Vocabulary List 1

Naïve: adj. innocent, gullible

naturalize;: v. to give citizenship to one foreign born

Innate: adj. inborn (you’re born with it)

Factious: adj. argumentative, inclined to dissent

Facile:adj. easy

Facsimile: n. an exact copy

Abdicate: v. to give up; renounce What was the last thing you abdicated?

Aberration: n. a straying from the norm; abnormality

Abjure: v. to renounce; to swear away I have abjured the doctrines of my parents’ faith.

Abscond: v. to depart secretly and hide

Complacency: n. state of smugness; self-satifaction The complacency you felt as a math student was shaken after taking your first geometry exam.

Belligerence: n. quality of having a fighting spirit

Opulence: n. wealth

Tenacious: adj. stubborn; holding fast

Retentive: adj. retaining knowledge easily Do you have a retentive memory?

Tenable: adj. able to be defended or upheld

Preclude: v. to hinder; to make impossible You missing practice precludes you from starting in the game.

Occlusion: n. the shutting up of an opening

Reclusive: adj. shut away; hermit-like Why might someone be reclusive?

Exclusion: n. the act of shutting out Spencer Pratt was the only exclusion on the guest list.