Veritas Vocabulary List #14

Front 1

accolade

Back 1

praise, tribute

Front 2

aggregate

Back 2

1. (v) to come together, join 2. (n) the total, whole 3 (adj) combined, collective

Front 3

ameliorate

Back 3

to improve

Front 4

apogee

Back 4

the highest point, apex

Front 5

atrophy

Back 5

to waste away, weaken

Front 6

audacity

Back 6

boldness, nerve

Front 7

balk

Back 7

to recoil, shy away from

Front 8

bilk

Back 8

to cheat, swindle

Front 9

circumspect

Back 9

cautious, careful

Front 10

clairvoyant

Back 10

able to see into the future, psychic

Front 11

complacent

Back 11

satisfied, content

Front 12

cub

Back 12

a baby bear

Front 13

cumbersome

Back 13

bulky & burdensome, unwieldy,

Front 14

deplore

Back 14

to feel sadness or grief for, to regret

Front 15

deprecate

Back 15

to criticize, denounce

Front 16

desiccate

Back 16

to dry up, dehydrate

Front 17

dichotomy

Back 17

a division or split between two different groups/ideas

Front 18

dirge

Back 18

a funeral song

Front 19

discursive

Back 19

wandering from point to point, unfocused

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doe

Back 20

a deer, a female deer . . .

Front 21

dormant

Back 21

sleeping, inactive

Front 22

drone

Back 22

a dull sustained hum, to talk on and on monotonously

Front 23

effervescent

Back 23

lively; bubbly (think carbonated drink)

Front 24

emend

Back 24

correct, revise (as in a text)

Front 25

enthrall

Back 25

captivate, charm

Front 26

ewe

Back 26

a female sheep

Front 27

exegesis

Back 27

interpretation of a text

Front 28

expedite

Back 28

to speed up the process

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fecund

Back 29

fruitful, productive, fertile

Front 30

flammable

Back 30

able to catch fire, combustible

Front 31

fluctuate

Back 31

to switch back and forth, vary

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foretell

Back 32

to prophesy, predict the future

Front 33

forfeit

Back 33

to give up or lose a right or position

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garner

Back 34

to collect, accumulate

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glacial

Back 35

very cold, or very slow

Front 36

harbinger

Back 36

an omen, a sign

Front 37

inadvertent

Back 37

unintentional

Front 38

indomitable

Back 38

unconquerable

Front 39

liniment

Back 39

ointment, lotion

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lithe

Back 40

flexible, agile; graceful

Front 41

livid

Back 41

very very angry, furious

Front 42

machination

Back 42

scheme, plot

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mendacious

Back 43

lying, false, deceitful

Front 44

morass

Back 44

swamp, marsh; a confusing mess

Front 45

mundane

Back 45

commonplace, ordinary

Front 46

ostracize

Back 46

exclude, exile

Front 47

paltry

Back 47

meager, measly, trivial

Front 48

parity

Back 48

equivalence, equality

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parsimony

Back 49

stinginess, thrift, frugality

Front 50

personify

Back 50

embody, exemplify

Front 51

perverse

Back 51

corrupt, wicked; stubborn

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phlegmatic

Back 52

impassive, sluggish

Front 53

platitude

Back 53

cliché, a trite, overused remark

Front 54

promulgate

Back 54

to declare, proclaim, propagate

Front 55

pulchritude

Back 55

attractiveness/beauty - both physical and moral

Front 56

purse

Back 56

to squeeze together (as in pursing one’s lips)

Front 57

rejuvenate

Back 57

make young, revitalize

Front 58

remuneration

Back 58

payment for goods or services rendered

Front 59

reproach

Back 59

to scorn, censure, disapprove

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ruminate

Back 60

to think over, ponder

Front 61

satirize

Back 61

to lampoon, ridicule

Front 62

scrupulous

Back 62

moral; careful and exact

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sloth

Back 63

laziness, sluggishness

Front 64

solemn

Back 64

serious, gloomy

Front 65

symbiotic

Back 65

living together in mutually beneficial relationship

Front 66

taciturn

Back 66

not talkative, reticent, silent

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vertigo

Back 67

dizziness

Front 68

vicious

Back 68

ferocious, fierce; malicious and cruel

Front 69

viscous

Back 69

1. (adj) fluid 2. (adj) sticky, gelatinous

Front 70

wither

Back 70

to dry up and die