The document contains definitions for over 50 words related to vocabulary, tone, and meaning. The words cover a wide range of topics from communication and agreement to secrecy, emotions, and time periods. Many of the words have subtle or multiple meanings that provide challenges for understanding.
The document contains definitions for over 50 words related to vocabulary, tone, and meaning. The words cover a wide range of topics from communication and agreement to secrecy, emotions, and time periods. Many of the words have subtle or multiple meanings that provide challenges for understanding.
The document contains definitions for over 50 words related to vocabulary, tone, and meaning. The words cover a wide range of topics from communication and agreement to secrecy, emotions, and time periods. Many of the words have subtle or multiple meanings that provide challenges for understanding.
The document contains definitions for over 50 words related to vocabulary, tone, and meaning. The words cover a wide range of topics from communication and agreement to secrecy, emotions, and time periods. Many of the words have subtle or multiple meanings that provide challenges for understanding.
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- Concur: To agree or be in harmony with.
- Eloquent: Fluent or persuasive in speaking
or writing. - Meticulous: Showing great attention to - Quintessential: Representing the most detail; very careful and precise. perfect or typical example of a quality or class. - Ubiquitous: Present, appearing, or found - Conundrum: A confusing and difficult everywhere. problem or question. - Ephemeral: Lasting for a very short time. - Exacerbate: To make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse. - Incessant: Continuing without pause or - Juxtapose: To place side by side for interruption. comparison or contrast. - Nefarious: Wicked, villainous, or criminal. - Paradox: A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. - Prolific: Producing in large quantities or with - Reverberate: To be repeated several times great frequency; highly productive. as an echo; to have continuing and serious effects. - Soporific: Tending to induce drowsiness or - Voracious: Having a very eager approach to sleep. an activity; having a huge appetite. - Cacophony: A harsh, discordant mixture of - Euphemism: A mild or indirect word or sounds. expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. - Extraneous: Irrelevant or unrelated to the - Ineffable: Too great or extreme to be subject being dealt with. expressed or described in words. - Innuendo: An allusive or oblique remark or - Pernicious: Having a harmful effect, hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging especially in a gradual or subtle way. one. - Serendipity: The occurrence of events by - Sycophant: A person who acts obsequiously chance in a happy or beneficial way. toward someone important in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer. - Zealous: Filled with or inspired by intense - Altruistic: Showing a disinterested and enthusiasm or zeal; passionate. selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish. - Clandestine: Kept secret or done secretively, - Egregious: Outstandingly bad; shocking. especially because illicit. - Facetious: Treating serious issues with - Nostalgia: A sentimental longing or affection deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. - Panacea: A solution or remedy for all - Plethora: A large or excessive amount of difficulties or diseases; a universal cure-all. something. - Reticent: Not revealing one's thoughts or - Sanguine: Optimistic or positive, especially feelings readily; reserved. in an apparently bad or difficult situation. - Sycophant: A person who acts obsequiously - Ubiquitous: Present, appearing, or found toward someone important in order to gain everywhere. advantage; a servile flatterer. - Vacillate: Alternate or waver between - Vehement: Showing strong feeling; forceful, different opinions or actions; be indecisive. passionate, or intense. - Xenophobia: Dislike of or prejudice against - Zeitgeist: The defining spirit or mood of a people from other countries. particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. - Circumspect: Wary and unwilling to take - Disparate: Essentially different in kind; not risks. allowing comparison. - Efficacious: Successful in producing a - Indolent: Wanting to avoid activity or desired or intended result; effective. exertion; lazy. - Maelstrom: A powerful whirlpool in the sea - Nocturnal: Done, occurring, or active at or a river; a situation or state of confused night. movement or violent turmoil. - Reticent: Not revealing one's thoughts or - Trepidation: A feeling of fear or agitation feelings readily; reserved. about something that may happen.