Build Your Vocabulary Skills! A Quick and Easy Method - John LaCarna 2017
List of words treated in this book
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abash
abate
abdicate
aberration
abettor
abeyance
abhor
abject
abjure
abnegate
abominate
abortive
abridge
abrogate
abscond
absolute
absolve
abstemious
abstinent
abstract
abstruse
abut
abysmal
acclaim
acclimate
acclivity
accolade
accord
accost
accoutre
accretion
accrue
acerbic
acetic
acidulous
acme
acoustics
acquiesce
acrid
acrimonious
actuarial
actuate
acumen
acute
adage
adamant
adduce
adherent
adipose
adjuration
ad lib
admonish
adroit
adulation
adulterate
adumbration
adventitious
adverse
advocate
aesthetic
affable
affectation
affinity
affirm
affluent
affront
agape
agenda
aggrandize
aggregate
aggrieve
aghast
agnostic
agog
agrarian
alacrity
alcove
alienate
allay
allege
alleviate
allocate
allude
altercation
altruistic
amalgam
amass
ambiguous
amble
ambrosia
ambulatory
ameliorate
amenable
amenities
amiable
amicable
amity
amorphous
amulet
anathema
andiron
animadversion
animated
animosity
annals
annihilate
annotate
anomaly
antediluvian
antipathy
antiseptic
antithesis
apathetic
aperture
apex
aphorism
aplomb
apogee
apothegm
apotheosis
apparition
apposite
apprise
approbation
apropos
arable
arbiter
arboreal
archaic
archetype
ardent
arduous
aria
arid
armada
arraign
arrant
arrogant
articulate
artifice
artless
ascendancy
ascetic
askance
askew
asperity
aspersion
aspire
assay
asseverate
assiduous
assuage
athwart
atone
atrophy
attenuate
attrition
audacity
auger
augur
august
auspicious
austere
authentic
authoritarian
autonomous
avarice
aver
averse
aversion
aviary
avid
awe
axiom
azure
bagatelle
baleful
balk
ballad
ballast
balustrade
banal
baneful
barb
barrage
barrister
bask
bastion
bate
batten
beatific
bedizen
bedraggled
beguile
behemoth
belabor
beleaguer
belie
bellicose
benchmark
benediction
beneficent
benevolent
benighted
benign
berate
bereave
bereft
berserk
bête noire
betroth
bias
bibliophile
bicameral
biennial
bilious
bilk
bivouac
blandishment
blasphemous
blatant
blazon
blighted
blithe
bode
bogus
bolster
bombastic
bondage
boor
bootless
bovine
bowdlerize
bravado
brawn
brazen
brazier
brevity
bristling
broach
brocade
brochure
brook
brusque
bucolic
buffoon
bulwark
bumptious
burgeon
burlesque
burly
burnish
buttress
cabal
cache
cachet
cachinnation
cacophony
cadaverous
cajole
callow
calumny
camaraderie
canard
candid
canker
canny
cant
cantata
canter
canvass
capacious
caparison
capitulate
caprice
capricious
captious
carafe
caricature
carmine
carnage
carnivorous
carp
carrion
carte blanche
castigate
cataclysm
catholic
caucus
caustic
cavalcade
cavil
celerity
censure
chafe
chagrin
charlatan
chary
chicanery
choleric
chronology
churlish
circumlocution
circumscribe
circumspect
circumvent
citadel
clamor
clandestine
clement
cliché
cloister
cloy
coagulate
codicil
coerce
cogent
cogitate
cognizant
cognomen
cohesive
collate
collusion
comely
commend
commensurate
commiserate
commodity
compassion
compelling
complacent
complement
compliant
comprehensive
compunction
concatenation
conciliate
conciliatory
conclave
concoct
concomitant
concur
condign
condone
congruent
conjecture
conjoin
conjure
connoisseur
conscientious
conscript
consecrate
consensus
consign
conspicuous
constituent
consummate
contempt
contentious
contiguous
contingent
contraband
contretemps
contrite
contumacious
conundrum
conventional
converge
conversant
converse
conveyance
conviction
convivial
convoluted
copious
cordial
cornucopia
corpulent
correlate
corroborate
coterie
coup
covenant
covert
covetous
cower
coy
crass
craven
credence
credulous
criterion
crux
cryptic
cull
culpable
cultivate
curry
cursory
curtail
cynic
dais
daunt
dearth
debacle
debase
debauchery
debilitate
debonair
debunk
deciduous
decimate
declivity
decorous
decorum
defection
defray
deft
defunct
degrade
deign
delectable
deleterious
delineate
delirious
deluge
demagogue
demarche
demean
demise
demote
demur
denounce
deplete
deprecate
depredation
deranged
deride
derivative
derogatory
descry
desecrate
desiccate
despotic
desultory
deter
deus ex machina
devious
devoid
dexterous
diabolical
diadem
diaphanous
diatribe
dichotomy
dichotomy
dictatorial
didactic
diffident
diffuse
dilatory
dilemma
dilettante
diligent
din
disavow
discernible
discernment
discomfit
disconsolate
discord
discount
discourse
discrete
discursive
disdain
disingenuous
disinterested
disparage
disparate
dispassionate
dissemble
disseminate
dissident
dissent
dissimulate
dissonate
distend
distrait
distraught
diurnal
divergent
diverse
divert
doctrinaire
doff
dogged
doggerel
dogmatic
dolorous
dolt
don
dormant
dossier
dotage
doughty
dour
drawl
droll
drone
drover
dubious
dulcet
duplicity
duress
ebullient
eclectic
economical
edict
edify
effectual
effervescent
effete
efficacious
effluvium
effrontery
effusive
egregious
elaborate
elan
elicit
ellipsis
elucidate
emaciated
embellish
embroil
emend
emissary
emollient
emphatic
emulate
enamored
encomium
encyclopedic
endemic
endow
enervate
engaging
engross
enhance
enjoin
enmity
ennui
ensign
ensue
enthrall
ephemeral
epicure
epilogue
epiphany
epistemology
epitaph
epithet
epitome
equable
equivocal
erratic
erudite
eschew
esoteric
estranged
euphemism
euphony
evanescent
exacerbate
excoriate
exculpate
exemplary
exhort
exigent
exonerate
exorbitance
expatiate
expedient
expedite
expeditious
expend
expiate
exposition
expostulate
expunge
extemporaneous
extenuate
extirpate
extraneous
extrapolate
extricate
exuberant
fabricate
facetious
facile
facilitate
fallacious
fallible
fallow
fanatic
farce
fastidious
fatuous
feasible
febrile
fecund
feign
felicitous
feral
ferret
fetid
fetter
fiasco
fiat
fickle
filibuster
finite
fitful
flaccid
flag
flail
flamboyant
flaunt
fledgling
flippant
florid
flotsam
flourish
fluke
foible
foist
foment
fop
forbearance
foreboding
forensic
forestall
forfeit
fortitude
fortuitous
foster
fractious
frailty
fraught
frenetic
freshet
fritter
frivolous
frond
froward
frowzy
frugal
fruition
fulminate
fulsome
furtive
fusillade
gaffe
gainsay
gala
gambol
garnish
garrulous
gauche
gaunt
genial
genocide
genre
geopolitics
geriatrics
germane
gerrymander
gibbet
gibe
girder
gist
glean
glib
gloaming
gloat
glower
glut
gnarled
goad
gossamer
gourmand
gourmet
grandiloquent
grandiose
graphic
gratuitous
gregarious
grisly
grovel
grueling
guile
gullible
habiliments
hackneyed
haggard
halcyon
hallowed
hap
harangue
harbinger
harrow
haughty
heed
hegemony
heinous
heresy
hermetic
heterodoxy
heterogeneous
hew
hiatus
hibernate
hierarchy
hieroglyphics
hindrance
histrionic
hoard
holocaust
homage
homeopathy
homeostasis
homespun
homily
hone
hospice
hustings
hyperbole
hypothesis
iconoclast
idiom
idiosyncrasy
idyllic
ignominious
imminent
immutable
impale
impassive
impeccable
impede
imperious
impervious
impetuous
impinge
implacable
implement
implicit
importune
impresario
impromptu
improvident
impudent
impugn
impunity
inadvertent
inane
inborn
incendiary
inchoate
incipient
incisive
incoherent
inconsequential
incontrovertible
incorrigible
incumbent
incursion
indemnify
indigenous
indigent
indignant
indolent
indomitable
indulgent
ineffable
ineluctable
inept
inert
inevitable
inexorable
infer
infrastructure
ingenuous
ingrate
ingratiate
inherent
iniquitous
innate
innocuous
innovate
innuendo
innumerable
inordinate
insatiable
inscrutable
insipid
insolent
insolvent
insouciance
insular
insurgent
intelligentsia
intemperate
internecine
interregnum
interstice
intimate
intimidate
intractable
intransigent
intrepid
intuitive
inundate
inure
invective
inveigh
inveterate
invidious
irascible
itinerant
jargon
jaundiced
jeopardy
jocose
judicious
junket
junta
junto
jurisprudence
kindle
kinship
laconic
laggard
lambent
lament
lampoon
lascivious
lassitude
latitude
laudable
lave
lavish
lax
leaven
levee
leverage
levity
lexicon
liaison
libelous
ligneous
limpid
linguistics
listless
litigate
loath
loll
lope
lowing
lugubrious
lumen
luminous
macabre
mace
macerate
machete
machination
madrigal
magnanimous
magniloquent
malapropism
malefactor
malevolent
malice
malingerer
malleable
mandatory
manifest
marginal
marred
martial
martinet
maudlin
mauve
maverick
mawkish
meander
mediocre
medley
mellifluous
memento
memorialize
menial
mentor
mercurial
meretricious
merger
metaphysics
mete
meticulous
miasma
millennium
mincing
mirage
misanthrope
mischance
miscreant
mitigate
mnemonic
modicum
mollify
mollycoddle
molt
moot
moribund
morose
mosaic
mote
motility
motley
mulct
mundane
munificent
mural
myriad
nadir
naïve
nascent
nebulous
nefarious
negligence
neophyte
niggardly
nocturnal
nonentity
nonpareil
nonplussed
nostrum
notorious
novel
novice
noxious
nuance
nullify
numismatist
obdurate
objective
obscure
obsequious
obstinate
obtuse
obviate
occlude
odious
odoriferous
officious
ogle
ominous
omnipotent
omniscient
onerous
onus
opaque
operetta
opportune
opposition
opprobrious
opulent
ornate
oscillate
ostentatious
outgrowth
overwrought
pacify
paean
palatable
palliate
pallid
palpitate
pan
pandemonium
pander
panegyric
paradigm
paradox
paragon
parallel
parameter
paramount
pariah
parody
parquet
parsimonious
partisan
pathology
pathos
paucity
peccadillo
pedagogue
pejorative
penchant
penitent
penurious
perennial
perfunctory
permeate
pernicious
perorate
perplex
perquisite
personable
perspicacious
peruse
pervade
perverse
pettish
petulant
philanthropist
philistine
phlegmatic
pillage
pious
piquant
pique
pithy
pittance
placate
placid
plagiarism
plausible
plebeian
pluck
plumb
poignant
polemic
politic
polity
ponderous
populist
portentous
poseur
poultice
pragmatic
precarious
precept
precipitate
preclude
precursor
predecessor
predestined
predilection
preen
prelude
preponderate
preposterous
presentiment
presumptive
pretentious
prevaricate
pristine
probity
problematic
proclivity
procrastinate
prodigious
prodigy
profane
profligate
profuse
progeny
prognosticate
proliferate
propensity
prophetic
propitious
propriety
prosaic
proselytize
protean
provocative
prudent
pseudonym
puerile
pugnacious
puissance
pulchritude
punctilious
pundit
pungent
purist
purport
pusillanimous
putative
putrefy
qualify
quandary
quell
querulous
queue
quiescent
quintessence
quixotic
raillery
ramify
rampart
rancor
rapacious
rapport
ratify
raucous
recant
receptive
recipient
reciprocal
reclaim
reconcile
recondite
recrimination
recurrent
redolent
redoubtable
redundant
refulgent
reiterate
rejuvenate
relevant
remiss
remonstrate
remorse
renaissance
renascence
repartee
replete
replica
repress
reprobate
repugnant
requital
rescind
residual
resignation
resilient
resolute
resound
respite
resplendent
restive
resurgent
retard
reticent
retiring
retract
retrogress
retrospect
reverberate
revere
revulsion
rhetoric
ribald
rife
rift
rivet
rotund
routine
rue
rueful
ruminate
ruse
sacrilegious
sagacious
sage
salient
sallow
salubrious
salutary
sanction
sanguine
sate
satiate
satiric
saturnine
savor
scanty
schism
scourge
scratch
scurrilous
sedate
sedentary
sedulous
seemly
semblance
seminal
semblance
seminal
sententious
sequester
seraphic
serrated
serried
shambles
simper
simulate
sinecure
sine qua non
sinuous
skeptical
skiff
slake
slatternly
slough
slovenly
sojourn
solemn
solicit
soliloquy
solstice
solvent
somatic
somnolent
sonata
sonorous
sophism
soporific
spate
specious
spectral
spendthrift
splenetic
spontaneous
sporadic
spurious
squalid
squeamish
squib
staid
stalemate
stanza
steadfast
stentorian
sterile
stickler
stipend
stoic
stolid
stratagem
stratify
striated
strident
stringent
stupor
stymie
subdue
subjugate
sublimate
subservient
substantiated
substantive
successive
succinct
sullen
sunder
supercilious
superfluous
superlative
supplant
suppliant
supposititious
surfeit
surmise
surreptitious
surtax
surveillance
sycophant
syndrome
synergism
synopsis
synthesis
tacit
taciturn
talisman
tangential
tangible
taut
tawdry
tectonic
tedious
tedium
temerarious
temerity
temperament
temperate
tendentious
tenuous
tepid
termagant
terse
testy
tether
thesaurus
thwart
timbre
timorous
toady
tome
torpid
tortuous
torturous
tout
toxic
tractable
transient
transitional
transitory
translucent
transmute
travesty
trek
tremulous
trepidation
trilogy
trinket
trite
truculent
truncated
tumbrel
tumid
turbulent
turpitude
tutelage
tyro
ubiquitous
umbrage
unconscionable
unctuous
ungainly
unilateral
unkempt
unlettered
unprecedented
untenable
untoward
unwonted
upright
usurp
urbane
vacuous
vagary
vapid
variegated
vegetate
vehement
venal
veracity
verbatim
verdant
vernal
vertigo
vestige
vex
viable
vicarious
vicissitudes
vilify
vindicate
virago
virtuoso
viscid
viscous
visionary
vitiated
vitriolic
vociferous
volatile
voluminous
voluntary
vouchsafe
vulnerable
waggish
waive
wane
wanton
wary
wastrel
waver
wax
welter
wend
whet
whimsical
wily
winsome
wizened
wreak
writ
wry
xenophobia
zany
zealot