SILVA, Jade U.
A1B
Vocabulary
1. ado
• (n.) bustle; fuss; trouble; bother
• “The woman made a great ado because her dress wouldn’t fit.”
2. adroit
• (adj.) skillful and adept under pressing conditions
• “Monkeys are adroit climbers.”
3. aggrandize
• (v.) to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
• “The king sought to aggrandize himself at the expense of his people.”
4. agog
• (adj.) highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.
• “The children were all agog to see the magician.”
5. blight
• (v.) to destroy; ruin; frustrate
• “The death of his father blighted her hope of finishing her studies.”
6. chagrin
• (n.)a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation
• “He felt chagrin because he did not get the prize.”
7. chafe
• (v.) to warm by rubbing
• “The mother chafed her child’s cold hands.”
8. dawdle
• (v.) to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter
• “Don’t dawdle over your work.”
9. doggerel
• (n.) worthless poetry
• “Doggerel is often used in advertisements.”
10. ebb
• (v.) to decline or decay; fade away
• “His life is gradually ebbing.”
11. efface
• (v.) to wipe out; do away with; expunge
• “It takes many years to efface the unpleasant memories associated with
war.”
12. ewer
• (n.) a pitcher with a wide spout
• “A ewer and basin are on the washstand.”
13. fathom
• (v.) to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand
• “It is very hard to fathom what he is thinking.”
14. fetid
• (adj.) having an offensive odor; stinking
• “The canal near the market is fetid.”
15. ghastly
• (adj.) shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible
• “That murder was a ghastly crime.”
16. gratuity
• (n.) a gift of money, over and above payment due for service
• “The waiter was given a gratuity by a generous customer.”
17. guile
• (n.) insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
• “By guile, the dog got the cheese from the rat.”
18. henpeck
• (v.) to harass or torment by persistent nagging
• “He is henpecked by his wife.”
19. impugn
• (v.) to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt
upon
• “He impugned the sincerity of the candidate.”
20. inimical
• (adj.) adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful
• “Drinking too much is inimical to good health.”
21. iota
• (n.) a very small quantity; jot; whit
• “There is not an iota of truth in his statement.”
22. jiffy
• (n.) a very short time; moment
• “I’ll go with you in a jiffy.”
23. jovial
• (adj.) endowed with or characterized by a spirit of good-fellowship
• “They give their guests a jovial welcome.”
24. knave
• (n.) an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person
• “Most gamblers are knaves.”
25. laxity
• (n.) the state or quality of being lax; looseness
• “His laxity in punishing corrupt officials was the talk of the town.”
26. limpid
• (adj.) clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air
• “We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.”
27. loquacious
• (adj.) talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative
• “The loquacious dinner guest was dislike by many.”
28. magnanimous
• (adj.) proceeding from or revealing nobility of mind, character, etc.
• “For the magnanimous man strives to practice virtue in the highest possible
degree in order to be honored by God.”
29. maim
• (v.) to impair; make essentially defective
• “The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs.”
30. nuzzle
• (v.) to thrust the nose, muzzle, etc.
• “The dog nuzzled up to his master.”
31. obsequious
• (adj.) characterized by or showing servile complaisance; fawning
• “Obsequious employees greeted the manager.”
32. ostensible
• (adj.) apparent, evident, or conspicuous
• “Her ostensible purpose was borrowing some tools, but she really want to
see the new car.”
33. perfunctory
• (adj.) lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic
• “In his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker.”
34. preen
• (v.) to dress (oneself) carefully or smartly; primp
• “The king preened himself in his elaborate ceremonial robes.”
35. preponderance
• (n.) the fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power,
numbers, etc.
• “The preponderance of votes is against the proposal.”
36. qualm
• (n.) an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction
• “He has no qualms about lying.”
37. rapine
• (n.) the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder
• “The soldiers in the enemy’s land got their food by rapine.”
38. scrutiny
• (n.) a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry
• “His work looks all right, but it will not bear scrutiny.”
39. sheen
• (n.) luster; brightness; radiance
• “Satin has sheen.”
40. shroud
• (n.) something that covers or conceals like a garment
• “The mountain was shrouded with fog.”
41. siphon
• (v.) to convey, draw, or pass through
• “He siphoned the water from the barrel into the bucket.”
42. tedious
• (adj.) marked by tedium; long and tiresome
• “The trip from Batangas to Baguio is tedious.”
43. torrent
• (n.) a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence
• “The mountain torrent carried away big trees.”
44. travesty
• (n.) any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation
• “That trial was a travesty of justice, since the judge and the jury were
prejudiced.”
45. unruly
• (adj.) not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent;
intractable; refractory; lawless
• “Children are often unruly.”
46. usury
• (n.) an exorbitant amount or rate of interest, esp. in excess of the legal rate
• “Usury is against the law.”
47. vehemence
• (n.) vigorous impetuosity; fury
• “The judge spoke with vehemence.”
48. wane
• (v.) to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.
• “Colonialism began to wane after World War II.”
49. wonted
• (adj.) customary, habitual, or usual
• “He took his wonted place in the library.”
50. wry
• (adj.) abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked
• “She made a wry face to show her disgust.”
