Vocabull

#	word	definition	sample
1	abate	become less intense or widespread	Gains in oil prices are unlikely to abate
2	abet	encourage or assist	charged with aiding and abetting
3	accede	ascent or agree to a demand	He acceded to our request.
4	berate	scold or criticize	he was berated by angry demonstrators.
5	bovine	of or relating to cattle	a bovine virus
6	burnish	polish by rubbing	burnish its socially responsible image
7	catalyst	触媒	chlorine acts as a catalyst
8	censorious	severely critical of others	her censorious sister
9	demagogue	古代ギリシアの煽動的民衆指導者	elevating a demagogue
10	diluvial	of or relating to a flood	other diluvial theories
11	effluvia	an unpleasant or harmful odor	the effluvia of decaying vegetable matter
12	emulate	match or surpass	expected to emulate their fathers
13	epochal	extremely significant	It took on an epochal importance
14	expound	explain or present	expound his views
15	fictive	created by imagination	fictive female characters
16	flippant	not showing serious attitude	Do not be flippant! This is serious!
17	gauche	lacking grace	We are all a bit gauche when we are young.
18	grotto	small cave or cave-like structure	Water trickles through an underground grotto.
19	hedonist	快楽主義者	his hedonist lifestyle
20	heretical	practicing religious heresy 異端の	heretical writings
21	hubris	excessive pride or self confidence	the self-assured hubris among economists
22	ignoble	not honorable in character	ignoble feelings of intense jealousy
23	imperious	assuming power without justification	Her attitude is imperious at times.
24	importunate	persistent	importunate visitors
25	jocular	humorous or playful	in a less jocular mood
26	junta	military group that rules after taking by force	according to the military junta
27	kismet	destiny	what chance did I stand against kismet?
28	lexicon	vocabulary of a person	a new phrase entering the lexicon
29	licentious	immoral	licentious dancing
30	limber	flexible	I have to practice to keep myself limber
31	loquacious	talkative	the loquacious host of a radio talk show
32	malapropism	mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word	a tendency to use malapropisms
33	malfeasance	wrongdoing	evidence of corporate malfeasance
34	mawkish	sentimental in a sickening way	a mawkish poem
35	misnomer	wrong or inaccurate name in designation	Herbal tea is something of a misnomer
36	mote	tiny piece of a substance	the tiniest mote of dust
37	necromancy	practice of communicating with the dead	associated with necromancy
38	nihilism	rejection of religion	afraid of nihilism
39	nomenclature	the choosing of names for things	rules of chemical nomenclature
40	obfuscate	to confuse	They are obfuscating the issue
41	olfactory	of or relating to the sense of smell	This olfactory sense develops in the womb.
42	opprobrious	(of language) expressing scorn or criticism	We denied the opprobrious charges
43	ostracize	exclude from a society or group	ostracized from the community
44	palatial	resembling a palace	They lived in a palatial apartment.
45	paramount	more important than anything else	of paramount importance
46	patrician	an aristocrat	acknowledging the presence of a fellow patrician.
47	prestidigitation	magic tricks performed for entertainment	His feats of prestidigitation mesmerize audiences
48	rancor	bitterness or resentfulness	no rancor against him
49	rarefy	to make rare or less dense	“…the rarefied mountain air”
50	recapitulate	summarize and state again the main points	Let's just recapitulate the essential points.
51	refute	prove to be wrong or false	impossible to refute
52	repose	a state of rest	in repose her face looked relaxed
53	rife	of common occurrence	Crime is rife
54	sanctimonious	making a show of being morally superior	Some of us may appear to be sanctimonious.
55	scrupulous	diligent attention to details	The nurse told him to be scrupulous
56	sedition	conduct or speech inciting people to rebel	He was tried for sedition
57	stint	supply inadequate amount	stowage room has not been stinted
58	sybarite	a person devoted to luxury and pleasure	Morocco is a haven for backpackers and sybarites alike.
59	tawdry	showy but cheap	“...tawdry jewellery.”
60	tenacious	keep a firm hold on something	its tenacious little fist
61	tout	attempt to sell something by aggressively pestering	touting these ideas
62	trounce	defeat heavily in a contest	He trounced his rivals in the election
63	tutelage	authority over someone or something	Under the tutelage of Professor Roberts
64	untoward	unexpected	Unless anything untoward happens
65	usury	lending money at unlawful rates	exempt from usury laws
66	veritable	being truly or very much so	a veritable jungle
67	vilify	write or speak in an abusively disparaging way	vilified by the press
68	vociferous	vehement or clamorous	a vociferous opponent
69	wield	hold and use typically a weapon or tool	wielding a kitchen knife
70	winsome	attractive appearance or character	best winsome smile
71	wry	using dry or mocking humor	“A wry sense of humor.”
72	yeoman	a man holding and cultivating a field	“As a result, the number of yeomen was halved.”
73	yowl	loud waining cry	the cat gave a yowl of anger
74	zephyr	soft gentle breeze	So far it has only been a gentle zephyr.

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