IMPROVE VOCAB

circumvent (v) - bypass/go around

prerequisite - required beforehand
lucrative (adj) - profitable
enigma (n) - puzzling occurrence or situation/ person with puzzling or contradictory character
ineffable - cannot be expressed in words
anhedonia (n) - lack of pleasure (cannot experience fun)
probation (n) - the act of testing
exordium (n) - beginning of anything
prowl (v) - to go about stealthily, as in - search for food (eg: cat prowled the alleys in search of food) /
idiom: "on the prowl" - eg: the cat is on the prowl for mice
gallant (adj) - brave, spirited, noble-minded
skeeves (v) - to be disgusted by; eg:- the shit in the bathroom really skeeves me out
squander (v) - to spend or use extravagantly or wastefully; eg: he squandered away all the money he
won in the lottery
daunt - to overcome with fearred away all his money
acumen - keen insight
intrepid (adj) - fearless/dauntless; eg: an intrepid explorer
vindictive (adj) - revengeful
recuperate (v) - recover from sickness/ financial loss or restoring health
lethal (adj) - of or pertaining to/causing death, deadly, fatal; eg: a lethal weapon
antiquated (adj) - obsolete or old fashioned; eg:- this is no longer used since it is an antiquated piece of
machinery
adverse (adj) - unfavorable or antagonistic
malevolent (adj) - wishing evil or harm to others, evil/harmful
stark (adj) - sheer, utter, downright; eg:- stark madness / stark difference
profusely (adj) - abundant; in great amount / extravagant / made or done freely or abundantly
relent (verb) - to soften in feeling, temper or determination; become more mild and forgiving/less
severe - eg: the winds relented
remorseless (adj) - merciless/pitiless/relentless
belligerent (adj) - warlike, warlike character eg:- belligerent tone, the two belligerent powers had a
peace treaty last night
lunacy (noun) - insanity, craziness, madness, extreme foolishness eg:- her decision to resign was sheer
lunacy
omen (noun) - anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or
circumstance in the future
portend (verb) - to indicate in advance, foreshadow
ominous (adj) - threatening, inauspicious eg:- an ominous bank of dark clouds
bygone (adj) - past, gone by, former eg:- the photo brought back bygone memories || (noun) - things
that have passed eg:- let's not talk of bygones
hysteria (n) - uncontrollable outburst of emotion/fear, often be characterized by irrationality, crying,
weepings, laughing etc...
ostentatious (adj) - used to describe when someone/something is trying to impress others; eg:- an
ostentatious dresser
dismay (v) - to break down the courage of completely; eg:- the surprise attack dismayed the enemy ||
(noun) - sudden or complete loss of courage/disheartenment
radiant (adj) - bright with joy/hope; eg:- a radiant smile, a radiant future
fortitude (n) - mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation
courageously; eg:- Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness
waver (v) - to sway to and fro || to become unsteady, begin to fail or give way; eg:- when she heard the
news her courage wavered || feeling or showing doubt, indecision, vacillate; eg:- he wavered in his
determination
clunky (adj) - awkwardly heavy or clumsy; eg:- clunky shoes
macabre (adj) - gruesome, horrifying, ghastly, horrible
gruesome (adj) - causing great horror || full of or causing problems; eg:- a gruesome day at
school/office
tenacious (adj) - holding fast, characterized by keeping a firm hold; eg:- tenacious grip on my arm/he's
tenacious of old habits || stubborn, obstinate
knack (n) - special skill or talent; eg:- a had a knack for saying the right thing
petulant (adj) - displeased, cranky (informal), crybaby, peevish
peevish (adj) - cross or fretful, as from vexation/discontent
fret (v) - expressing worry, annoyance or discontent
vehement (adj) - ardent, filled with emotion and feelings, passionate, strongly emotional; eg:- a
vehement enthusiasm, a vehement desire || marked by great energy or exertion, strenuous; eg:-
vehement clapping
adversary (n) - a person, group of people or force that opposes attack, opponent, foe, enemy
amicable (adj) - characterized by or showing good will, peaceable, friendly; eg:- Looks like an amicable
resolution to an ugly matter
gestating (v) - to think of and develop an idea/opinion/plan in the mind || to carry in the womb from
the period of conception till delivery
Adonis (adj) - a very handsome young man
masticate (v) - chew || reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading; eg:- masticate your food properly
knead (v) - to work into a uniform mixture by pressing/folding/stretching
jubilant (adj) - showing great joy or satisfaction; eg:- The crowd exploded with a jubilant cheer that
seemed to go on forever
cusp (n) - a point or pointed end eg:- My life's dream of becoming a professor was on the cusp of
coming true
caprice (n) - a sudden or unpredictable change in one's mind or the weather; eg:- With the caprice of a
despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty.
capricious (adj) - subject to sudden or unpredictable change; eg:- But the company failed to do so,
fueling worries about the capriciousness of its accounting policies.
fickle (adj) - likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable;
eg:- fickle weather/The virtual economy is both a powerful and fickle one.