Words 16-year-olds should know
valiant
brave
oblivious
clueless
gauche
clumsy
imperious
commanding
subjugate
conquer
plagiarize
copy illegally
cadaverous
corpse like
throng
crowd
precipitous
dangerously high
lexicon
dictionary
accentuate
draw attention to
euphuistic
eloquent language
perennial
eternal
achingly
extremely
auspicious
favourable
nepotism
favouring relatives
xenophobia
fear of foreigners
pecuniary
financial
facetious
flippant
felicitous
fortunate
palmistry
fortune telling
orgulous
proud, arrogant
bellicose
aggressive
atavistic
ancestral
gesticulate
arm movements
supercilious
arrogant
acumen
awareness
seethe
full of unexpressed anger
abjure
give up something
circumnavigate
go around
vehement
heated, passionate
alleviate
improve
ameliorate
improve
feckless
irresponsible
laissez faire
leave alone
mitigate
limit
raucous
loud
exacerbate
make worse
vacuous
mindless
soliloquy
monologue
antithesis
opposite
regimented
organized
gregarious
outgoing
valetudinarian
overly concerned about your health
usurp
overthrow
kowtow
pay homage to
epitome
pinnacle
fatuous
pointless
sanguine
positive
tirade
rant
germane
relevant
diffident
reluctant
detritus
residue, remains
reciprocal
return
churlish
rude
irony
sarcasm
incredulous
sceptical
pettifogging
scrutinizing petty details
abstemious
self denying
introspection
self observation
soporific
sleep inducing
writhe
squirm
austere
strict
obsequious
submissive
epiphany
sudden realisation
cordillera
system of mountain ranges
methodical
systematic
loquacious
talkative
nomenclature
terminology
noxious
toxic
tempestuous
turbulent
incontrovertible
undeniable
incognito
undercover
haughty
vain
precipice
vertical rock face
circumambulate
walk around
mercurial
witty, lively
malefactor
wrongdoer