuous: Curving in and out. skiff: Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars. sluggard: A person habitually lazy or idle. solace: Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity. solvent: Having sufficient funds to pay all debts. somniferous: Tending to produce sleep. somnolent: Sleepy. sonorous: Resonant. sophistry: Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive. soporific: Causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep. sordid: Filthy, morally degraded specious: Plausible. spurious: Not genuine. squalid: Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance. stanch: To stop the flowing of; to check. stigma: A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing. stingy: Cheap, unwilling to spend money. stolid: Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving. submerge: To place or plunge under water. subterfuge: Evasion. succinct: Concise. sumptuous: Rich and costly. supercilious: Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. superfluous: Being more than is needed. supernumerary: Superfluous. supersede: To displace. supine: Lying on the back. supplicate: To beg. suppress: To prevent from being disclosed or punished. surcharge: An additional amount charged. surfeit: To feed to fullness or to satiety. susceptibility: A specific capability of feeling or emotion. sybarite: A luxurious person. sycophant: A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence. synopsis: A syllabus or summary. taciturn: Disinclined to conversation. taut: Stretched tight. temerity: Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness. terse: Pithy. timorous: Lacking courage. torpid: Dull; sluggish; inactive. torrid: Excessively hot. tortuous: Abounding in irregular bends or turns. tractable: Easily led or controlled. transgress: To break a law. transient: One who or that which is only of temporary existence. transitory: Existing for a short time only. travail: Hard or agonizing labor. travesty: A grotesque imitation. trenchant: Cutting deeply and quickly. trepidation: Nervous uncertainty of feeling. trite: Made commonplace by frequent repetition. truculence: Ferocity. truculent: Having the character or the spirit of a savage. turbid: In a state of turmoil; muddled turgid: Swollen. turpitude: Depravity. tutelage: The act of training or the state of being under instruction. tyro: One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession. ubiquitous: Being present everywhere. ulterior: Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of. umbrage: A sense of injury. unctuous: Oily. undermine: To subvert in an underhand way. undulate: To move like a wave or in waves. untoward: Causing annoyance or hindrance. upbraid: To reproach as deserving blame. vagary: A sudden desire or action vainglory: Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity. valorous: Courageous. vapid: Having lost sparkling quality and flavor. variegated: Having marks or patches of different colors; also, varied. vehement: Very eager or urgent. venal: Mercenary, corrupt. veneer: Outside show or elegance. venial: That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin. veracious: Habitually disposed to speak the truth. veracity: Truthfulness. verbiage: Use of many words without necessity. verbose: Wordy. verdant: Green with vegetation. veritable: Real; true; genuine. vestige: A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone. vicissitude: A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. vigilance: Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger. vigilant: Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety. virago: Loud talkative women, strong statured women virtu: Rare, curious, or beautiful quality. visage: The face, countenance, or look of a person. vitiate: To contaminate. vituperate: To overwhelm with wordy abuse. vivify: To endue with life. vociferous: Making a loud outcry. volatile: Changeable. voluble: Having great fluency in speaking. wean: To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment. whimsical: Capricious. winsome: Attractive. 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