Vocabulary List 1

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Vocabulary List 1

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1. Accolade 2. Bolster 3. Cryptic 4.
Lamentation 5. Plummet 6. Oblivious 7.
Titter 8. Aesthetic 9. Etymology 10. Affable
11. Advocate 12. Hone 13. Lax 14.
Bureaucracy 15. Hypochondriac 16. Placid 17.
Kindle 18. Hamper 19. Abrasive 20. Engender
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Accolade

• Tribute, honor, praise
• Any award, honor, or laudatory notice
• The play received accolades from the press.

accolade
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Bolster

• Support prop up
• to add to, support, or uphold
• They bolstered their morale by singing. 
• He bolstered up his claim with new evidence.

bolster
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Cryptic

• Puzzling enigmatic
• mysterious in meaning puzzling ambiguous
•  a cryptic message.

cryptic
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Lament

• To feel or express sorrow or regret for
• To mourn for or over.
• The student lamented that he did not study more
  before the test.

lament
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Plummet

• Fall suddenly and steeply
• To plunge
• Notebook prices plummeted after the IPAD was
  released.

plummet
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Oblivious

• Totally unaware
• unmindful unconscious unaware 
• She was oblivious of his admiration.

oblivious
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Titter

• Giggle quietly, snigger
• to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or 
• affected way, as from nervousness or in
  ill-suppressed amusement.
• Shari tittered quietly to herself as her brother
  ran past her hiding spot for the 3rd time.

titter
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Aesthetics

• Concerning art or beauty
• the branch of philosophy concerned with the study 
  of such concepts as beauty, taste, etc.
• Most designers agree that aesthetically successful
   architecture comes from an integrated approach. 

aesthetics
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Etymology

• The study of word origins
• the study of the history of words, their origins,
  and how their form and meaning have changed over
  time.

etymology
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Affable

• Friendly social easygoing
• pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to friend
  ly cordial warmly polite
• Once a boy with a surly temperament, Tariq has
  been transformed into a courteous and affable
  young man.

affable
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Advocate

• Support
• to speak or write in favor of support or urge by
   argument recommend publicly
• Nelson Mandela advocated for an end to the
  apartheid system.

advocate
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Hone

• sharpen increase whet
• to make more acute or effective improve 
  perfect
• The following exercise is designed to hone your
  writing skills.

hone
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Lax

• careless not strict
• not strict or severe careless or negligent
• The school was lenient, if not lax, in its
  treatment of disciplinary matters.

lax
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Bureaucracy

• Officialdom
• administration characterized by excessive
   red tape and routine.
• Development is often hampered by excessive
  bureaucracy.

bureaucracy
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Hypochondriac

• a person obsessed with health having imaginary
  illnesses
• a person who worries or talks excessively about hi
  s or her health.
• The mind is a powerful thing, a hypochondriac
  will often experience symptoms even in the
  absence of actual illness.

hypochondriac
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Placid

• Calm peaceful
• pleasantly calm or peaceful unruffled 
  tranquil serenely quiet or undisturbed
• The placid waters of the lake belied a deadly
  secret.

placid
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Kindle

• To start a fire
• to excite stir up or set going animate 
  rouse inflame
• The childs small act of kindness, rekindled the
  pessimists faith in mankind.

kindle
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Hamper

• hinder obstruct
• to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in ha
  mper impede
• If used improperly, technology can actually
  hamper ones productivity. .

hamper
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Abrasive

• rough coarse harsh
• irritating in manner or personality causing tensi
  on or annoyance
• Though his products were good, many a sale was
  lost to his abrasive personality.

abrasive
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Engender

• to produce, cause, or give rise to
• beget, occasion, excite, stir up,
  create, generate, breed
• Acceptance engenders understanding understanding
  engenders love.

engender