abolish - to officially end or eliminate adhere - to stick or cling to something;

something, such as a law or a system to follow closely or faithfully

abrupt - happening suddenly and adjacent - next to or adjoining
unexpectedly, often with a sharp or something; neighboring
steep change adverse - unfavorable or harmful;
abundant - existing in large quantities acting against one's interests or goals
or numbers; plentiful advocate - to publicly support or
accessible - able to be reached or recommend a particular cause, policy,
entered; easily approached or or action
obtained affinity - a natural liking or attraction
accommodate - to provide lodging or towards someone or something; a
space for someone or something; to similarity or connection between
adapt or adjust to someone's needs or different things
requests aggravate - to make a problem or
accumulate - to gather or collect over situation worse; to irritate or annoy
time; to gradually increase in quantity someone
or size agitation - a state of anxiety,
accustomed - familiar with something restlessness, or disturbance; the act of
through repeated experience or stirring or shaking something
regular exposure allocate - to distribute or assign
acknowledge - to recognize or admit resources, tasks, or responsibilities for
the existence, truth, or importance of a particular purpose
something or someone alteration - a change or modification
acquire - to obtain or gain possession made to something; the act of altering
of something, often through effort or or modifying
purchase ambiguous - having more than one
adamant - refusing to change one's possible meaning or interpretation;
mind or opinion; unyielding; firm in unclear or vague
one's beliefs or decisions ambitious - having a strong desire and
adequate - sufficient or satisfactory in determination to succeed or achieve
quantity, quality, or degree; enough to something significant
meet a particular requirement or need
ambivalent - having mixed feelings or apex - the highest point or peak of
contradictory attitudes towards something; the climax or pinnacle
something or someone; uncertain or apprehensive - anxious or fearful
undecided about something that may happen in
amend - to make changes or revisions the future; worried or uneasy
to a document, plan, or law; to arbitrary - based on random choice or
improve or correct something personal whim, rather than any reason
ample - enough or more than enough; or system; capricious or unpredictable
plentiful arcane - understood or known by only
animosity - strong hostility or a few; mysterious or secret
resentment towards someone or arduous - involving or requiring
something; deep-seated hatred or strenuous effort; difficult or tiring
anger aromatic - having a pleasant and
annotate - to add explanatory notes or distinctive smell; fragrant
comments to a text, usually for assuage - to make an unpleasant
clarification or analysis feeling, such as pain or worry, less
annual - happening once every year; intense or severe; to relieve or
yearly alleviate
anomaly - something that deviates attribute - to regard something as
from what is standard, normal, or being caused by or belonging to a
expected; an irregularity or particular person or thing; to ascribe or
abnormality assign a quality or characteristic to
antagonize - to provoke or irritate someone or something
someone, often intentionally, to cause atypical - not conforming to the usual
hostility or conflict or typical pattern; not representative of
antipathy - a strong feeling of dislike or a group or category
aversion towards someone or augment - to make something greater
something; deep-seated hatred or by adding to it; to increase or enhance
repugnance austere - severe or strict in manner,
apathetic - showing or feeling no attitude, or appearance; plain or
interest, enthusiasm, or concern; simple in style; lacking luxury or
indifferent or unresponsive adornment
autonomous - having the freedom or catastrophic - disastrous or extremely
ability to govern oneself or make harmful; involving or causing great
independent decisions; self-governing damage or suffering
or self-contained cease - to stop or come to an end
begrudge - to envy or resent the censure - strong criticism or
possession or enjoyment of something disapproval, often officially expressed
by someone else circumvent - to find a way around or
belligerent - hostile, aggressive, or avoid something, especially in a clever
ready to fight or engage in conflict or deceptive manner
beneficiary - a person or entity that cling - to hold onto something tightly or
receives benefits, assets, or to stay close to someone or something
advantages from something, such as a clout - influence or power, especially in
will or a policy politics or business
benevolent - kind, generous, and coalesce - to come together or unite to
helpful; wishing well for others form a whole or a larger entity
benign - gentle, harmless, or not coerce - to persuade or force
causing harm or danger someone to do something by using
berate - to scold or criticize someone threats, intimidation, or pressure
angrily and forcefully cognizant - aware or conscious of
bestow - to give or present something something
as a gift or honor cohesion - the act or state of sticking
bolster - to support, strengthen, or together or being united; the quality of
reinforce something being coherent or well-integrated
buttress - a structure or support that coincide - to occur at the same time or
strengthens or reinforces something, in the same place; to correspond or
such as a wall or an argument agree with something
cacophony - a harsh, discordant commission - a formal instruction or
mixture of sounds authorization to perform a task or carry
catalyst - a substance or person that out a specific duty
causes or speeds up a chemical comparable - able to be likened or
reaction or a change in a situation compared to something else; similar or
equivalent in certain respects
compelling - evoking interest, way that shows a sense of superiority
attention, or admiration in a forceful or or disdain
irresistible way conformist - a person who follows
complacent - self-satisfied or established customs, beliefs, or
contented to a fault; showing a lack of practices without questioning or
concern or effort to improve challenging them
complementary - combining well congenital - present from birth or
together; completing or enhancing existing as a natural or inherent quality
each other's qualities or characteristic
compliance - the act of obeying or conjecture - an opinion or conclusion
conforming to rules, regulations, or based on incomplete information or
requests guesswork; a speculation or
complimentary - expressing praise, hypothesis
admiration, or approval; given as a gift constrain - to restrict or limit someone
or without charge or something's freedom, actions, or
compose - to create or write choices
something, especially a piece of music contemplate - to think deeply or
or a written work carefully about something; to consider
comprise - to consist of or be made up or ponder
of; to include or contain contentious - causing or likely to cause
conceal - to hide or keep something disagreement, controversy, or
secret or out of sight argument
concede - to admit or acknowledge contrived - deliberately created or
something, often reluctantly or after a planned rather than arising naturally or
struggle spontaneously; artificial or forced
conceptualize - to form a concept or conventional - conforming to accepted
idea in one's mind; to understand or standards, customs, or practices;
imagine something abstract traditional or ordinary
concur - to agree or have the same convey - to communicate or make
opinion or viewpoint as someone else known a message, feeling, or
condescension - an attitude of information
patronizing superiority; behaving in a
copious - abundant in quantity or else; to authorize another person to
number; plentiful or extensive act on one's behalf
corroborate - to confirm or give deplete - to use up or consume the
support to a statement, theory, or supply or resources of something
finding; to provide evidence for its truth depleted - used to describe something
or validity that has been greatly reduced or
corrode - to gradually destroy or exhausted in quantity or strength
weaken something, especially through deposit - to place or leave something
chemical reactions or rusting in a particular location or with
criteria - standards or principles used someone for safekeeping or future use
to make a judgment or evaluation; detachment - a state of being
requirements or qualifications objective, uninvolved, or emotionally
culmination - the highest point or final distant; the act of separating or
stage of something, often achieved disconnecting something
after a series of events or actions deter - to discourage or prevent
cultivate - to prepare and develop someone from doing something
something, such as land, crops, or through fear or doubt
skills, through labor and care deviate - to depart or stray from the
cumbersome - heavy, difficult to usual or expected course; to diverge
handle, or awkward to use; or go off in a different direction
burdensome or complicated devise - to invent, plan, or create
curiosity - a strong desire to know or something, often through careful
learn something; inquisitiveness thought or cleverness
curtail - to reduce in extent or quantity; diatribe - a forceful and bitter verbal
to cut short or limit something attack or criticism; a rant or tirade
deceitful - dishonest or misleading; digress - to wander away from the
intending to deceive or trick others main topic or point in speech or
decree - an official order or decision writing; to go off on a tangent
issued by a legal authority dilemma - a difficult situation or
delegate - to entrust or assign problem that requires a choice
responsibility or authority to someone between two equally undesirable
options
diminish - to make or become smaller, dispute - a disagreement or argument;
weaker, or less important; to decrease to argue or debate about something
or reduce in size, quantity, or intensity disrupt - to interrupt or disturb the
discernible - able to be seen, normal functioning or progress of
recognized, or understood; perceptible something; to cause disorder or chaos
or distinguishable diverge - to separate or go in different
disconcerting - causing one to feel directions from a common point; to
unsettled, confused, or disturbed; differ or deviate in opinion or approach
unsettling or perplexing divert - to change the direction or use
disengage - to detach or separate of something; to distract or entertain
oneself from something or someone; someone
to withdraw or remove from divulge - to make known or reveal
involvement or contact something that was previously secret
dismay - a feeling of disappointment, or private
distress, or concern; to cause dogmatic - asserting opinions or
someone to feel upset or discouraged beliefs in an arrogant or stubborn
disorienting - causing someone to feel manner; inclined to lay down principles
confused, lost, or disoriented; as incontrovertibly true
bewildering or disconcerting dominion - control or sovereignty over
disparate - fundamentally different or a territory; power or authority over
distinct; not able to be compared or something
grouped together dormant - temporarily inactive or
dispatch - to send off or deal with resting; not actively growing,
something promptly or efficiently; to developing, or producing
send a message or a parcel for eccentric - unconventional or slightly
delivery strange in behavior, appearance, or
dispersed - scattered or spread out characteristics
over a wide area; distributed or eclipse - to overshadow or surpass
disbanded something in importance, fame, or
disproportionate - out of proportion in achievement; to block the light or view
size, degree, or importance; excessive of something
or unequal
egregious - outstandingly bad or endeavor - an earnest and
shocking; extremely and noticeably conscientious effort or attempt to
bad or wrong achieve a goal or outcome
eloquent - fluent, articulate, and endemic - native or restricted to a
persuasive in speech or writing; certain region, environment, or group;
expressive and powerful in commonly found in a particular area
communication endow - to provide with a quality,
elusive - difficult to find, catch, attribute, or gift; to equip or furnish
achieve, or remember; evasive or hard with resources or funding
to grasp engender - to cause or give rise to a
embraced - accepted or adopted feeling, situation, or condition; to bring
willingly or enthusiastically; hugged or about or generate
held closely engulf - to completely surround or
eminent - famous, respected, or highly cover something, often with force or
regarded, usually in a particular field intensity; to immerse or overwhelm
or domain enhance - to improve or increase the
empathetic - showing or feeling quality, value, or attractiveness of
empathy, the ability to understand and something; to intensify or make better
share the feelings of others enigmatic - mysterious, puzzling, or
emphatic - expressed or performed difficult to understand; mysterious or
with emphasis or force; firm or obscure in nature
resolute in expression or action entrenched - firmly established and
empirical - based on observation, difficult to change; deeply ingrained or
experience, or experiment rather than firmly established
theory or logic enumerate - to list or mention a
enact - to make a law, rule, or policy number of things one by one; to count
officially valid by passing or approving or name items individually
it ephemeral - lasting for a very short
encourage - to give support, time; transient or fleeting
confidence, or hope to someone; to epitome - a perfect or typical example
inspire or motivate of a particular quality or type; a
summary or concise representation
equivocal - open to more than one Fastidious - very attentive to and
interpretation; ambiguous or uncertain concerned about accuracy and detail
in nature Feasible - possible to do or achieve

esoteric - intended for or understood Featureless - lacking distinctive features

by only a small number of people with or characteristics

specialized knowledge or interest; Finite - having limits or bounds

obscure or difficult to understand Flawless - without any imperfections or
exacerbate - to make a problem, defects; perfect

situation, or feeling worse or more Fluctuate - to rise and fall irregularly in

intense; to aggravate or worsen number or amount

exertion - physical or mental effort; the Foreshadow - to be a warning or

act of applying oneself diligently or indication of (a future event)

strenuously Foretell - to predict or prophesy (a future

event)
exhilarating - making one feel very
Forfeiture - the loss or giving up of
happy, animated, or invigorated;
something as a penalty for wrongdoing or
thrilling or exciting
failure to fulfill an obligation
exonerate - to clear someone of blame
Fortify - to strengthen or invigorate
or wrongdoing; to declare innocent or
mentally or physically
not guilty
Foster - to encourage or promote the
expertise - specialized knowledge or
development of (something)
skill in a particular field or domain;
Framework - a basic structure underlying
proficiency or mastery
a system, concept, or text
exploit - to make full use of and derive
Frivolous - not having any serious
benefit from something, often unfairly
purpose or value
or unethically; to take advantage of
Fruitless - failing to achieve the desired
extensive - covering or affecting a result; unproductive
large area, amount, or range; Fundamental - forming a necessary base
comprehensive or wide-ranging or core; of central importance
Garner - to gather or collect (something,
Fabricate - to invent or create something, especially information or approval)
typically with deceitful intent Garrulous - excessively talkative,
especially on trivial matters
Grandiose - impressive or magnificent in Implement - to put into effect; fulfill or
appearance or style, especially carry out
pretentiously so Impose - to force (something unwelcome
Grapple with - to struggle with or deal with or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in
a difficult problem or situation place
Gregarious - fond of company; sociable Impoverish - to make someone or
Hackneyed - lacking in freshness or something poor
originality; overused Incentive - a thing that motivates or
Haphazard - lacking any obvious principle encourages someone to do something
of organization; random Incessant - continuing without
Hierarchy - a system or organization in interruption; ceaseless
which people or groups are ranked one Incidental - occurring as a minor
above the other according to status or consequence of something more
authority important
Hindrance - a thing that provides Incite - to encourage, stir up, or provoke
resistance, delay, or obstruction to (violent or unlawful behavior)
something or someone Inclination - a person's natural tendency
Homogenous - consisting of parts or or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a
elements that are all of the same kind disposition or propensity
Immature - not fully developed or grown; Incur - to become subject to (something
not emotionally or intellectually mature unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of
Imminent - about to happen; impending one's own behavior or actions

Impair - to weaken or damage something, Indecipherable - not able to be read or

especially functionally or structurally understood

Impart - to make known; communicate Indefatigable - persisting tirelessly

Impartial - treating all rivals or disputants Indifferent - having no particular interest

equally; fair and just or sympathy; unconcerned

Impermeable - not allowing fluid to pass Indigenous - originating or occurring

through naturally in a particular place; native

Imperative - of vital importance; crucial Indiscriminate - done at random or

Imperceptible - impossible to perceive or without careful judgment

notice Indispensable - absolutely necessary;

essential
Indisputable - unable to be challenged or Intervene - to come between so as to
denied prevent or alter a result or course of
Indistinct - not clear or sharply defined events

Induce - to succeed in persuading or Intimate - closely acquainted; familiar

influencing someone to do something Intrepid - fearless; adventurous

Ineffective - not producing any significant Intricate - very complicated or detailed
or desired effect Intriguing - arousing curiosity or interest;
Inevitable - certain to happen; fascinating
unavoidable Invalidate - to make (an argument,
Inexplicable - unable to be explained or statement, or theory) unsound or
accounted for erroneous
Infallible - incapable of making mistakes Invasive - tending to spread aggressively
or being wrong and undesirably or harmfully
Infrastructure - the basic physical and Irony - the expression of one's meaning
organizational structures and facilities by using language that normally signifies
needed for the operation of a society or the opposite, typically for humorous or
enterprise emphatic effect
Inhibit - to hinder, restrain, or prevent (an Irresolute - showing or feeling hesitancy;
action or process) uncertain
Innate - inborn; natural Jargon - special words or expressions
Innocuous - not harmful or offensive that are used by a particular profession or

Inquiry - an act of asking for information group and are difficult for others to

or an investigation understand

Integral - necessary to make a whole Keen - having or showing eagerness or

complete; essential or fundamental enthusiasm

Integrate - to combine one thing with Knack - an acquired or natural skill at

another so that they become a whole doing something

Interdependent - mutually dependent; Lampoon - publicly criticize (someone or

relying on each other something) by using ridicule, irony, or

sarcasm
Interject - to say (something) abruptly,
Languish - to lose or lack vitality; grow
especially as an interruption
weak or feeble
Latent - existing but not yet developed or Mimic - to imitate (someone or their
manifest; hidden or concealed actions or words), typically in order to
Leery - cautious or wary due to realistic entertain or ridicule
suspicions Misrepresent - to give a false or
Lenient - permissive, merciful, or tolerant misleading account of the nature of

Localized - restricted or limited to a something

particular area or region Morose - sullen and ill-tempered

Lucrative - producing a great deal of profit Mundane - lacking interest or excitement;

Ludicrous - so foolish, unreasonable, or dull

out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous Naïve - showing a lack of experience,

Lure - to tempt (a person or animal) to do wisdom, or judgment

something or to go somewhere, Negligent - failing to take proper care in

especially by offering some form of doing something

reward Negligible - so small or unimportant as to
Magnanimous - very generous or be not worth considering; insignificant
forgiving, especially towards a rival or Nonchalant - feeling or appearing
someone less powerful than oneself casually calm and relaxed; not displaying
Malevolence - the state or condition of anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm
being malevolent; ill-will; malice Nuanced - characterized by subtle
Malleable - easily influenced; pliable shades of meaning or expression

Manipulate - to control or influence (a Null - having no legal or binding force;

person or situation) cleverly, unfairly, or invalid

unscrupulously Nurture - to care for and encourage the
Mediocre - of only moderate quality; not growth or development of
very good Obscure - not discovered or known about;
Melodramatic - characterized by uncertain
exaggerated emotions or behavior, Obsolete - no longer produced or used;
especially when intended to attract out of date
attention Obviate - to remove (a need or difficulty);
Menacing - suggesting the presence of avoid
danger; threatening Offhand - without previous thought or
consideration; without preparation
Omnipotence - the quality of having Paucity - the presence of something only
unlimited power; able to do anything in small or insufficient quantities or
Opaque - not able to be seen through; not amounts; scarcity
transparent Peculiar - strange or odd; unusual
Oppress - to keep (someone) in Pending - awaiting decision or settlement;
subservience and hardship, especially by not yet resolved or dealt with
the unjust exercise of authority Peripheral - relating to or situated on the
Ornamental - serving or intended as an edge or periphery of something
ornament; decorative Permeate - to spread throughout; pervade
Ornate - made in an intricate shape or Persist - to continue firmly in an opinion or
decorated with complex patterns course of action in spite of difficulty,
Outweigh - to be heavier, greater, or more opposition, or failure
significant than Pertain - to be appropriate, related, or
Overindulge - to have too much of applicable
something enjoyable, especially food or Pinnacle - the most successful point; the
drink culmination
Overshadowed - to cast a shadow over; Potent - having great power, influence, or
to obscure or darken effect
Overtake - to catch up with and pass Pragmatic - dealing with things sensibly
while traveling in the same direction and realistically in a way that is based on
Pantheon - a group of particularly practical rather than theoretical
respected, famous, or important people considerations
Paradigm - a typical example or pattern of Precarious - not securely held or in
something; a model position; dangerously likely to fall or
Paramount - more important than collapse
anything else; supreme Precede - to come before (something) in
Parsimonious - unwilling to spend money time, order, or importance
or use resources; stingy or frugal Precise - marked by exactness and
Partake - to join in (an activity); to accuracy of expression or detail
participate Preclude - to prevent from happening;
Partial - favoring one side in a dispute make impossible
above the other; biased
Precursor - a person or thing that comes Promulgate - to promote or make widely
before another of the same kind; a known (an idea or cause)
forerunner Proponent - a person who advocates a
Predatory - relating to or denoting an theory, proposal, or course of action
animal or animals preying naturally on Prosper - to succeed in material terms; be
others financially successful
Predetermined - determined or decided in Provoke - to stimulate or give rise to (a
advance reaction or emotion, typically a strong or
Predictive - relating to or having the ability unwelcome one) in someone
to predict future events or trends Proximity - nearness in space, time, or
Premeditated - planned or considered in relationship
advance Quarrel - an angry argument or
Prescribed - stated in writing or required disagreement
by regulations to be taken or done Rebuke - to express sharp disapproval or
Presume - to suppose that something is criticism of (someone) because of their
the case on the basis of probability behavior or actions
Pretentious - attempting to impress by Rebut - to claim or prove that (evidence
affecting greater importance, talent, or an accusation) is false
culture, etc., than is actually possessed Recant - to say that one no longer holds
Prevail - to prove more powerful or an opinion or belief, especially one
superior; to be widespread or current considered heretical
Proceed - to continue with an action or Recapitulate - to summarize and state
process again the main points of
Proficient - competent or skilled in doing Recede - to go or move back or further
or using something away from a previous position
Profound - very great or intense; having Reciprocate - to respond to (a gesture or
or showing great knowledge or insight action) by making a corresponding one
Profusion - an abundance or large Reductive - tending to present a subject
quantity of something or problem in a simplified form
Progeny - a descendant or the Refute - to prove (a statement or theory)
descendants of a person, animal, or plant; to be wrong or false; disprove
offspring Regression - a return to a former or less
developed state
Regulated - controlled or governed Retract - to draw or be drawn back or
according to rule or principle back in
Reinforce - to strengthen or support (an Revere - to feel deep respect or
object or substance), especially with admiration for (something)
additional material Rhetorical - expressed in terms intended
Render - to cause to be or become; make to persuade or impress
Renounce - to formally declare one's Rigid - stiff or unyielding; not able to be
abandonment or rejection of (a claim, bent or flexed
right, or possession) Rudimentary - involving or limited to basic
Repeal - to revoke or annul (a law or principles
congressional act) Safeguard - to protect or guard against
Replicable - able to be copied or harm, damage, or loss
reproduced Scrupulous - diligent, thorough, and
Repose - a state of rest, sleep, or extremely attentive to details
tranquility Scrutinize - to examine or inspect closely
Representative - typical of a class, group, and thoroughly
or body of opinion Singular - exceptional; unique; unusual
Repressed - restrained, inhibited, or Skeptical - not easily convinced; having
oppressed doubts or reservations
Reproach - to address (someone) in such Societal - relating to society or social
a way as to express disapproval or relations
disappointment Solitary - done or existing alone; separate
Repudiate - to refuse to accept or be from others
associated with; to deny the truth or Somber - dark or dull in color or tone;
validity of gloomy
Resignation - an act of retiring or giving Sparse - thinly dispersed or scattered
up a position
Spawn - to produce or generate in large
Resilient - able to withstand or recover
numbers
quickly from difficult conditions
Spectacle - a visually striking
Restorative - having the ability to restore
performance or display
health, strength, or a feeling of well-being
Speculate - to form a theory or conjecture
Reticent - not revealing one's thoughts or
about a subject without firm evidence
feelings readily; reserved
Squalid - extremely dirty and unpleasant, Supremacy - the state or condition of
especially as a result of poverty or neglect being superior to all others in authority,
Stagnant - showing no activity; dull and power, or status
sluggish Surmise - to suppose that something is
Stark - severe or bare in appearance or true without having evidence to confirm it
outline Suspend - to temporarily prevent from
Static - lacking in movement, action, or continuing or being in force or effect
change Synchronized - occurring or existing at
Straightforward - uncomplicated and easy the same time or rate
to do or understand; direct and honest Taut - stretched or pulled tight;
Subsequent - coming after something in
time; following
Substantiate - to provide evidence to
support or prove the truth of
Subsume - to include or absorb
(something) in something else
Subtle - so delicate or precise as to be
difficult to analyze or describe
Subversive - seeking or intended to
subvert an established system or
institution
Succumb - to fail to resist (pressure,
temptation, or some other negative force)
Sufficient - enough; adequate
Suffrage - the right to vote in political
elections
Summarize - to give a brief statement of
the main points of (something)
Supervise - to observe and direct the
work of (someone)
Supplant - to supersede and replace
Supplement - to add an extra element or
amount to