Advanced Vocabulary 13-24

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• disparity a state of inequality, a great difference
• facilitate to make easier
• fraudulent dishonest, deceptive
• ludicrous laughable
• opportunist a person who pursues and exploits any kind of opportunity without being guided by principles, plans or any ethical considerations
• shirk avoid, ignore or neglect responsibility
• spite a desire to hurt, annoy, vengeance
• apathy a lack of interest or enthusiasm
• diligent conscientiously hard-working
• inane empty and pointless
• indict to charge with a crime
• petty unimportant or trivial
• sedentary inactive; spending much time seated
• facetious in a joking manner; treating serious matters with deliberately inappropriate humor
• discord disagreement or conflict
• ostracize to exclude from a group
• pensive deep in thought or reflection
• placid tranquil, peaceful, calm
• salient Most noticeable, important, prominent, or conspicuous
• tacit understood or implied but not specifically expressed
• zeal passion, or enthusiasm (usually in pursuit of a cause or objective)
• cryptic mysterious, secret, or obscure in meaning
• dichotomy a division into two groups or parts or two opposing viewpoints
• disdain contempt
• impugn criticize; dispute the truth; call into question
• malice the desire to hurt others
• staunch strong, loyal and committed in attitude
• vilify to write or speak badly or abusively about
• conundrum a confusing problem or question
• exploit to make use of, take advantage of (unfairly profit from)
• gullible easily persuaded to believe something
• impeccable perfect, flawless
• penchant a strong habitual fondness for something
• plausible believable, possible
• scrutinize to look over or inspect closely
• concoct to make by combining different ingredients, create or devise
• credence belief that or acceptance that something is true
• devise to plan or invent
• disengage to detach or separate from something
• rebuke to express sstrong criticism or disapproval of (someone)
• sentiment an opinion
• unilateral performed by a single person, group or country (an action or decision)
• expedite to make something happen sooner (usually an action or process)
• flagrant outrageous or conspicuously offensive
• frugal thrifty, economical
• gregarious sociable, outgoing
• misanthrope a person who dislikes people and avoids people
• pacifist a person who does not believe in war or violence.
• repudiate to reject as false
• astute shrewd, or having the ability to accurately assess situations or people for one's own advantage
• candor the quality of openness and honesty in attitude and expression
• copious plentiful, abundant in supply
• effeminate feminine, unmanly
• finagle to get something through manipulation or dishonest means
• prolific very productive
• tangible touchable, perceptible by touch
• ad lib to speak or perform without preparing previously, improvise
• animosity strong hostility, hatred
• earnest serious and sincere
• epitome a perfect example
• genre a category or kind (usually of art, literature, or music)
• permeate to spread throughout (usually odor)
• taciturn reserved, saying little
• callous insensitive and unfeeling toward others
• emulate to imitate or model yourself after
• finite limited
• laud to praise
• nocturnal active at night
• noxious harmful or unpleasant
• recant to take back what one has said; to say that one no longer holds a belief or opinion
• agony intense suffering and pain
• allege assert or claim wrongdoing by someone (typically without proof)
• caricature a picture or description of a person or thing with comically exaggerated characteristics
• disperse cause to go in different directions
• incite to stir up or encourage (violent or unlawful behavior)
• polarize to divide or cause to divide into two sharply contrasting groups
• precipitate to cause to happen suddenly or sooner than expected
• sanction official authorization, approval or ratification of a law
• commemorate to remember and show respect (in a ceremony)
• devastate to ruin or destroy
• disarmament the reduction of military or weapons
• distraught very agitated and upset from mental conflict
• embark to start, begin
• envision to imagine as a future possibility
• excerpt an extract (from film, writing, music, or other type of work)
• forsake to abandon
• temperance abstinence from drinking alcohol
• vow to solemnly promise

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