Vocabulary List #5
auspicious favorable; positive
universal existing or present everywhere
fickle unpredictable; capricious; whimsical
furtive secretive
remorse sadness; regret
repress to hold down
gullible overly trusting; willing to believe anything
respite a rest; a pause; a break
scrutinize to examine closely
coalesce to come together; to merge; to join
orthodox standard; commonly accepted; conventional
innate inborn; inherited
preclude to prevent; to make impossible
efface to erase; to wipe out
marred damaged; bruised
ameliorate to make better; to improve
prodigious of enormous quantity or size
concise briefly and clearly stated
immutable unchanging; permanent
stoic indifferent to pleasure and pain; brave
innocuous harmless
credulous gullible; overly trusting
blasphemy heretical departure from accepted beliefs
lax careless; not diligent; relaxed
cryptic mysterious; puzzling; enigmatic
hinder to obstruct; to prevent
esoteric understood by only a select few
pretentious pompous; self-important
incongruous not fitting in; out of place
unprecedented occurring for the first time; novel; never seen before
merger a joining; a uniting
pedestrian common; ordinary; banal
prudent careful; cautious
exemplary outstanding; setting a great example
sycophant a bootlicker; a brownnoser
neutral unbiased; not taking sides; objective
rescind to repeal, to take back, formally
retract to take back
fundamental essential; basic
rejuvenate to make young again
contrite apologetic; remorseful
exemplify to serve as an example of
nullify to negate; to make unimportant
vilify to speak of someone as a villain
hypothetical theoretical; for the sake of argument
supercilious haughty; arrogant
avarice greed
pivotal important; critical; central; crucial
blithe free-spirited; carefree
scrupulous careful; diligent; moral; principled
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