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NLN PAX VOCABULARY WORDS
Abrasions - Scrapes Abstemious - Discipline, self-denying, moderate Accolade - honor, privilege, award, tribute Adamant - Inflexible, stubborn, insistent, Obstinate Adversaries - Opponents Affinity - empathy for, harmony Agrarian - Farm production Allay - reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, calm Aloof - distant, detached, unfriendly Altruist - Humanitarian, benevolent, unselfish Ambiguous - open to more than one interpretation, double meaning, vague Amiable - friendly, affable, amicable, cordial Anachronism - belonging to another period other the present
Animosity - great ill - hostility, hatred Antediluvian - Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé Antithesis - opposite, contrary, reverse Apathy - indifference, lack of interest Apex - Highest point Ascetic - self-discipline, self-denying Bauble - Trinket, Ornament, Frippery Bedlam - Uproar, confusion, commotion, disorder Biennial - once every two years Bigot - Extremist, partisan, racist, sexist, chauvinist Bogus - not genuine, not true, fake, false Brazen - Bold, Shameless, defiant, impudent Cacophonous - discordant Calamity - Disaster
Cowardly - Pusillanimous, Lack of courage Cryptic - enigmatic Damper - mold, wet Deference - respect, obedience, surrender Demure - modest, reserved, bashful, proper, chaste Derisive - mocking, insulting, sarcastic Disdainful - Scornful - Disrespectful Dissident - objector, protester, rebel, agitator, protesting, Rebellious Dogged - tenacious, determined, purposeful Dogmatic - insistent, adamant, authoritarian Domicile - Residence Edible - safe to eat, consumable, good to eat Edicts - order, command, decree Elicit - obtain, draw out, evoke, induce, provoke
Empirically - based on, concerned with, Enticements - temptations, lure, allure, attraction Epilogue - afterword, postscript, addendum Eroded - dissolve, corrode, decay, destroy, deteriorate Essence - nature Expiate - make amends for, pay for it, redeem Explicit - Clearly stated Fallow - uncultivated, unplowed, inactive Falter - hesitate, delay, stammer, and struggle, Unsteadily Fastidious - Scrupulous, meticulous, critical, hard to please Flaccid - soft Flippant - Frivolous, disrespectful Florid - red-faced, rosy, pink, blushing Flux - continuous change, variability, instability, oscillation
Impervious - Unaffected by, immune to, resistant to, impermeable Impetuous - impulsive, rash, reckless, careless, without care Inalienable - absolute, untransferable, nonnegotiable Incongruous - not in harmony, inappropriate, unsuitable, odd Incredulous - Disbelieving Increment - larger amount Incumbent - current, present, in office, in power Indelible - permanent, lasting Indigent - impoverished Indolent - Lazy Indomitable - invincible, unbeatable Infer - deduction Intemperate - Uncontrolled Interloper - intruder, trespasser, invader
Irrepressible - Uncontrollable Itinerant - migrant Knoll - mound, rise, hill Laudable - Deserves praise Limbo - unfinished, postponed, deferred, unresolved Ludicrous - foolish, unreasonable, ridiculous Lurid - bright, brilliant, vivid, sensational Malingering - pretends Menial - Unskilled, lowly, humble Mercenary - Avaricious Mirthful - merry, amusing, jocund Momentum - impetus, energy, force, power Necromancy - sorcery, black magic, witchcraft, voodoo Nomenclature - set of words and phrases
Pensive - thoughtful Pernicious - Harmful, destructive Perverse - contrary, awkward, difficult, uncooperative Petty - unimportant, minor, trivial Placate - pacify, calm, appease, soothe Pliable - easily shaped, flexible, elastic Powerless - impotent Praiseworthy - admirable, laudable, exemplary Presumptuous - falling to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate Prolific - Plentiful, abundant, profuse, fecund, rich Prologue - introduction, foreword, preface, prelude Purport - claims to be, pretend to be, rumored Quiescent - inactive, inert, idle, dormant Quixotic - idealistic and impractical
Raconteur - Storyteller Rapacious - Grasping, greedy avaricious, covetous, mercenary, insatiable Ravenous - Very hungry, voracious Recalcitrant - uncooperative, rebellious, contrary Recondite - obscure, abstruse, profound, difficult, complex Remission - respite, rest, break, recess, symptoms disappeared Reprimand - rebuke, admonish, reprove Reproved - Reprimand - Warning Reticulated - Constructed, arranged Saunter - stroll, wander, walk, Relaxed Scornful - superior, contemptuous, disrespectful Scurrilous - defamatory, slanderous, scandalous, insulting, offensive Secession - the act of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body Sedulous - diligent, meticulous, careful, Attentive
Terse - to the point, concise Tyranny - Despotism, absolute power, autocracy Ubiquitous - omnipresent, universal, all over the place Vacillated - wavered, be undecided Veracity - Truthfulness Vicissitudes - change, alteration, twist, turn, uncertainty Vitriolic - caustic, Sarcastic Vivacious - lively, buoyant, merry, jaunty Voluble - talkative Wavered - Hesitated Zealots - Extremists - fanatics Zenith - highest point, crowing point, peak
