abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room) 2. Accede (v) agree; (finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project) 3. Accolade (n) praise; (for their exceptional bravery the firefighters received accolades from both local and national officials) 4. Angst (n) anxiety; (I cried to myself, feeling an angst of such intense sorrow) 5. Aberrant (adj) abnormal; (a year of aberrant weatherrecord rainfall in the summer, record heat in the autumn) 6. Avert (v) avoid, prevent, forestall; (talks failed to avert a rail strike); 7. Assail (v) - attack, assault; (politicians assailed by the media); 8. Assiduous (adj.) diligent, Showing great care and perseverance; (she was assiduous in pointing out every feature) 9. Arduous (adj.) hard, difficult, tough, laborious, hard to accomplish or achieve; (He went through a long and arduous training program.) 10. Abrogate (v) abolish, cancel, annul, repeal, to treat as nonexistent; (the U.S. Congress can abrogate old treaties that are unfair to Native Americans) ; 11. Abstruse (adj.) profound, deep, difficult to comprehend; (Her subject matter is abstruse.) 12. Anomaly (adj.) - peculiarity, abnormality, irregularity; (We couldn't explain the anomalies in the test results.) 13. Acquiesce (v) consent, agree, assent; (apparently the contractor expected me to acquiesce to my own fleecing) 14. Acolyte (n) - follower; (a popular professor dining with a few of her acolytes) 15. Affable (adj.) friendly, pleasant; (a lively, affable young fellow) 16. Ambivalent (adj.) indecisive; (Some youngsters are ambivalent about college; they want the education but hate to leave home) 17. Anathema (n) dislike, denunciation; (a politician who is anathema to conservatives) 18. Apposite (adj.) Appropriate, proper, pertinent, Apt in the circumstances or in relation to something; (enriched his essay on patriotism with some very apposite quotations from famous people on the subject) 19. Apprehend (v) arrest, seize; (Within hours, police had apprehended the thief.) 20. Assuage (v) Soothe, Relieve, Ease; (He couldn't assuage his guilt over the divorce.) 21. Anent (Preposition) Concerning, About 22. Albeit (conjunction) - Although 23. Blunt (adj. direct, insensitive, dull, being straight-to the point; (He was blunt about needing more privacy.) 24. Bestow (v) confer, grant, give; (the office was bestowed on him by the chief of state) 25. Baleful (adj.) threatening, menacing; (Bill shot a baleful glance in her direction) 26. Belligerent (adj.) hostile, aggressive; (Some people go through life frightening others by their aggressive, belligerent attitudes.) 27. Burgeon (v) - sprout, bud, bloom, flourish; (As a result of just the right role, a hitherto obscure actor can burgeon into stardom). 28. Cadaverous (adj.) pale, haggard, ghastly; (A tall, cadaverous man led us into the library.) 29. Candid (adj.) straightforward; (People are often asked for their candid opinion.) 30. Callow (adj.) immature, inexperienced; (a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance); 31. Canard (n) false rumor, hoax; (Sensational journalism thrives on canard.) 32. Cachet (n) prestige, stamp, seal; (being rich doesn't have the cachet it used to). 33. Carnal (adj.) sensual; (There are those who care only for carnal pleasures.) 34. Captious (adj.) faultfinding; (Captious critics often overlook the promise shown by young authors.); 35. Caveat (n) warning; (Corporate controllers and treasurers are fond of caveats against reckless spending.) 36. Chide (v) scold; (A considerate employer will chide his secretary gently for being occasionally tardy.) 37. Cognizance (adj.) acknowledgement, recognition, notice; (We will take cognizance of your objections at the proper time.) 38. Compendium (n) summary; (He published a compendium of folk tales.) 39. Concomitant (n or adj.) accompanying, concurrent; (an improvement in the facilities led to a concomitant improvement in morale.) 40. Contentious (adj.) quarrelsome, controversial; (The dispute involves one of the region's most contentious leaders.) 41. Contrite (adj.) Repentant, Penitent, remorseful; (being contrite is not enough to spare you an arrest if you're caught shoplifting.) 42. Credulous (adj.) trustful, gullible; (Few people are credulous enough to believe such nonsense.) 43. Circumscribe (v) restrict, limit, bound; (their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed.) 44. Circumspect (adj.) cautious, prudent, careful; (she has a reputation for being quiet and circumspect in investigating charges of child abuse.) 45. Cogent (adj.) convincing, logical; (he results of the DNA fingerprinting were the most cogent evidence for acquittal.) 46. Clandestine (adj.) covert, secret, stealthy; (I took a clandestine peek at the price tag on the diamond necklace.) 47. Dauntless (adj.) fearless; (dauntless bravery) 48. Dearth (n) scarcity; (There is a dearth of good news in the newspaper these days.) 49. Debase (v) degrade; (The governor debased himself by lying to the public.) 50. Debilitate (v) weaken; (a woman who felt chronically debilitated for years.) 51. Deem (v) consider, regard; (The principal will take whatever action she deems appropriate in this case.) 52. Denigrate (v) defame, slander, vilify, belittle; (Her story denigrates him as a person and as a teacher.) 53. Digress (v) deviate, depart; (He digressed so often that it was hard to follow what he was saying.) 54. Disdain (n) scorn, despise, contempt; (He regarded their proposal with disdain.) 55. Dogged (adj.) persistent, determined; (There are those who, despite logical arguments on the other side, stick to their opinions with dogged conviction.) 56. Duplicity (n) deceitfulness, bad faith; (The duplicity of the participants in the Quiz Show shocked the public when it was exposed.) 57. Enucleate (v) explain; 58. Extant (adj.) existing, surviving, existent; (There are few extant records from that period.) 59. Exculpate (v) acquit, vindicate; (The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation.) 60. Elicit (v) evoke 61. Emulate (v) imitate 62. Enmity (n) hostility, antagonism 63. Envisage (v) imagine 64. Eschew (v) avoid, shun 65. Equitable (adj.) fair, equal, just 66. Exacerbate (v) aggravate 67. Exigency (n) urgency 68. Exuberant (adj.) enthusiasm 69. Facet (n) aspect, phase 70. Germane (adj.) relevant 71. Debunk disprove 72. Obviate (adj) remove/avoid 73. Obstinate stubborn 74. Indubitable unquestionable, undoubted 75. Skullduggery trickery 76. Ineluctable inevitable, unavoidable 77. paroxysm outburst 78. interdict prohibit 79. Hiatus gap 80. Harbinger forerunner 81. Illicit illegal 82. Hypothesis theory 83. Ignominy disgrace 84. Impute ascribe, attribute 85. Impugn challenge 86. Implicit implied 87. Inclement harsh 88. Incredulous skeptical 89. Increment increase 90. Incumbent obligatory 91. Indolent lazy 92. Innate inherent 93. Intrepid bold 94. Inundate overwhelm 95. Iterate repeat 96. Sine qua non essential 97. Nugatory ineffective 98. Generic general 99. Genesis beginning 100. Feisty quarrelsome