Vocab Level F Mastery Test Units 13-15

Potpourri

A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with species for scent, hodgepodge, farrago, medley

Brouhaha

A confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far being what is justified, hullabaloo

Rejoinder

A reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit, riposte

Criterion

A rule, test; standard for judgement or evaluation, yardstick, touchstone, canon

Bulwark

A strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; to provide such defense of protection, bastion, rampart

Presentiment

A vague sense of approaching misfortune, premonition

Infirmity

A weakness or ailment, malady, affliction

Prolific

Abundantly productive, abundant, profuse, fruitful, fecund, proliferous

Surfeit

An excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess, glut

Connoisseur

An expert who is well qualified, savant, pundit

Inception

Beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, commencement

Herculean

Characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength, onerous, arduous, powerful

Extraneous

Coming from the outside; foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant, incidental, extrinsic, adventitious

Definitive

Conclusive, final, the limit of what can be done

Deference

Courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior

Disconsolate

Deeply unhappy or dejected, inconsolable

Choleric

Easily made angry, bad tempered, irascible, splenetic, bilious

Mawkish

Excessively and objectionably sentimental m; having a mildly sickening flavor, sentimentalized

Sadistic

Excessively cruel, fiendish

Adamant

Firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; an extremely hard substance

Grisly

Frightful, horrible, ghastly, gory

Profligate

Given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; a person given to wild spending, prodigal, improvident

Jejune

Lacking in nutritive value, lacking in interest or substance, immature, juvenile, puerile

Carnage

Large scale slaughter or loss of life

Requisite

Needed, necessary, regarded as essen of indispensable, incumbent

Blatant

Noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense, egregious, glaring, flagrant

Carousal

Noisy revelry or merrymaking, binge, jamboree

Sartorial

Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress

Nonplussed

Puzzled, at a loss, perplexed

Enigmatic

Puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable

Sententious

Self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages, pithy, aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic

Impassive

Showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate, motionless, insensible

Precocious

Showing unusually early development

Onus

Something that is heavy or burdensome; a stigma; blame, obligation

Obdurate

Stubborn, unyielding, adamant, obstinate

Opportune

Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose, felicitous

Turgid

Swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive language, pompous

Demeanor

The way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc.; facial appearance, mien, carriage

Aver

To affirm, declare confidently, assert, asseverate, avouch

Supplicate

To beg earnestly and humbly

Broach

To bring up or begin to talk about; to announce; to break the surface of water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce to draw off liquid; a spit for roasting; a tool for tossing casks

Collate

To compare critic in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose, sort out, cross check

Curtail

To cut short, bring to a halt, to amend sooner than expected, to reduce

Abet

To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

Expatiate

To expand on, to write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely, descant

Thwart

To oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate, foil, baffle

Foment

To promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm, instigate

Berate

To scold sharply, chide, reprove

Remit

To send or hand in; to cancel, forgive; to lessen, diminish; postpone, defer, abate

Mollify

To soften; to calm, allay; reduce in intensity, placate

Cloy

To spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit

Buttress

To support, prop up, strengthen; a supporting structure, bolster, reinforce, brace

Deplete

To use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Encumber

To weigh down or burden; to fill up, block up, hinder, overload

Credulous

Too ready to believe

Inauspicious

Unfavorable, suggesting bad luck for the future, unpropitious, untimely

Incontrovertible

Unquestionable, incontestable

Amendable

Willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive, responsive, liable to be held responsible, docile

Tortuous

Winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious, serpentine, labyrinthine

Impromptu

Without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation