List #1 Majestic Showing lofty dignity or nobility Detestable Worthy of scorn; hateful Perspicacity Keen perception or understanding Ethereal Not earthly; heavenly Unassuming Not pretentious; modest Imposing Impressive Irate Extremely angry; enraged Pummel To hit repeatedly; beat Chagrin A feeling of humiliation or embarrassment Consensus General agreement by a group List #2 Fathom To penetrate the meaning or understand the nature of something Platitude A trite or unoriginal statement Reticence The state or quality of being reserved and keeping one’s own thoughts to oneself Pretence A false outward appearance Sidle To move sideways, especially in a shy or sneaky way Indignity A loss of dignity or a source of such loss Discordant Having a disagreeable or clashing sound; not in harmony Rapt Deeply absorbed; engrossed Serene Calm; undisturbed Cosmopolitan Worldly; sophisticated List #3 Assuage To lessen or relieve Taciturn Quiet or unsociable Chattel Slave or moveable property Imprudent Unwise, lacking self restraint Elaborate Extremely detailed, intricate Convince To persuade or prove Liable Legally responsible for Tangible Real to the touch Cordial Friendly Malignant Bad or evil List #4 Atheist A person who denies or does not believe in the existence of a supreme being Anarchy A state of society without government or law Begrudge To envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone Conjoin To join together or unite Derail To obstruct the progress of something Depart To go away; leave Compact Designed to be small in size Epidemic A rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something Malice A desire to inflict injury, harm or suffering on another Perceive To recognize, understand or come to know List #5 Anonymous Without an identified author; without a name Apathy The state of being without passion, emotion or excitement Malevolent Wishing evil or harm on others Belligerent Eager to fight; hostile Abduct To carry off by force; kidnap Demagogue A person who gains power through powerful, moving speeches Compatible Capable of living or existing together Decompose To rot; to break down into pieces Benefactor A person who provides financial aid or assistance Influx The arrival of a large number List #6 Atypical against the norm; not conforming to expectations Anesthesia a loss of the senses or feeling; a drug which causes a loss of the senses Perform to carry out; to do Descend to go from a higher place to a lower place Portable able to be moved Manuscript the original text of an author's work Inspect to look at carefully; examine Retrospect contemplation of the past, looking back at something in the past Remit to transmit or send Subvert to cause the downfall or ruin List #7 Transmit To send to a recipient or destination Precede To go before; to happen before Recede To move away Benevolent To show goodwill; to be charitable Degenerate To fall below normal in mental or moral qualities Adept Highly skilled; able Remission The subsiding of symptoms of a disease Acrophobia Fear of heights Circumstance A condition or attribute Precise Being exact List #8 Secede To withdraw from an alliance, federation or association Chronic Occurring repeatedly; habitual Circumvent To go around or bypass Adherent A person who follows or upholds a cause or belief system Admonish To caution or advise against something Concise Expressed or conveyed in few words; brief Deflate To depress or reduce Postscript a paragraph or phrase added to the end of a completed letter Conscript To compel into service through a formal order or decree Inscription A brief, usually informal, written dedication or note List #9 Malcontent dissatisfied with current conditions Submerge to sink or put below the surface Altitude extent or distance upward; height Circumscribe to draw a circle around; encircle Supersede to replace in power or authority Preclude to prevent from happening; to make impossible Tractable easily managed or controlled Preamble a preface or introductory statement Syndicate a group of individuals or organizations combined to accomplish a single goal Retract to take back; remove List #10 Amble to move at a slow and easy pace Claustrophobia a fear of tight or enclosed areas Antecedent preceding, happening before Trajectory the path or course taken (usually by a projectile) Synthesis logical reasoning from the general to the specific Malady any disorder or disease of the body Reclusive desiring to be secluded away from the group Convene to come together Derange to throw into disorder; to make insane Superimpose to place or set above or on top of something else List #11 detract To take away from; to reduce in value dismal Gloomy, cheerless, dejected Introvert A shy or reclusive person antidote A medicine or remedy that counteracts the effects of a poison deploy To spread out; to arrange in a position of readiness immense Vast, huge, very great communicable Capable of being passed or transmitted from one person to another hubris Excessive pride or arrogance antipathy Disgust; hatred Converge To come together; to meet at a point List #12 Convert To change into a different form; to transform Invert To turn upside down; to reverse the order Revert To return to a former practice habit or belief Detach To separate or disengage Antiseptic Something which removes germs or pollution Antithesis The complete opposite Dejected Discouraged; disheartened Imperative Absolutely necessary; essential Commune To converse or to come together Internment The state of being confined; imprisonment List #13 Fettered restrained as with a chain Pervade to spread throughout; to be present throughout Impending about to happen Catatonic A condition of suspended animation; completely without movement Catastrophe A great disaster or misfortune Indoctrinate to teach the beliefs of a certain group Docile easily managed or taught Judicious exhibiting sound judgment or common sense Precarious dangerously lacking in security or stability Prattle trivial chatter or talk List #14 Versatile Capable of accomplishing many different tasks Confluence A coming together of people or things Interject To come between Intermittent Starting and stopping; not occurring consistently Creed A formal statement of beliefs Audible Capable of being heard Contravene To act against; to be in conflict with Contradict To disagree or dispute Autonomous Independent; not controlled by outside forces Incredulous Skeptical; not believing List #15 aberration something going against the norm; abnormal attrition a reduction in size or the total number derision mockery; taunting desist to cease; to stop inherent a built in quality; inborn; innate mitigate to lessen in force or intensity incursion an invasion; a hostile entry extort to take money or information through intimidation or threat levity light hearted; relaxed kindle to start; to cause List #16 volatile unstable; prone to change pragmatic concerned only with facts; practical verity containing truth; factual zeal an intense or passionate feeling; enthusiastic devotion tenuous thin or weak; unsubstantial rampant spreading or growing without control somber gloomy; depressing presuppose to assume beforehand sloth laziness; prone to inactivity perplex to confuse; to mystify List #17 Philanthropy Goodwill toward all people; an effort to promote human welfare Transcend To go beyond the limits of; surpass Abscond To depart, to secretly hide from. Laudable Worthy of praise, commendable Necrosis The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply Euphemism The substitution of a mild or pleasant expression for an unpleasant or offensive expression Metastasis A rapid transition, as from one subject to another Megalith A stone of great size Misogyny Hatred of women Ambiguous Capable of being understood in more than one way #18 Philharmonic Fond of or devoted to music; music-loving Euthanasia Painless death Utopia A place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment. Misnomer an error in naming a person or thing Misaligned Not correctly arranged or organized Monolith an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone Polytheism A belief or worship of many deities. Polyglot Speaking or writing several languages Monotheism A doctrine or belief that their is only one deity Monotonous Spoken in only one tone; tediously uniform #19 amicable characterized by or showing goodwill antithesis the direct opposite antiquated no longer used; outdated antipodes places diametrically opposite each other on the globe augment to make larger; increase incinerate to burn or reduce to ashes incendiary tending to create conflict; inflammatory expendable dispensable; unnecessary coalescence to unite; combine transgress to violate or break a law or command #20 frater- brother acu- sharp pat or patria- father brev- short ten- hold fraternize to associate in a friendly way fratricide the act of killing one’s brother acute sharp or severe in effect; intense patriarchy a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family or clan brevity the quality of expressing much in few words tenet an opinion, principle or doctrine held as true by a group or organization untenable an argument or thesis that cannot be defended or held efficacy the power to produce a desired effect paternity fatherhood patricide the act of killing one's parent List #21 paternal befitting of a father; fatherly patriotism love or devotion to ones country or fatherland tenure a title given to an employee indicating extended possession of a job transform to change in form or appearance tenacious holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold tenuous lacking in sound reasoning; unsubstantiated fraternal befitting a brother; brotherly brief lasting or taking a short time antidote medicine the counteracts the effects of a poison tenable capable of being held or protected Vocabulary List #22 Profusely Made or done freely; available in great amount Boisterous Rowdy and noisy; tumultuous Reprimands A formal condemnation, criticism or rebuke Civic Civil; having to do with citizenship Paraphernalia The tools, utensils or apparatus needed for any activity Preceded Coming before; in front of Ritual A prescribed or standard procedure accompanying any tradition Perfunctory Performed without thought; done as if by routine Interminably Continuously; done without stopping Defiantly Boldly resistant; challenging the rule of a superior force List #23 Pervade To spread through or to fill Withered Shriveled, faded, decayed Seldom Infrequently; almost never occurring Docile Easily trained or controlled Trill To make a loud fluctuating sound Subdued Passive, serious, under control Enamel A glassy, shiny substance Judicious Using sound judgement Traverse To go across Fettered Held in chains; shackled