Vocabulary List # odious – hateful 102. antipathy – a dislike or aversion toward 103. abhorrence – a strong hatred of machinations – plots or artful schemes 105. abstruse – hard to understand because of complexity 106. ethereal – vague, wispy 107. introspection – a looking inward 108. palpable – able to be touched; real, tangible dissemble – to put on a false front somnambulism – sleepwalking.

Vocabulary List # inextricable – unable to be pulled out of conjecture –a guess, hypothesis, speculation 113. luminary – a heavenly body that gives off light; a person who gives off light defunct – dead; no longer in existence 115. decorous – well-behaved; proper askew – out of kilter; wrong (“to go askew”) 117. tumultuous – full of noise coming from a crowd 118. torpid – lacking energy, apathetic 119. zenith – high point 120. firmament – the vault of arch of the sky; the heavens

Vocabulary List # impute – ascribe to; to allege; to credit with 122. malevolence – ill-will; act of wishing evil to another 123. scurrilous – joking in a low obscene way 124. portent – an omen; a sign of things to come (Bad) 125. abased – lowered in rank or estimation; demeaned pristine – belonging to the earliest period or condition; uncorrupted gibe – to scoff or laugh at 128. requital – something given in return 129. benign – kind; non-cancerous 130. stigma – a mark of shame or disgrace

Vocabulary List # effluence – an outflow 132. labyrinth – a maze 133. acquiesce – to given in to; to comply; to assent propinquity – state of being close; closeness 135. sere – dried up; withered 136. verdure – vegetation; greenness of vegetation sedulous – diligent; industrious, busy 138. deleterious – harmful 139. malignant – evil, cancerous 140. ominous – foretelling doom

Vocabulary List # reciprocate – to return the favor 142. dexterity – skill with one’s hands 143. incongruity – the state of not squaring with what is expected petulant – peevish, complaining, snotty precocious – advanced beyond one’s years 146. acrid – sharp and harsh; irritating, corrosive; caustic 147. propensity – a tendency; a natural bent asperity – harshness, roughness; sharpness of temper pensiveness – state of being lost in thought primeval – belonging to the earliest times

Vocabulary List # vivacity – liveliness; state of being full of life 152. loquacity – talkativeness 153. lamentation – a wailing; 154. repine– to complain or grumble 155. contiguity – state of touching on or bordering on 156. misanthropy – hatred of mankind 157. colloquy – a formal conference or discourse 158. extenuate – to make less; to make less severe 159. irrevocable – unable to be recalled or taken back 160. denizen – an inhabitant

Vocabulary List # accost – to approach; to come up to and greet 162. mollify – to appease or calm 163. vicissitudes – to ups and downs of fortune 164. blasphemous – showing direct insult or irreverence to god 165. blackguard – a scoundrel who uses foul language at others 166. languor – lethargy, sluggishness, lack of energy 167. lees – the dregs; that which settles on the bottom of the barrel 168. jocular – acting in jest; said in a joking way 169. desperado – a bandit; a desperate criminal 170. benignant – kind, gracious, benign

Vocabulary List # animadversion – adverse criticism; censure 172. effervescence – bubbliness; vivacity 173. mercenary – motivated by money or pay 174. array – to clothe or attire; to arrange in position 175. divine – to prophesy; to foretell with spiritual power 176. necromancy – the act of conjuring with the dead 177. undulate – to move like a wave; to sway 178. indefatigable – tireless; incapable of being fatigued 179. apotheosis – a glorification; a glorified ideal 180. wax – to increase

Vocabulary List # repugnance – a strong aversion for; antipathy 182. nugatory – of no worth or of little account; trifling 183. impediment – a barrier 184. semblance – a likeness or resemblance 185. purled – to move in circles; to swirl; to run swiftly 186. pompous – putting on airs; acting with great ceremony 187. affront – an insult 188. lucid – clear 189. secular – non-religious; 190. affected – non natural

Vocabulary List # impregnable – unable to be penetrated 192. martial – pertaining to the military or to war 193. demure – well behaved; proper; decorous 194. bland – tasteless; mild and soothing 195. altercation – an argument; a dispute; a difference in opinion 196. epithet – a brief description or name 197. fathom – to plunge the depths of; to understand 198. deride – to make of 199. felicitate – to congratulate; to wish happiness to 200. blatant – boldly conspicuous; offensively noisy bleating