Vocabulary Building: Mastering Challenging English Words, Exams of Nursing

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Graded A+ Abate - ANSto lessen in intensity or degree aberrant - ANSdeviating from the norm Abjure - ANSto denounce or reject solemnly to recant, to avoid adumbrate - ANSto foreshadow vaguely to suggest or outline sketchily to obscure or overshadow Aggrandize - ANSincrease in intensity, power, influence, or prestige alacrity - ANSeager or enthusiastic, willingness alloy - ANScommingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior mixed metals anachronism - ANSsomething/someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context anathema - ANSa solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing anodyne - ANSpain reliever/soothing intentionally unoffensive not likely to promote offense anodyne remark apogee - ANSfarthest or highest point culmination, zenith apostate - ANSone who abandons long held religious or political conventions apotheosis noun - ANSdeification; glorification to godliness; an exalted example; a model of excellence or perfection ascetic - ANSone who practices rigid self-denial especially as an act of religious devotion asperity - ANSseverity, rigor roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability asseverate - ANSto aver, assert or allege assiduous - ANSdiligent, hardworking, sedulous astringent - ANSharsh/severe causing a tightening of living tissue; something that tightens tissue attuned/attune - ANSaccustomed or adjusted to make receptive or aware Augury (noun.) - ANSomen, portent, prophecy august - ANSmajestic, venerable (worthy of praise/honor) avarice - ANSgreed for wealth Aver - ANSstate or declare as fact; declare or assert axiomatic - ANStaken as a given, implied, possessing self-evident truth; as noun--axiom bent - ANSproclivity, propensity leaning bombastic - ANSpompous/ grandiloquent broach - ANSpierce a cask to draw liquor to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about bromide & platitude - ANSa superficial remark, especially one offered as intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling dearth, paucity - ANSscarcity, lack, smallness or quantity or number demur - ANSto question or oppose denouement - ANSan outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot derelict - ANSin a poor state of squalor due to mistreatment or neglect; a person without a home, job, or support system descry - ANSto catch sight of desiccate - ANSdry out/ dehydrate to make dull desuetude - ANSa state of disuse or inactivity desultory - ANSrandom, aimless, marked by lack of plan or purpose diaphanous - ANSgauzy, transparent ; very sheer and light; almost completely transparent diatribe - ANSa harsh denunciation innocuous question, like "Do you like hot dogs?" and she unleashes a diatribe about the evils of eating meat. A diatribe is an angry, critical speech. similar to harangue and tirade didactic - ANSintended to teach or instruct, didactic intended to teach or instruct; in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way. die - ANSa tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop diffident - ANSreserved, shy, lacking confidence, reticent dilettante - ANSsomeone who takes a superficial or amateurish interest in a the arts or a branch of knowledge din - ANSloud, unpleasant noise, cacophony, discordant disinterested - ANSfree from bias or self-interest, impartial dissemble - ANS(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression; similar to equivocate the spy dissembled himself in the bushes to avoid being seen by his hit victims. sometimes lawyers dissemble. dogmatic - ANSexpressing rigid opinions on unproved or improvable principles; noun form --> dogma (held as an established opinion) ebullience - ANSlively and enthusiastic expression of thoughts & feelings eclectic - ANScomposed of elements drawn from various sources; ASSORTED edify - ANSto instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually elegy - ANSmournful pem especially lamenting the dead eminent - ANS(of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession. "one of the world's most eminent statisticians" used to emphasize the presence of a positive quality. emollient - ANSa smoothing skin agent, something that smoothes the skin and mollifies, make less harsh encomium - ANSglowing/enthusiastic praise panegyric, tribute, elegy endemic - ANScharacteristic of a specific locality, region, or people; often found among certain groups; endemic qualities Enervate - ANSweaken, decrease vitality enigmatic - ANSmysterious, hard to understand, obscure ephemeral - ANSbrief, fleeting, transient Equivocate - ANSto speak ambiguously with the intent of deception, equivocate eschew - ANSto avoid, shun esoteric - ANSintended to only be understood by or for a small, specific group essay - ANSto test, try, or experiment to attempt she essayed the waters before jumping in feet first evanescent - ANStending to disappear like vapor, vanishing, fleeting exact - ANSto take, to demand/call for excoriate - ANSto censure scathingly, to upbraid Exculpate - ANSexonerate, free from blame execrate - ANSto denounce as vile or evil, to curse to hate exegesis - ANScritical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture. explication was upsetting to see how few community members stepped up to show their respects. I found myself in an imbroglio when my cheeks turned cherry red while presenting my French speech in front of the school. imminent - ANSabout to happen impending impecunious; indigent - ANSlacking funds/ without money, impoverished impetuous - ANSrash, impulsive passionate/intense/vehement implacable - ANSnot capable of being significantly changed or appeased impunity - ANSimmunity from punishment inchoate - ANSin initial stage, not fully formed; nascent, incipient incipient/Nascent - ANSBeginning to come into being or to become apparent; existing in an initial stage. inconoclast - ANSa person who attacks traditional norms and institutions indefatigable - ANStireless, not easily exhaustible, dogged ineluctable - ANScertain or inevitable the future is ineluctable, enjoy the ride, grab the wheel and look forward. infelicitous - ANSunfortunate inappropriate ingenuous - ANSinnocent child- like candidness, honest, artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication, ingenuous inimical - ANStending to obstruct or harm, injurious, damaging hostile & unfriendly inimitable - ANSnot capable of being copied or imitated; one of a kind, peerless insipid - ANSlacking in stimulation or substance,not challenging, uninteresting, flat, dull, tasteless the food at cane's is actually pretty insipid without the sauce. I find the decor to be a bit insipid and boring. The writing was insipid leaving me unfulfilled. insouciant - ANSunconcerned, carefree, heedless intimate - ANSto imply or suggest How dare Sarah intimate that I want her dusty ass bf? intractable - ANSnot easily managed, stubborn hard to control, obstinate intransigent mother - ANSrefusing to compromise, irreconcilable Intrepid - ANSsteadfast unafraid inured - ANSprone to accepting something undesirable inveigle - ANSto obtain by deception or flattery inveterate - ANSdeep rooted, ingrained, habitual irascible - ANSeasily angered, temperamental laconic - ANSusing very few words list - ANSleaning, tilting to one side the listing town of Pisa lugubrious - ANSlooking/sounding sad/dismal Lubert's Lugubrious Wart! lumber - ANSmove heavily and clumsily Maverick - ANSan independent individual who does not go along with groups or parties meet - ANSfitting proper the weather conditions are meet for the wedding this afternoon mendacity - ANSdishonesty mercurial - ANSmarked by rapid and unpredictable shifts in mood mince - ANSto speak affectedly to euphemize-- be indirect to speak too carefully to tip toe/to take tiny steps misanthrope - ANSa person who hates all other humans morose - ANSsad, sullen, melancholy nebulous - ANSvague, cloudy, lacking defined form, nebulous neologism - ANSthe invention or use of a new expression or word or usage neophyte - ANSnew convert novice/beginnger nice - ANSexacting, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill noxious - ANSinjurious, harmful, deleterious, noxious obdurate - ANSunyielding hard hearted intractable could be an antonym for malleable obfuscate - ANSintentionally obscure to make confusing obsequiousness - ANSexcessively servile; ingratiating flattery Obstinate - ANSexceptionally large in size, extent, or degree ARCHAIC: unnatural or abnormal proffer - ANShold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer. an offer or proposal profligate, profligacy - ANSprodigal proliferate - ANSto grow or increase swiftly & abundantly prolific - ANSproducing large volumes or amounts; productive (as in reproducing a lot); present in large numbers, plentiful Prosaic - ANSdull lacking in spirit or imagination quaff - ANSto drink deeply; imbibe quail - ANSto lose courage; to turn frightened quailed in the presence of her redoubtable opponent qualify - ANSto limit, modify, or restrict querulous/peevish - ANSgiven to complaining, grumbling, whining, peevish quiescence (quiescent) - ANSinactivity, at rest, inert Quixotic - ANSfoolishly impractical and idealistic; lofty romantic ideals opposite of pragmatic quotidian - ANStrite; everyday, commonplace rail - ANSto complains about bitterly rancorous - ANScharacterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment Rarefy - ANSto become thin, less dense to refine we rarefied the sugar the sugar to get rid of the dirt. recalcitrant - ANSdefiant toward authority; hard to manage, recalcitrant Recondite - ANShidden, concealed difficult to understand redoubtable - ANSawe-inspiring, fear-inspiring, formidable; worthy of honor, intensely capable Refulgent - ANSradiant shiny brilliant relegate - ANSto forcibly assign to a lower position; banish rend/rent - ANSto tear rent = torn an opening or tear renege - ANSto go back on a promise or fail to honor a commitment reproach - ANSthe expression of disapproval or disappointment. repudiate - ANSdisown; refuse to have anything to do with, repudiate, denounce rescind - ANSretract, take back, invalidate, repeal reticent - ANSquiet, shy, hesitant, reserved, reticent rout - ANSdebacle, failure, fiasco salubrious - ANSpromoting health or well being, beneficial sanction - ANSto give permission or authorize; set rule or restriction; penalty to enforce compliance "the ultimate sanction against him will be closure of the restaurant until he acquires the proper liquor licensing" sap - ANSto weaken/ enervate scurvy - ANSdespicable, contemptible sedulous - ANShard working, diligent, persistent singular - ANSexceptional, unusual, odd solicitous - ANS(adj.) concern or care; fearful & anxious about someone or something "she was always solicitous about the welfare of her students" solvent - ANSsomething that can dissolve another substance; one whois capable of meeting their financial obligations, financially stable although Christie does not currently have a job, her savings have left her notably solvent, making it easy for her to retire from a young age. My dad said we should always be solvent because debt piles up a lot faster than we realize. soporific - ANSsleep inducing, causing drowsiness; a drug that induces sleep I took ambien, a known soporific, to help with my insomnia. Sordid - ANSfilthy, squalor, grime, foul; ignoble actions and motives specious - ANSplausible but false, misleadingly attractive, deceptive some Green answer choices are intentionally specious in order to test how well you truly know the vocabulary. spendthrift - ANSexcessive and wasteful spender spurious - ANSlacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit the spurious $5 bill