vocab - (11 June 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Irony	Difference between what is expected and what actually happen.	She described her vacation with heavy irony as “an educational experience.”
Lucid	Very clear and easy to understand.	He is able to recognize his wife in his lucid moments.
Lurid	Causing shock or disgust : involving sex or violence in a way that is meant to be shocking.	The light from the fire cast a lurid glow on everything.
Mar	To ruin the beauty or perfection of (something) : to hurt or damage the good condition of (something)	A large scar marred his face.
Meander	A winding path or course.	The path meanders through the garden.

vocab - (10 June 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Dispute	To say or show that (something) may not be true, correct, or legal	You can dispute your bill if you believe it is inaccurate.
Skeptical	Having or expressing doubt about something (such as a claim or statement)	She's highly skeptical of the researchers' claims.
Paranoid	Of, relating to, or suffering from a mental illness that causes you to falsely believe that people are trying to harm you	She's a little paranoid about her job.
Insidious	Causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed	Most people with this insidious disease have no idea that they are infected.
Laborious	Requiring a lot of time and effort.	A slow and laborious process had slow down the production of the famous cookies.

vocab - (9 June 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Incontrovertible	Not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable.	There was, however, one incontrovertible and highly significant difference between the two baby photo calls.
Incorrigible	Incapable of being corrected or improved.	Because my daughter's behaviour is incorrigible, she might be grounded for at least a year.
Incredulous	not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.	“He died for lack of a filling in his tooth,” she says, incredulous.
Inherent	Innate , inborn, natural	He has an inherent sense of fair play.
Innocuous	Not harmful or injurious; harmless	He told a few innocuous jokes.

vocab - (8 June 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Iconoclast	a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.	Concerned and kind, he was also the ultimate risk taker, an iconoclast with an edgy, hard charging quality about him.
Idiosyncrasy	a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.	The cruelty of boys is an idiosyncrasy in their otherwise generous character.
Impeccable	faultless; flawless; irreproachable	He salutes her wonderful films, impeccable taste, and versatile strength to the end.
Impetuous	of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive, spontaneous .	The old Kaiser Franz Joseph, faithful and hardworking, was the obverse of the feckless and impetuous German kaiser.
Impetus	Motivation.	Shaum cites the institution of Casual Fridays as an impetus for the change.

vocab - (7 June 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Folly	The state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.	I joined them in a moment of folly, to protect a friend whom I knew to be one.
Furtive	Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret	He fancied himself a Marxist, lived in rooming houses under aliases and was a furtive, nasty man.
Generic	Of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.	Gone would be the subsidies that will eventually cover 75 percent of the cost of generic drugs.
Hedonist	Someone driven by pleasure.	The old Don was a loving father and husband, and a hedonist.
Heresy	Belief that goes against the established opinion.	It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.

vocab - (6 June 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Exasperate	To irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely.	Would not subdue the savages; it would only exasperate them.
Excise	Remove.	A personal crusade to excise racist and sexiest references in newspaper.
Faction	A group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like.	A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country’s warring factions.
Fallacy	A deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief,	To prove the fallacy of said cargo cult, Olson goes into the numbers.
Fastidious	Requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.	He fastidiously copied every word of his note on to clean paper.

vocab - (5 june 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Enigma	Mystery	But Stone, it appears, has lived most of his 45 years as something of an enigma.
Equanimity	Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.	In person, Reagan was a great deal like Obama, in his self-confidence and his equanimity under pressure.
Erroneous	Containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong	From a political perspective, the erroneous but strategic conflation of inequality and mobility makes obvious sense.
Evince	To show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.	The preference for a state-run plan seems to evince a lack of understanding of the policy issues.
Equitable	Characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair; reasonable: equitable treatment of all citizens.	The pursuit of equitable distribution of wealth must be replaced with the more realistic equitable distribution of opportunity.

vocab- (4 june 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Elude	Try to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc. ; evade.	Beautiful, daring and smart, Sophie managed to elude arrest on many occasions.
Embitter	To make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.	The situation is painful enough, let us not embitter it by words.
Empirical	Derived from or guided by experience, observation or experiment.	How do archaeologists wrap an empirical mind around capturing history?
Decimate	To destroy a great number or proportion.	The pollution could decimate the river’s thriving population of kingfisher.
Encompass	to form a circle about; encircle; surround , to include comprehensively.	A bleakness and melancholy seemed to encompass the spot on this sombre day.

vocab - (3 june 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Disseminate	Scatter or spread widely.	The  internet allows us disseminate information faster.
Dormant	Not active but able to become active.	The seeds remain dormant until the spring.
Eclectic	Including things taken from many sources.	The collection includes an eclectic mix of historical artifacts.
Efface	To cause something to fade or disappear.	Human memories are efface by time.
Eloquence	The ability to speak or write well and in effective way.	The senator’s eloquence is well known.

vocab - (2 june 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Devoid	Lacking.	The picnic jug was completely devoid after only a few minutes.
Dire	Urgent, dreadful.	The circumstances are now more dire than ever.
Discourse	Discussion.	He likes to engage in lively discourse with his visitors.
Discredit	Damage the reputation of someone.	The citizens had attempted to discredit the governor.
Discrepancy	Differences especially between things that should be the same.	Discrepancies in the firm’s  financial statements had led to an  investigation..

vocab - (1 june 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Deprecate	To criticize or express disapproval of ( someone or something)	He completely deprecated one of his employee suggestion.
Derogatory	Insulting or disrespecting.	Fans made a steady stream of derogatory remarks about the players on the visiting team.
Destitute	Extremely poor.	His business failure left him destitute.
Deter	Prevent , discourage.	Painting the metal will deter rust.
Detrimental	Causing a damage or injury : harmful.	There were serious concerns that the factory’s waste was detrimental to the local environment.

vocab - (31 may 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Apathetic	Not having or showing much emotion or interest.	Young people are becoming increasingly apathetic.
Atrophy	Medical: gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually of disease or lack of use.	The doctor is concerned about possible atrophy of the shoulder muscles.
Demure	Quiet and polite, not showy or flashy.	She was wearing a demure gray suit.
Denounce	Declare to be wrong, criticize.	The film was denounced for the way it potrayed its female characters.
Derivative	Not original.	Tofu is one of the soybean derivatives.

vocab - (30 may 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Conscientious	Careful, hardworking	She has always been conscientious worker.
Criterion	Standard by which things are judged or measured.	What were the criteria used to choose the winner?
Convoluted	Complicated, twisted.	A convoluted explanation that left the listeners even more confused than they were before.
Cursory	Done or made quickly.	The mayor gave a cursory glance at the report.
Comply	Go along with rules.	There will be penalties against individuals who fail to comply.

vocab - (29 may 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Callous	Not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people.	A callous refusal to help the poor.
Caustic	i)                    Bitter and sarcastic	i)                    she wrote a caustic report about the decisions that led to the crisis.
	ii)                  acidic	ii)                  The chemical was so caustic that it ate through the pipe.
Circumscribe	To limit the size or amount of.	The circle is circumscribe by the square.
Circumvent	Overcome an obstacle.	We circumvented the problem by using different programs.
Congenial	Suitable or appropriate, pleasant and enjoyable, very friendly.	We studied in the congenial atmosphere of the library.