High-Frequency Word List

Front 1

abate

Back 1

v. subside or moderate.

Front 2

aberrant

Back 2

adj. abnormal or deviant.

Front 3

abeyance

Back 3

n. suspended action.

Front 4

abscond

Back 4

v. depart secretly and hide.

Front 5

abstemious

Back 5

adj. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.

Front 6

admonish

Back 6

v. warn; reprove.

Front 7

adulterate

Back 7

v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances.

Front 8

aesthetic

Back 8

adj. artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful.

Front 9

aggregate

Back 9

v. gather; accumulate.

Front 10

alacrity

Back 10

n. cheerful promptness; eagerness.

Front 11

alleviate

Back 11

v. relieve.

Front 12

amalgamate

Back 12

v. combine; unite in one body.

Front 13

ambiguous

Back 13

adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning.

Front 14

ambivalence

Back 14

n. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes.

Front 15

ameliorate

Back 15

v. improve.

Front 16

anachronism

Back 16

n. something or someone misplaced in time.

Front 17

analogous

Back 17

adj. comparable.

Front 18

anarchy

Back 18

n. absence of governing body; state of disorder.

Front 19

anomalous

Back 19

adj. abnormal; irregular.

Front 20

antipathy

Back 20

n. aversion; dislike.

Front 21

apathy

Back 21

n. lack of caring; indifference.

Front 22

appease

Back 22

v. pacify or soothe; relieve.

Front 23

apprise

Back 23

v. inform.

Front 24

approbation

Back 24

n. approval.

Front 25

appropriate

Back 25

v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use.

Front 26

arduous

Back 26

adj. hard; strenuous.

Front 27

artless

Back 27

adj. without guile; open and honest.

Front 28

ascetic

Back 28

adj. practicing self-denial; austere.

Front 29

assiduous

Back 29

adj. diligent.

Front 30

assuage

Back 30

v. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger).

Front 31

attenuate

Back 31

v. make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree).

Front 32

audacious

Back 32

adj. daring; bold.

Front 33

austere

Back 33

adj. forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented.

Front 34

autonomous

Back 34

adj. self-governing.

Front 35

aver

Back 35

v. assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact.

Front 36

banal

Back 36

adj. hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality.

Front 37

belie

Back 37

v. contradict; give a false impression.

Front 38

beneficent

Back 38

adj. kindly; doing good.

Front 39

bolster

Back 39

v. support; reinforce.

Front 40

bombastic

Back 40

adj. pompous; using inflated language.

Front 41

boorish

Back 41

adj. rude; insensitive.

Front 42

burgeon

Back 42

v. grow forth; send out buds.

Front 43

burnish

Back 43

v. make shiny by rubbing; polish.

Front 44

buttress

Back 44

v. support; prop up.

Front 45

cacophonous

Back 45

adj. discordant; inharmonious.

Front 46

capricious

Back 46

adj. unpredictable; fickle.

Front 47

castigation

Back 47

n. punishment; severe criticism.

Front 48

catalyst

Back 48

n. agent that influences the pace of a chemical reactions while it remains unaffected and unchanged; person or thing that causes action.

Front 49

caustic

Back 49

adj. burning; sarcastically biting.

Front 50

chicanery

Back 50

n. trickery; deception.

Front 51

coagulate

Back 51

v. thicken; congeal; clot.

Front 52

coda

Back 52

n. concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes.

Front 53

cogent

Back 53

adj. convincing.

Front 54

commensurate

Back 54

adj. corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate.

Front 55

compendium

Back 55

v. brief, comprehensive summary.

Front 56

complaisant

Back 56

adj. trying to please; overly polite; obliging.

Front 57

compliant

Back 57

adj. yielding; conforming to requirements.

Front 58

conciliatory

Back 58

adj. reconciling; soothing.

Front 59

condone

Back 59

v. overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse.

Front 60

confound

Back 60

v. confuse; puzzle.

Front 61

connoisseur

Back 61

n. person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of an art.

Front 62

contention

Back 62

n. claim; thesis.

Front 63

contentious

Back 63

adj. quarrelsome.

Front 64

contrite

Back 64

adj. penitent.

Front 65

conundrum

Back 65

n. riddle; difficult problem.

Front 66

converge

Back 66

v. approach; tend to meet; come together.

Front 67

convoluted

Back 67

adj. coiled around; involved; intricate.

Front 68

craven

Back 68

adj. cowardly.

Front 69

daunt

Back 69

v. intimidate; frighten.

Front 70

decorum

Back 70

n. propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners.

Front 71

default

Back 71

n. failure to act.

Front 72

deference

Back 72

n. courteous regard for another's wish.

Front 73

delineate

Back 73

v. portray; depict; sketch.

Front 74

denigrate

Back 74

v. blacken.

Front 75

deride

Back 75

v. ridicule; make fun of.

Front 76

derivative

Back 76

adj. unoriginal; obtained from another source.

Front 77

desiccate

Back 77

v. dry up.

Front 78

desultory

Back 78

adj. aimless; haphazard; digressing at random.

Front 79

deterrent

Back 79

n. something that discourages; hindrance.

Front 80

diatribe

Back 80

n. bitter scolding; invective.

Front 81

dichotomy

Back 81

n. split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones).

Front 82

diffidence

Back 82

n. shyness.

Front 83

diffuse

Back 83

adj. wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas).

Front 84

digression

Back 84

n. wandering away from the subject.

Front 85

dirge

Back 85

n. lament with music.

Front 86

disabuse

Back 86

v. correct a false impression; undeceive.

Front 87

discerning

Back 87

adj. mentally quick and observant; having insight.

Front 88

discordant

Back 88

adj. not harmonious; conflicting.

Front 89

discredit

Back 89

v. defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve.

Front 90

discrepancy

Back 90

n. lack of consistency; difference.

Front 91

discrete

Back 91

adj. separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts.

Front 92

disingenuous

Back 92

adj. lacking genuine candor; insincere.

Front 93

disinterested

Back 93

adj. unprejudiced.

Front 94

disjointed

Back 94

adj. lacking coherence; separated at the joints.

Front 95

dismiss

Back 95

v. eliminate from consideration; reject.

Front 96

disparage

Back 96

v. belittel.

Front 97

disparate

Back 97

adj. basically different; unrelated.

Front 98

dissemble

Back 98

v. disguise; pretend.

Front 99

disseminate

Back 99

v. distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds).

Front 100

dissolution

Back 100

n. disintegration; looseness in morals.

Front 101

dissonance

Back 101

n. discord; opposite of harmony.

Front 102

distend

Back 102

v. expand; swell out.

Front 103

distill

Back 103

v. purify; refine; concentrate.

Front 104

diverge

Back 104

v. vary; go in different directions from the same point.

Front 105

divest

Back 105

v. strip; deprive.

Front 106

document

Back 106

v. provide written evidence.

Front 107

dogmatic

Back 107

adj. opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal.

Front 108

dormant

Back 108

adj. sleeping; lethargic; latent.

Front 109

dupe

Back 109

n. someone easily fooled.