abyss: hole so deep as to appear bottomless
acquiesce: agree, accept without protest
affable: polite and friendly, easy to talk to
affliction: distress, suffering
affluent: wealthy, abundant
agitate: move, shake, stir up
ambiguous:shavingsmore then one meaning
annex: take possession of
aqueous: of or like water
arduous: demanding great effort, strenuous
aroma: quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical
atone: make repayment
avarice: greed
bellicose: inclined to fighting
calisthenics: exercises to develop strong bodies
captor: person who takes smb captive
concoct: invent, prepare by mixing together
dangle: hand or swing loosely
deprive: take away from, prevent from using
diligent: hard-working
disrobe: undress
docile: easily trained or controlled
doleful: dismal, mourful
drought: a long period of dry weather
dubious: feeling doubt
dumbfound: astonish
efface: rub or wipe out, obliterate
elucidate: to make understandable
enchant: charm, delight e
ndeavor: to make an effort, to try very hard
endorse: approve, support a claim or statement
enthral: take the whole attention, enslave
exploit: to use for selfish advantage or profit
extensive: far-reaching
extol: to praise highly
flimsy: lacking solidarity, strength
fraud: a fault, a deception
gaudy: too bright and showy
ghastly: death-like, pale and ill
grumble: to complain
harass: worry, trouble
heretic: very busy; active
impediment: smth that hinders (esp in speech)
indigenous: native
insatiate: never satisfied
intrepid: fearless
irate: angry
jeopardy: danger
leash: control
loafer: an idle, lazy person
lucrative: profitable
lustrous: bright; shining
malign: to slander
meddle: to interfere, to intrude
mend: to repair
mirth: being merry and happy
nausea: feeling of sickness
neglect: pay no attention to
nocturnal: of or in the night
obese: very fat
obsolete: no longer useful, outdated
perch: take up a high position
pervade: spread through every part of
petulant: unreasonably impatient or irritable
pillage: plunder (esp in war)
presumptuous: too bold or self-confident
quashed : annuled
quenching: satisfy, put an end to, put out
refurbished: make clean, as if like new
rejoicing: happiness, joy
reticent: in the habit of saying little
reverberate: be sent back, again and again
rigor: sternness, strictness, severe conditions rotundity: state of being round
salvage: the saving of property from loss
scattered: not situated together
shatter: to breaksintosmany pieces
shunned: avoided, kept away from
sketchy: shortly, roughly, quickly
sporadic: happening from time to time
stifled: suppressed, kept back
strive: to make great efforts, to struggle
subsequent: following
succumb: yield, die
taciturn: unspoken, silent
tantalize: raise hopes that cannot be realized
tentative: uncertain, probable
torpid: dull and slow
treacherous: not to be trusted, perfidious
tremor: thrill
tyro: a beginner
uproar: noise and excitement
vanity: a foolish pride
vehemence: forcefulness; intensity; conviction
vigilance: watchfulness
vindicate: prove the truth
voluptuous: arousing sensual pleasures
wan: looking ill, not bright
wile: a trick
wrinkle: make small lines (eg forehead)