Princeton Key Terms 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

Verb: to depart clandestinely

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

Adjective: Deviating from the norm.

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

Noun: eager and enthusiastic willingness.

Question 4

Anomaly

Answer 4

Noun: deviation from the normal order, form or rule.
Synonym: abnormality.

Question 5

Approbation

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Noun: An expression of approval or praise.

Question 6

Arduous

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Adjective: Strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort.

Question 7

Assuage

Answer 7

Verb: ease or lessen; appease or pacify.

Question 8

Audacious

Answer 8

Adjective: daring and fearless; recklessly bold.

Question 9

Austere

Answer 9

Adjective: without adornment. Bare; severely simple.
Synonym: ascetic.

Question 10

Axiomatic

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Adjective: taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth.

Question 11

Canonical

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Adjective: following in agreement with accepted, traditional standards.

Question 12

Capricious

Answer 12

Adjective: Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable.

Question 13

Censure

Answer 13

Verb: to criticize severely; to officially rebuke.

Question 14

Chicanery

Answer 14

Noun: trickery or subterfuge

Question 15

Connoisseur

Answer 15

Noun: an informed and astute judge in matters of taste. An expert in on a given topic.

Question 16

Convoluted

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Adjective: complex or complicated.

Question 17

Disabuse

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Verb: to undeceive; to set right.

Question 18

Discordant

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Adjective: conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound.

Question 19

Disparate

Answer 19

Adjective: fundamentally distinct or dissimilar.

Question 20

Effrontery

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Noun: extreme boldness, rudeness

Question 21

Eloquent

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Adjective: well spoken, expressive, articulate.

Question 22

Enervate

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Verb: to weaken or reduce in vitality

Question 23

Ennui

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Noun: dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom and apathy

Question 24

Equivocate

Answer 24

Use ambiguous language with deceptive intent. Verb

Question 25

Erudite

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Adjective: very learned, scholarly.

Question 26

Exculpate

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Verb: to exonerate, or clear from blame.

Question 27

Exigent

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Adjective: urgent, pressing, requiring immediate attention.

Question 28

Extemporaneous

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Adjective: improvised, done without preparation.

Question 29

Filibuster

Answer 29

Noun: Intentional obstruction

Question 30

Fulminate

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Verb: attack loudly or denounce

Question 31

Ingenuous

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Adjective: artless, frank and candid, lacking sophistication.

Question 32

Inured

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Adjective: accustomed to accepting something undesirable.

Question 33

Irascible

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Adjective: easily angered, probe to temper mental outbursts

Question 34

Laud

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Verb: to praise highly

Question 35

Lucid

Answer 35

Adjective: clear, easily understood.

Question 36

Magnanimity

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Noun: the quality of being generous, noble of heart, and forgiving.

Question 37

Martial

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Verb: To rally. Also, Adjective associated with war and armed forces.

Question 38

Mundane

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Adjective: of the world, concerned with the ordinary.

Question 39

Naiscent

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Adjective: coming into being; in early developmental stages.

Question 40

Nebulous

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Adjective: vague, cloudy, lacking a clearly defined form.

Question 41

Neologism

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Noun: new word, phrase or term.

Question 42

Noxious

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Adjective: harmful, injurious.

Question 43

Obtuse

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Adjective: lacking intellectual sharpness. Not clear in thought or expression.

Question 44

Obviate

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Verb: to anticipate and make unnecessary.

Question 45

Onorous

Answer 45

Adjective: troublesome, burdensome.

Question 46

Paean.

Answer 46

Noun: hymn of thanksgiving

Question 47

Parody

Answer 47

Noun: a humorous imitation

Question 48

Perennial

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Adjective: recurrent throughout the year or years, repeated.

Question 49

Perfidy

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Noun: intentional breach of faith, treachery

Question 50

Perfunctory

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Adjective: cursory, done without interest or care

Question 51

Perspicacious

Answer 51

Adjective: acutely perceptive

Question 52

Prattle

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Verb: to babble meaninglessly

Question 53

Precipitate

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Adjective: acting with excessive haste or impulse. Verb: to cause to happen before anticipated or required.

Question 54

Predilection

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Noun: a disposition in favor of something.

Question 55

Prescience

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Noun: foreknowledge of events

Question 56

Prevaricate

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Verb: to deliberately avoid the truth with intent to deceive

Question 57

Qualms

Answer 57

Noun: misgivings, reservations

Question 58

Recant

Answer 58

Verb: retract, especially beliefs

Question 59

Refute

Answer 59

Verb: disprove or successfully argue against

Question 60

Relegate

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Verb: forcibly assign or remove to a lower position.

Question 61

Reticent

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Adjective: quiet, reserved, reluctant.

Question 62

Solicitous

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Adjective: concerned, attentive; eager.

Question 63

Sordid

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Adjective: all things foul

Question 64

Sporratic

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Adjective: occurring only occasionally

Question 65

Squander

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Noun: to waste by using or spending irresponsibly

Question 66

Static

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Adjective: not moving or responding; at rest

Question 67

Stupify

Answer 67

Stun dazzle amaze

Question 68

Stymie

Answer 68

Block, thwart

Question 69

Synthesis

Answer 69

A combination of parts to make a whole.

Question 70

Torque

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A force that causes rotation

Question 71

Tortuous

Answer 71

Twisting, winding, excessively complicated.

Question 72

Truculent

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Fierce and cruel, eager to fight.

Question 73

Veracity

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Truthfulness, honesty

Question 74

Virulent

Answer 74

Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic.

Question 75

Voracious

Answer 75

Ravenous

Question 76

Waver

Answer 76

To sway, literally or figuratively.