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IMPORTANT CSS VOCAB
1. Aberration – straying away from what is normal
2. Abeyance - suspended action
3. Abhor - to hate, to detest
4. Abide - be faithful to; endure
5. Abjure - promise or swear, to give up
6. Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
7. Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by friction
8. Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing off
9. Abrogate - repeal or annul by authority
10.Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
11.Abstruse - difficult to comprehend; obscure
12.Abundant - plentiful
13.Abut - border on
14.Abysmal - bottomless, extreme
15.Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn out
16.Accentuate - give more force or attention to
17.Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and approval
18.Accolade - praise, approval
19.Accretion - the growing of separate things into one
20.Acquiesce in - agree (without protest)
21.Acquisition - something acquired, acquiring
22.Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible
23.Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to
24.Adhesion - adhering, support
25.Adjacent - lying near, next
26.Admonitory - containing warning
27.Adorn - add beauty; decorate
28.Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in quality
29.Affable - polite and friendly
30.Affinity - close connection, relationship
31.Aggravate - make worse; irritate
32.Agile - active, quick-moving
33.Agog - eager/excited
34.Ail - trouble; be ill
35.Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness
36.Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place
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IMPORTANT CSS VOCAB

  1. Aberration – straying away from what is normal
  2. Abeyance - suspended action
  3. Abhor - to hate, to detest
  4. Abide - be faithful to; endure
  5. Abjure - promise or swear, to give up
  6. Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)
  7. Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by friction
  8. Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing off
  9. Abrogate - repeal or annul by authority
  10. Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
  11. Abstruse - difficult to comprehend; obscure
  12. Abundant - plentiful
  13. Abut - border on
  14. Abysmal - bottomless, extreme
  15. Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn out
  16. Accentuate - give more force or attention to
  17. Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and approval
  18. Accolade - praise, approval
  19. Accretion - the growing of separate things into one
  20. Acquiesce in - agree (without protest)
  21. Acquisition - something acquired, acquiring
  22. Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible
  23. Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to
  24. Adhesion - adhering, support
  25. Adjacent - lying near, next
  26. Admonitory - containing warning
  27. Adorn - add beauty; decorate
  28. Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in quality
  29. Affable - polite and friendly
  30. Affinity - close connection, relationship
  31. Aggravate - make worse; irritate
  32. Agile - active, quick-moving
  33. Agog - eager/excited
  34. Ail - trouble; be ill
  35. Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness 36.Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place
  1. Alienate - estrange
  2. Allegiance - duty, support, loyalty
  3. Alleviate - make (pain) easier to bear
  4. Alloy - to debase by mixing with something inferior
  5. Aloof - reserved, indifferent
  6. Amalgamate - mix, combine, unite societies
  7. Ambidextrous - able to use the left hand or the right equally well
  8. Ambiguous - doubtful, uncertain
  9. Ambivalent - having both of two contrary meanings
  10. Ameliorate - improve, make better
  11. Amendment - improving
  12. Amicable - friendly
  13. Amortize - end (a debt) by setting aside money
  14. Amplify - make large or fuller, increase the strength
  15. Anguish - severe suffering
  16. Animosity - strong dislike
  17. Annul - put an end to
  18. Anticlimax - sudden fall
  19. Antidote - medicine used against a poison or a disease
  20. Antithetical - direct opposing
  21. Apartheid - brutal racial discrimination
  22. Apathetic - indifference
  23. Aplomb - self-confidence
  24. Apostate - one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
  25. Apotheosis - deification, glorification to godliness
  26. Appease - make quiet or calm
  27. Apprehensive - grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future
  28. Apprise - give notice to, inform
  29. Approbation - approval
  30. Appropriate - take for one's own use, acquire, set aside
  31. Apropos - appropriate to the situation; apt
  32. Apt - well-suited, quick-witted
  33. Arabesque - whimsical
  34. Arbitrate - decide by arbitration
  35. Arboreal - of connected with trees
  36. Ardently - with full of ardor 73.Ardor - enthusiasm
  37. Arduous - steep, difficult ascent; laborious
  38. Argot - jargon, slang
  1. Balm - sweet-smelling oil; consolation
  2. Banal - uninteresting
  3. Band - flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies
  4. Bane - cause of injury, poison, source of harm
  5. Baneful - causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive
  6. Barrage - artificial obstacle built across a river
  7. Barren - not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value
  8. Bask in - enjoy warmth and light
  9. Bazaar - market
  10. Be irreconcilable - cannot be brought into harmony
  11. Beatify - to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to
  12. Bedizen - to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
  13. Belabor - beat hard
  14. Belie - contradict, give a false impression
  15. Belittle - cause to seem unimportant
  16. Bellicose - belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
  17. Belligerent - (person, nation) waging war
  18. Belligerently - waging war
  19. Bend - cause something to be out of a straight line
  20. Benefactor - person who has given help
  21. Benevolence - wish or activity in doing good
  22. Benign - kind and gentle; mild (climate)
  23. Bequest - arrangement to give something at death
  24. Berate - scold sharply
  25. Bereft - rob or dispossess of something (material)
  26. Bewilder - puzzle, confuse
  27. Biased - prejudice
  28. Bigot - stubborn, narrow-minded person
  29. Bilge - bulge, the protuberance of a cask
  30. Blandishment - flattery, coaxing
  31. Blandness - polite manner, comforting, uninteresting
  32. Blatant - noisy and rough
  33. Blithe - gay and joyous
  34. Blueprint – plan, scheme, photographic print
  35. Blunt - plain, not troubling to be polite
  36. Boggle - be alarmed, hesitate, amazed 149. Bogus - sham, counterfeit, not genuine
  37. Boisterous - loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
  38. Bolster - give greatly needed support
  1. Boor - ill-mannered person
  2. Boorish - crude, offensive, rude
  3. Braid - strands of hair woven together, something edging sloth
  4. Brash - hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy
  5. Brass - yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
  6. Brazen - made of brass
  7. Breach - opening broken place, breaking
  8. Brigant - brigand, bandit
  9. Brisk - active, lively
  10. Brisket - breast of an animal
  11. Brittle - easily broken
  12. Broach - bring up, announce, begin to talk about
  13. Brook - to tolerate, endure
  14. Buoyant - able to float; light-hearted
  15. Burgeon - grow forth, send out buds
  16. Burnish - to polish, rub to a shine 168. Bust - run out of money C
  17. Cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
  18. Cadge - to beg, to get by begging
  19. Cajolers - flattery or deceit to persuade
  20. Calf - young of the domestic cow
  21. Calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument
  22. Calumniate - to slander, present false accusal
  23. Calumny - slander, aspersion
  24. Candid - frank straight-forward
  25. Cantankerous - bad-tempered/quarrelsome
  26. Cantin - sincere talk/jargon
  27. Canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
  28. Capricious - fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable
  29. Castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing
  30. Castigation - severe punishment
  31. Casual - happening by chance, careless
  32. Catalyst - substance that causes speeding up
  33. Caustic - biting, sarcastic
  34. Censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke
  35. Census - official counting of the population
  36. Centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
  37. Chary - cautious, wary
  38. Chastened - corrected, punished
  1. Compunction - feeling of regret for one's action
  2. Conceal - hide, keep secret
  3. Conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride
  4. Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying
  5. Concord - agreement or harmony
  6. Concur - agree in opinion, happen together
  7. Condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic
  8. Condone - forgive
  9. Congeal - make or become stiff and solid
  10. Conjoin – to join together
  11. Connoisseur - a person with good judgment (e.g.. in art)
  12. Connotation - suggestion in addition to
  13. Consent - give agreement or permission
  14. Consequential - pompous, self important
  15. Consolation - consoling or being consoled
  16. Console - give comfort or sympathy to
  17. Conspicuous - easily seen; remarkable
  18. Consternation - surprise and fear, dismay
  19. Constrain - compel
  20. Constrict - make tight or smaller
  21. Consume - get to the end of
  22. Consummate - perfect/make perfect/complete
  23. Contemn - to scorn or despise
  24. Contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome
  25. Contiguous - touching, neighboring, near
  26. Contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
  27. Contumacious - insubordinate, rebellious
  28. Conundrum - a riddle, dilemma, enigma
  29. Conviction - convincing; firm belief
  30. Convoke - call together, summon
  31. Convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted
  32. Cord - twisted strands
  33. Cordial - warm and sincere
  34. Cordon – line of police acting as a guard
  35. Cornucopia - abundant supply
  36. Corporeal - physical; of or for the body
  37. Correlate - have a mutual relation
  38. Corroboration - additional, strengthening evidence
  1. Countenance to - favor or approve of
  2. Counterfeit - forgery
  3. Countervail - counterbalance
  4. Covert - disguised
  5. Covetous - eagerly desirous
  6. Cower - crouch; shrink back
  7. Coy – shy/modest (esp of a girl)
  8. Crass - very great (es. stupidity)
  9. Cravat - piece of linen worn as a necktie
  10. Craven – cowardly
  11. Crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket
  12. Credulity - too great a readiness to believe things
  13. Credulous - ready to believe things
  14. Crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm
  15. Cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning
  16. Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry
  17. Curmudgeon - bad-tempered person
  18. Curriculum - course of study
  19. Cursory - quick, hurried
  20. Curtail - make shorter then was planned
  21. Cynic - person who see no good in anything D
  22. Dainty - pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
  23. Dart - quick movement; missile in darts
  1. Desiccant - substance used to absorb moisture
  2. Desiccate - dry out all the moisture
  3. Desuetude - cessation of use; disuse
  4. Desultory - aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
  5. Detach - separate
  6. Deter discourage, hinder
  7. Detraction - slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
  8. Detumescence - diminishing or lessening of swelling
  9. Deviance - being different in moral standards (from normal)
  10. Dexterity - skill (esp. in handling)
  11. Dexterous - clever, skillful with hands
  12. Diaphanous - transparent, gauzy
  13. Diatribe - bitter and violent attack in words
  14. Dictate - order
  15. Diffidence - shyness
  16. Diffident - lacking in self-confidence
  17. Dilate - speak comprehensively, become wider, large
  18. Dilatory - causing delay, procrastinating
  19. Din - loud noise that continues
  20. Disabuse - to undeceive, correct a false impression
  21. Disallow - refuse to allow or accept as a correct
  22. Discern - see with an effort but clearly
  23. Discomfit - to defeat, put down
  24. Disconcert - upset the self-possession of
  25. Discountenance - refuse to approve of
  26. Discourse - speech, lecture,
  27. Discredit - refuse to believe
  28. Discreet - careful/prudent
  29. Discrete - individually distinct
  30. Disdain - look on with contempt
  31. Disencumber - free from encumbrance E
  32. Encumbrance - burden; things that get on the way of
  1. Endearing - making dear or liked
  2. Endemic - epidemic
  3. Endorse - write one's name on the back of
  4. Enduring - lasting
  5. Enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
  6. Engender - cause, produce, give rise to
  7. Engrave - impress deeply
  8. Engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal
  9. Engulf swallow up
  10. Enigma - something that is puzzling
  11. Enmity - hatred; being an enemy
  12. Enormity - excessive wickedness; evilness
  13. Enormousness - great size
  14. Ensign - flag/badge
  15. Entangle - put into difficulties
  16. Enthral - please greatly/enslave (fig)
  17. Entice - tempt or persuade
  18. Entreat - ask earnestly
  19. Enunciate - pronounce (words)/express a theory
  20. Enzyme - catalyst
  21. Epicure – food lover, a connoisseur of food
  22. Epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
  23. Epistle – letter
  24. Epithet – adjective
  25. Epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model
  26. Equable - steady, regular
  27. Equanimity - calmness of temperament
  28. Equilibrium - state of being balanced
  29. Equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
  30. Equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
  31. Equivocate - try to deceive by equivocal language
  32. Eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots
  1. Evince - to show clearly, to indicate
  2. Evoke - call up, bring out
  3. Evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually
  4. Excoriate - to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply
  5. Excoriation - severe criticism
  6. Exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt
  7. Exert - thrust out, push forth
  8. Exertion - instance of exerting
  9. Exhaustive - complete, thorough
  10. Exigency - emergency, an urgent situation
  11. Exonerate - free; clear
  12. Exoneration - set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame)
  13. Exorbitant - much too high or great
  14. Expatiate - to roam, wander freely
  15. Expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose
  16. Expiation - ending; expiring
  17. Exploit – brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly
  18. Expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
  19. Expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor
  20. Exscind - to cut out, cut away
  21. Extant - still in existence
  22. Extempore - without previous thought or preparation
  23. Extensive - far-reaching
  24. Extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse
  25. Extinct - no longer active
  26. Extinguish - end the existence of/wipe or put out
  27. Extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
  28. Extol - praise highly
  29. Extort - obtain by threats, violence
  30. Extralegal - outside the law
  31. Extricable – that can be freed
  32. Extrovert - cheerful person
  33. Exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life

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  1. Facetious - humorous, funny, jocular
  2. Facile easily done
  3. Facilitate - make easy (e.g.. a process of smth)
  4. Fallacious - based on error
  5. Fallacy - false or mistaken belief
  6. Falter - waver/move in an uncertain manner
  7. Fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction
  8. Faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid
  9. Fawn - young deer, try to win somebody's favor
  10. Feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
  11. Fecund - fertile
  12. Feint - pretend
  13. Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
  14. Felon - person guilty of murder
  15. Ferment - substance; become excited
  16. Ferocity - savage cruelty
  17. Ferret - discover by searching; search
  18. Fertile - producing much, full of ideas
  19. Fertilize - make fertile or productive
  20. Fervid - showing earnest feeling
  21. Fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness
  22. Fetid - stinking
  23. Fetter - to shackle, put in chains
  24. Feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time
  25. Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy
  26. Fidget - move restlessly, make nervous
  27. Figurehead – carved image on the prow of a ship
  28. Finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation
  29. Finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc.
  30. Finicky - finical
  31. Finite - limited, having bounds
  32. Fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells)
  1. Fortuitous - happening by chance
  2. Foster - nurture, care for
  3. Fracas – noisy quarrel
  4. Fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed
  5. Fragrant - sweet-smelling
  6. Franchise - special right given by authority
  7. Frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety
  8. Frenetic - frantic, frenzied
  9. Fret - worry; irritation; wear away
  10. Friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion
  11. Fringe edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead
  12. Froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn
  13. Frugal - careful, economical
  14. Fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode
  15. Fulmination - bitter protest
  16. Fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness G
  17. Gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose
  18. Gambol - quick, playful jumping
  19. Garble - make unfair selection from facts
  20. Garment - article of clothing
  21. Garner - to gather and save; to store up
  22. Garrulity - talkativeness
  23. Garrulous – too talkative
  24. Gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior
  25. Germane - relevant; pertinent to
  26. Gist - the point, general sense
  27. Glean - gather facts in small quantities
  28. Glib - ready and smooth but not sincere
  29. Glimmer - weak/unsteady light
  30. Gloat - over look at with selfish delight
  1. Glut - supply to much, fill to excess
  2. Gnaw - waste away; bite steadily
  3. Goad - something urging a person to action
  4. Gorge - eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
  5. Gossamer - soft light, delicate material
  6. Gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood
  7. Grace – favor
  8. Grandiloquent - using pompous words
  9. Grave - serious, requiring consideration
  10. Graze - touch or scrape lightly in passing
  11. Gregarious - living in societies; liking the company
  12. Grievance - cause for complaint or protest
  13. Grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave
  14. Grimace - twisted expression of a face
  15. Grind - crush, polish
  16. Grooves long channel in the surface, habitual way of living
  17. Grovel - crawl, humble oneself
  18. Guile - deceit, cunning
  19. Guileless - straight-forward, candid
  20. Gull - cheat, deceive
  21. Gullible - easily gulled
  22. Gush - burst out suddenly/talk ardently
  23. Gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc. H
  24. Hack - cut roughly; hired horse
  25. Halcyon - calm and peaceful
  26. Hallow - to make holy; consecrate
  27. Hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity
  28. Hapless - unlucky, unfortunate
  29. Harangue - a long, passionate speech
  30. Harbinger - something or somebody that foretells the coming
  1. Ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful
  2. Illicit - unlawful, forbidden
  3. Illusory - deceptive; an illusion
  4. Imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation
  5. Immaculate - pure, faultless
  6. Immerse - absorb; put under the surface of
  7. Imminent - likely to come or happen soon
  8. Immutable - that cannot be changed
  9. Impair - worsen, diminish in value
  10. Impaired - damaged, weakened
  11. Impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
  12. Impecunious - having little or no money
  13. Impede - hinder; get in the way of
  14. Impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
  15. Impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected
  16. Imperative - urgent, essential
  17. Imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant
  18. Impermeable – that cannot be permeated
  19. Imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited
  20. Impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials)
  21. Imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, over bearingness
  22. Impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful
  23. Impiety lack of reverence or dutifulness
  1. Implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable
  2. Implausibility – incredibility
  3. Implicate - show that somebody has a share
  4. Implicit - implied though not plainly expressed
  5. Implosion - collapse; bursting inward
  6. Imply - make a suggestion
  7. Importune - beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute)
  8. Imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse
  9. Impromptu - without preparation
  10. Impudence - being rash, indiscreet
  11. Impudent - rash, indiscreet
  12. Impugned - challenged, to be doubted
  13. Impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe
  14. Inadvertent - done thoughtlessly
  15. Inane - silly, senseless
  16. Inasmuch - since, because
  17. Incense - make angry
  18. Incessant - often repeated, continual
  19. Inchoate -not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary
  20. Incipient - beginning
  21. Incise - engrave, make a cut in
  22. Incite – stir up, rouse
  23. Inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction
  24. Incoherently - not consistently, unclearly
  25. Incongruous - out of place, not in harmony or agreement
  26. Incorrigibility - cannot be cured or corrected
  27. Incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe
  28. Inculcate - fix firmly by repetition
  29. Incumbents - official duties
  30. Incursion - a raid, a sudden attack
  31. Indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
  32. Indelible - that cannot be rubbed out
  33. Indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement