Words 16-year-olds should know

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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


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