1' Aberration deviation from a moral standard or normal state'

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Vocabulary List 1

• 1. Aberration- deviation from a moral standard or
  normal state.
• 2. Ambivalence- simultaneous attraction toward or
  repulsion from a person, object or action .
• 3.Autonomy- having the right to power or self
  government.
• 4.Catalyst- somebody or something that makes a
  change happen
• 5. Compatible- able to exist or act together
  harmoniously
• 6.Defernece- respect and esteem due to superior
  or an elder
• 7. Diminution- to make less or cause to appear
  less
• 8.Efface- to cause vanish
• 9. Esoteric (adj.) limited to a small circle
  obscure
• 10.Flagrant (adj.)- extremely obvious blatant
• 11.Hedonist (n)- the doctrine that pleasure or
  happiness is the sole of chief good in life
• 12.Inadvertent- not focusing that mind on the
  matter
• 13.Irrefutable-impossible to refuse
• 14.lucid- easily understood
• 15.Simulate (v)-replicatecopy

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Vocabulary List 2

• 1.Abstinence- voluntary refraining from eating
  certain foods or drinking liquor
• 2. Ameliorate- to make or grow better
• 3.Aversion- a feeling or repugnance for something
  what a desire to avoid it.
• 4.Catharsis- an act of purging or purification.
• 5.Composure- calmness, self possession
• 6. Deflate- to reduce in size, importance, or
  effectiveness.
• 7.Discerning- to come to know or recognize
  mentally
• 8. Effervescent- to show liveliness or
  exhilaration
• 9.Eulogy (n)- high praise tribute
• 10. Fledgling (adj.)- an immature or
  inexperienced person
• 11. Heretic (n)- one who dissents from an
  accepted belief or doctrine
• 12. Incipient- beginning to come or become
  apparent
• 13. Irrelevant- not relevant
• 14. Malicious-the desire to cause injury or
  distress to another
• 15. Sinecure (n)- an office position that
  requires little or no work and that usually
  provides an income

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Vocabulary List 3

• 1. Abstract- unable to be sensed through the five
  senses.
• 2. Analogous-similar in one or more respects
• 3. Belittle- to make seem little or less
• 4. Caustic- corrosive
• 5. Conciliatory- to bring into agreement
• 6. Delineate- to describe, portray, or set forth
  with accuracy or in detail
• 7. Disdain- a feeling of contempt for someone or
  something regarded as unworthy or inferior
• 8. Egregious- conspicuously bad
• 9.Euphemism (n)- the substitution of an agreeable
  or inoffensive expression for one that may offend
  or suggest something unpleasant
• 10.Forlorn (adj.)- sad miserable
• 11. Hierarchy (n)- pecking order
• 12. Incisive- impressively direct and decisive
• 13. Jargon- obscure and often pretentious
  language
• 14. Marred- to detract from the perfection or
  wholeness
• 15. Sinister (adj.)- threatening evil

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Vocabulary List 4

• 1. Acclaim- applaud, praise
• 2. Animosity- ill will, resentment
• 3. Bequeath- to leave by will
• 4. Celestial-heavenly, divine
• 5. Concise- expressing much in few words
• 6. Demeanor- behavior toward others outward
  manner
• 7. Dismantle- to take to pieces
• 8. Elucidate- to give a clarifying explanation
• 9. Evanescent (adj.)- tending to vanish like
  vapor brief
• 10. Formidable (adj.)- difficult
• 11. Homogeneous (adj.)-of the same or a similar
  kind or nature all the same
• 12. Incongruous- not consistent with or suitable
  to the surroundings or associations
• 13. Judicious- having, exercising, or
  characterized by sound judgment
• 14. Meager-lacking richness
• 15. Skeptical (adj.)- disbelieving

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Vocabulary List 5

• 1. Acquiesce- to accept, comply or submit without
  open opposition
• 2. Anonymity- lack of distinctiveness
• 3. Bizarre- eccentric, fantastic
• 4. Censure- the act of blaming or condemning
  sternly
• 5. Condone- to overlook or forgive
• 6. Denunciation- an act of denouncing a public
  condemnation
• 7 .Disparage- to lower in rank of reputation
• 8. Elusive- tending to evade grasp or pursuit
• 9. Exacerbate (adj.)- to make more violent,
  bitter, or serve
• 10. Fortuitous (adj.)- occurring by chance
  accidental
• 11. Hyperbole (n)- extravagant exaggeration
• 12. Incontrovertible- not open to questions
• 13. Kindle- to set on fire
• 14. Meandering- a winding course
• 15. Sobriety (n)- seriousness calm

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Vocabulary List 6

• 1. Admonish- to warn gently
• 2. Antagonism- active opposition or hostility
• 3. Blithe- happily lighthearted
• 4. Chastise- to punish
• 5. Conspicuous- attracting attention
• 6. Deprecate- to express disapproval of.
• 7. Disparity- containing or made up of
  fundamentally different and often incongruous
  elements
• 8. Embellish- to make beautiful with
  ornamentation
• 9. Exemplary (adj.)- serving as an example,
  instance, or illustration very good
• 10. Furtive (adj.)- done by stealth secret
• 11. Hypocritical (adj.)- a false assumption of an
  appearance of virtue or religion two-faced
• 12. Incorrigible- in capable of being corrected,
  amended, or reformed
• 13. Labyrinth- a place constructed of or filler
  with confusing intricate passageways
• 14. Meticulous- extremely careful in attending to
  details
• 15. Solemnity (n)- somberness gravity

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Vocabulary 7 List

• 1. Advocate- to stand up for an issue
• 2. Antithesis- the opposition or hostility
• 3. Bombastic- pretentious wordy speech or writing
• 4. Chimerical- fantastic imaginary
• 5. Copious- attracting attention
• 6. Derogatory- expressive of a low option
• 7. Disperse- to cause to spread thin or scatter
  and gradually vanish
• 8. Emulate- to strive to equal or excel
• 9. Expedient (adj.)- suitable for achieving a
  particular end in a given circumstance
• 10. Galvanize (v)- to simulate or excite as if by
  an electric shock spur rouse
• 11. Hypothetical (adj.)- an assumption made in
  order to test its logical or empirical
  consequences supposed .
• 12. Indefatigable- untiring
• 13. Lackluster- dull
• 14. Mitigate- to make less harsh or hostile
• 15. Spontaneous (adj.)- impulsive
  spur-of-the-moment

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Vocabulary List 8

• Aesthetic- appreciative of the beautiful
• Apocryphal- not true, but believed to be true
• Buffoon-clown
• Chronic- marked by a long duration or frequent
  recurrence
• Corroborate- to support with evidence
• Desecrate- to express disapproval, irreverently,
  or outrageously
• Disposition- temperamental makeup
• Emulate- to strive to equal or excel
• Expedite (v)- to execute promptly speed up
• Garbled (adj)- to so alter or distort as to
  create a wrong impression or change the meaning
  mangled
• Iconoclast (n)- one who attacks cherished beliefs
  or institutions
• Indigent- totally lacking in something specified
• Laconic- concise to the point of seeming rude of
  mysterious
• Morose- hard to please
• Stoic (n)- one indifferent to pain or pleasure

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Vocabulary List 9

• Affinity- kinship, relationship
• Arduous- difficult, laborious
• Cache- a hiding place for preserving provisions
• Circumspect- careful to consider all
  circumstances and consequences
• Crass- gross, insensitive
• Despot- a ruler with absolute power and authority
• Dissipated- to cause to spread thin or scatter
  and gradually vanish
• Enervate- lacking physical, mental, or moral
  vigor
• Expunge (v)- to strike out, obliterate, or mark
  for deletion wipe out
• Garner (v)- to gather into storage bring in
• Immaterial (adj.)- unimportant
• Ingratiate- to gain favor by deliberate effort
• Lampoon- a harsh satire directed against an
  individual
• Nomenclature- giving an effect of unconcern or
  indifference
• Stupefy (v)- astonish surprise

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Vocabulary List 10

• Aggrandizement- to make great or greater
• Articulate- divided into meaningful parts
• Cacophony- harsh or discordant sound
• Clairvoyant- unusually perceptive
• Criterion- a standard on which a judgment may be
  based
• Deter- to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from
  acting
• Distraught- mentally deranged
• Engender- to cause to exist or to develop
• Extol (v)- to praise highly
• Garrulous (adj.)- pointlessly or annoyingly
  talkative
• Imminent (adj.)- hanging threateningly over ones
  head about to happen
• Innocuous- harmless not offensive
• Lassitude- weariness
• Nonchalance- the act or process or an instance of
  naming
• Subversive (adj.)- dissident rebellious

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Vocabulary List 11

• Alienate- to make hostile
• Assuage- to make less
• Cajole- to persuade or coax
• Clandestine- held in or conducted with secrecy
• Cryptic- meant to be puzzling or mysterious
• Devious- moving without a fixed course
• Dogmatic- characterized by or given the
  expression of opinions very strongly or
  positively as if they were facts
• Enhance- to increase or improve in value,
  quality, desirability, or attractiveness
• Facilitate (v)- to make easier help being about
• Gratuitous (adj.)- given unearned or without
  recompense not needed
• Immutable (adj.)- unchangeable absolute
• Inscrutable- not really comprehensible
• Latent- present but not visible or active
  dormant
• Obliterate- to remove from recognition or memory
• Succinct (adj.)- concise short and to the point

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Vocabulary List 12

• Alleviate- relieve, lessen
• Atrophy- decrease in size or wasting away of a
  bodily part or issue
• Callous- being thickened and hardened
• Clemency- disposition to be merciful
• Cursory- rapidly and often superficially done
• Devoid- being without usual, typical, or expected
  attribute or accompaniment
• Dormant- represented on a coat of arms in a lying
  position with the head of the forepaws
• Enigma- something hard to understand or explain
• Fallacy (n)- deceptive appearance misleading
  notion
• Guile (n)- deceitful cunning craftiness
• Impartial (adj.)- not partial or biased neutral
• Insipid- lacking taste or savor
• Laudable- to celebrate, magnify
• Obscure- not readily understood vague
• Superfluous (adj.)- done, made, or acquired by
  stealth, secretive

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Vocabulary List 13

• Aloof- removed or distant physically or
  emotionally
• Augment- enlarge, increase
• Capitulate- to surrender
• Coalesce- to grow together
• Dearth- scarcity, famine
• Diatribe- ironic or satirical criticism
• Duplicity- the technically incorrect use of two
  or more distinct terms
• Ephemeral- lasting a very short time
• Fastidious (adj.)- having high and often
  capricious standards fussy
• Gullible (adj.)- easily duped or cheated naïve
• Impassive (adj.)- showing no signs or feelings,
  emotions, or interest unemotional
• Insurgent- a person who revokes against civil
  authority or and established government
• Lethargic- abnormal drowsiness
• Obsolete- no longer in use
• Surreptitious (adj.) done, made, or acquired by
  stealth secretive

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Vocabulary List 14

• Altruistic- unselfish interest in the welfare of
  others
• Austere- severe, strict
• Capricious- a sudden whim or fancy
• Colloquial- of, relating to, or characteristic or
  conversation
• Debilitate- to impair the health or strength of
• Didactic- intended to convey instruction and
  information as well as pleasure and entertainment
• Ebb- a point or condition of decline
• Equanimity- evenness of mind especially under
  stress
• Fervor (n)- intensity of feeling or expression
  passion
• Hackneyed (adj.)- to make common or frequent use
  of commonplace
• Imperturbable (adj.)- marked by extreme calm,
  impassivity, and steadiness
• Intemperate-lack of moderation
• Levity- lack of seriousness
• Officious- volunteering ones services where they
  are neither asked for nor needed
• Terse (adj.)- short

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Vocabulary List 15

• Ambiguous- capable of being understood in more
  than one way
• Authorization- official power or permission to do
  something
• Carping- complaining or finding fault
• Commiserate- to feel or express pity
• Decadence- deterioration, decline
• Diffuse- not concentrated or localized
• Eclectic- selecting what appears to be best in
  various doctrines, methods, or styles
• Equivocate- to avoid committing oneself in what
  one says
• Fitful (adj.)- having an erratic or intermittent
  character restless
• Haphazard (adj.)- marked by lack of plan or
  order chaotic
• Implausible (adj.)- provoking disbelief unlikely
• Intractable- not easily controlled
• Listless- spiritless
• Opportunist- taking advantages of opportunities
  or circumstances
• Trepidation (n)- timorous uncertain agitation