Composition Vocab

Front 1

renounce a right/power, claim responsibility in formal manner

Back 1

abdicate

Front 2

act of departing from the right course, doing the wrong thing

Back 2

aberration

Front 3

utterly hopeless, miserable

Back 3

abject

Front 4

unsuccessful

Back 4

abortive

Front 5

state of being without a drug

Back 5

abstinence

Front 6

to give emphasis; mark pronounce with accent

Back 6

accentuate

Front 7

agreement by silence without objection

Back 7

acquiescence

Front 8

intense, crucial, critical

Back 8

acute

Front 9

unyielding in attitude; hard substance

Back 9

adamant

Front 10

for special purpose or end presently under consideration

Back 10

ad hoc

Front 11

desiring to help others

Back 11

benevolent

Front 12

morally ignorant; overtaken by darkness/ night

Back 12

benighted

Front 13

form of beast; brutual

Back 13

bestial

Front 14

affecting two/both sides

Back 14

bilateral

Front 15

involving two

Back 15

binary

Front 16

state or quality of being frank

Back 16

candor

Front 17

to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated

Back 17

capitulate

Front 18

unpredictable

Back 18

capricious

Front 19

enjoy present time

Back 19

carpe diem

Front 20

relieving emotional tensions

Back 20

catharsis

Front 21

knight

Back 21

cavalier

Front 22

having nature specified character

Back 22

congenital

Front 23

formation/expression of opinion without evidence for proof

Back 23

conjecture

Front 24

make/declare sacred

Back 24

consecrate

Front 25

to explain

Back 25

construe

Front 26

fulfill

Back 26

consummate

Front 27

remorse

Back 27

contrition

Front 28

concealed

Back 28

covert

Front 29

boredom

Back 29

ennui

Front 30

captivate orcharm

Back 30

enthrall

Front 31

allowing several different meanings

Back 31

equivocal

Front 32

remove/destroy utterly

Back 32

eradicate

Front 33

having no certain / definite course

Back 33

erratic

Front 34

stick with pointed/ electrically charged end

Back 34

goad

Front 35

give, done

Back 35

gratuitous

Front 36

to humble oneself

Back 36

grovel

Front 37

unlucky

Back 37

hapless

Front 38

leadership

Back 38

hegemony

Front 39

different kinds; unlike

Back 39

heterogeneous

Front 40

any system of persons/ things ranked higher than another

Back 40

hierarchy

Front 41

person who has excessive pride

Back 41

hubris

Front 42

not legally permitted/authorized

Back 42

illicit

Front 43

spotlessly clean

Back 43

immaculate

Front 44

to challenge as false; cast doubt upon

Back 44

impugn

Front 45

settled or confirmed in a habit

Back 45

inveterate

Front 46

without interest or significance

Back 46

jejune

Front 47

bad beyond correction

Back 47

incorrigible

Front 48

cause or influence someone

Back 48

inculcate

Front 49

intoxicate

Back 49

inebriated

Front 50

wishing evil for another

Back 50

malevolent

Front 51

very dangerous

Back 51

malignant

Front 52

adaptable

Back 52

malleable

Front 53

command

Back 53

mandate

Front 54

disposed to war

Back 54

martial

Front 55

hatred

Back 55

misanthropy

Front 56

given to;intended for

Back 56

jocular

Front 57

beat/whip severely

Back 57

lambaste

Front 58

lazy, slow moving, date updated

Back 58

lethargic

Front 59

inclined to disagree

Back 59

litigious

Front 60

easily understood

Back 60

lucid

Front 61

gruesome and horrifying

Back 61

macabre

Front 62

misunderstand meaning of

Back 62

misconstrue

Front 63

dislike, mistrust of women

Back 63

misogyny

Front 64

make less severe

Back 64

mitgate

Front 65

soften in feeling or temper

Back 65

mollify

Front 66

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored as person or mood

Back 66

morose

Front 67

humiliate or shame

Back 67

mortify

Front 68

very great or indefinitely great number of persons/things

Back 68

myriad

Front 69

having undue fascination with onself

Back 69

narcissistic

Front 70

required as matter of obligation

Back 70

obligatory

Front 71

deserving or causing hatred

Back 71

odious

Front 72

portending evil or harm

Back 72

ominous

Front 73

having complete or unlimited knowledge

Back 73

omniscient

Front 74

unmannered, insensitive

Back 74

boorish

Front 75

hasty, rash, highly spirited

Back 75

brash

Front 76

shortness of time

Back 76

brevity

Front 77

abrupt in manner

Back 77

brusque

Front 78

protest strongly/attack vehemently

Back 78

inveigh

Front 79

being forgotten state of

Back 79

oblivion

Front 80

obedient, dutiful

Back 80

obsequious

Front 81

not quick/alert

Back 81

obtuse

Front 82

troublesome

Back 82

onerous

Front 83

burden of proof

Back 83

onus

Front 84

best/most favorable point

Back 84

optimal

Front 85

wealthy

Back 85

opulent

Front 86

professed

Back 86

ostensibly

Front 87

show in an attempt to impress others

Back 87

ostentatious

Front 88

exclude from society/friendship

Back 88

ostracize

Front 89

bring/restore to state of peace

Back 89

pacify

Front 90

capable of being touched

Back 90

palpable

Front 91

smallness of quantity

Back 91

paucity

Front 92

having a disparging

Back 92

pejorative

Front 93

next to the last

Back 93

penultimate

Front 94

lacking interest

Back 94

perfunctory

Front 95

walking/traveling about

Back 95

peripatetic

Front 96

pass into/through every part of... ex bright sun

Back 96

permeate

Front 97

deadly "disease"

Back 97

pernicious

Front 98

spread throughout

Back 98

pervasive

Front 99

appease/pacify

Back 99

placate