Vocab List 10-15

Question 0

Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper especially in a difficult situation.

To be levelheaded or calm

Answer 0

Equanimity

Question 1

In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained

To be civilized and proper

Answer 1

Decorous

Question 2

Unassuming or moderate in the estimation of ones Abilities or achievements

To be humble or simple

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Modest

Question 3

The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals

Correctness or respectability

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Propriety

Question 4

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

To be cautious and careful

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Prudent

Question 5

Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous

To be dignified or solemn

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Staid

Question 6

A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining

To be aloof or detached

Answer 6

Stoic

Question 7

Express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure

To criticize or denounce

Answer 7

Condemn

Question 8

Harm the good reputation of soneone or something

To disgrace or slandersonething or someone

Answer 8

Discredit

Question 9

Regard or represent as being of little worth

To ridicule or belittle

Answer 9

Disparage

Question 10

Expressing contempt or disapproval

To express dislike or to debase something

Answer 10

Pejorative

Question 11

To use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas

To copy another’s work as if it were your own; Piracy

Answer 11

Plagiarism

Question 12

To say or write very harsh and critical things about someone or something

To denounce or put down someone or something

Answer 12

Vilify

Question 13

Behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly way

Abrupt in a manner; blunt; or Rough

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Brusque

Question 14

Capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue by chemical action

Description of a substance able to chemically damage something else

Acid

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Caustic

Question 15

Hard to control readily Angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome

Heart to manage or control

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Fractious

Question 16

Impervious to constraints of punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable

Incapable of being corrected or amended

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Incorrigible

Question 17

A person who does not show proper appreciation or thanks for something

A person who is ungrateful

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Ingrate

Question 18

Having or showing a lack of respect for other people; boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinence; insulting

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Insolent

Question 19

Having a widely known and unusually bad reputation

Unfavorably known

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Notorious

Question 20

Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

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Pugnacious

Question 21

Deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy

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Reprehensible

Question 22

Causing moral or physical injury; harmful

Injurious to health

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Deleterious

Question 23

A feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism

Deep hatred or hostility

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Enmity

Question 24

Extremely wicked; hateful shockingly wicked Hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

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Heinous

Question 25

The performance by a public official or an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing ( usually especially oven at in violation of a public trust)

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Malfeasance

Question 26

The unwillfully formed design to hurt another without reason or cause Direct intentions to harm others or desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness

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Malice

Question 27

In a state of Foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten

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Putrid

Question 28

Malicious resentful miss or hostility; spite

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Rancorous

Question 29

Containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation extremely harsh, malicious, or harmful

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Toxic

Question 30

Mark by the characteristics of it earlier period.; antiquated Old, old-fashioned, or relating to a primitive period

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Archaic

Question 31

Made commonplace or trite; stale; banal. Overdone and cliché

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Hackneyed

Question 32

Severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding Strict in Anna, attitude, or appearance

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Austere

Question 33

The state or quality of being mediocre, ordinary, or of moderate quality Having no superior quality

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Mediocrity

Question 34

Of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly Lacking interest or excitement; dealing with the earthly world instead of the heavens

Answer 34

Mundane

Question 35

Of great weight Slow and clumsy because of weight

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Ponderous

Question 36

Commonplace or dog; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; Lacking poetic beauty; unromantic

Answer 36

Prosaic

Question 37

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity

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Sedentary

Question 38

Anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil Anticipating something with anxiety or fear

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Apprehension

Question 39

A person or thing that foreshadows or fortells the coming of someone or something Someone or something that announces or signals the approach of another

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Harbinger

Question 40

Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious Giving an indication of that oncoming events

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Ominous

Question 41

A feeling of anticipation or of anxiety over a future event; Presentiment A forewarning

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Premonition

Question 42

For fear; fearful Scared

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Timorous

Question 43

Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation A state of hesitation or concern

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Trepidation

Question 44

Fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs plenty

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Ample

Question 45

Of large scope; covering or involving much Detailed

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Comprehensive

Question 46

Having or yeilding abundant supply Fullness

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Copious

Question 47

To pass into or through every part of Saturate

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Permeated

Question 48

Spread throughout Distributed

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pervasive

Question 49

Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force Excessive

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Prodigious

Question 50

Abundantly supplied; filled Sufficiently provided

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Replete

Question 51

Beginning to exist or develop New

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Nascent

Question 52

A person who is new to the circumstances Beginner

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Novice

Question 53

Worthy of imitation; commendable Representing the best of something

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Exemplary

Question 54

Chief and importance or impact Having superior power; Dominant

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Paramount

Question 55

Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty Easy

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Facile

Question 56

Taking or showing extreme care about minute details Being precise

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Meticulous

Question 57

To represent in an ideal form or character To think or represent someone or something as being perfect

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Idealize

Question 58

A list or itemized display

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Catalog

Question 59

Excessively particular, critical, or demanding Hard to please

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Fastidious

Question 60

Of a pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations Focusing on practical results and facts instead of speculation and opinion

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Pragmatic

Question 61

Containing or expressing praise

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Laudatory

Question 62

To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt difference To be respected

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Venerated

Question 63

Any system of persons or things ranked one above the other Arrangement based on rank or importance

Answer 63

Hierarchy

Question 64

Having assets in excess of liabilities Being able to pay one's debts

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Solvent