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Group 2 GregMat Vocab

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  • Audacious
    (adj.) Invulnerable to fear, unrestrained by convention, or disposed to risk-taking. Negative. Dauntless, intrepid, fearless, bodacious, brazen, insolent
  • Ambivalent
    (adj.) Uncertain or unable to decide the course to follow. Negative. Conflicted, hesitant, equivocal, irresolute
  • Derivative
    (n.) A compound or word that comes from another. Neutral. Secondary, secondhand, descendant
  • Ingenuous
    (adj.) Inability to mask your feelings. Negative. Innocent, artless, naive, simple
  • Dessicate
    (v.) To remove water from or (adj.) to be lifeless. Neutral/Negative. Dehyrdate, exsiccate, arid, devitalize, petrify, castrate
  • Castigate
    (v.) To disapprove severely. Negative. Chastise, objurgate, scold, lambaste, pillory
  • Covet
    (v.) To crave. Negative. Desire, crave
  • Decorum
    (n.) Proper manners and conduct. Positive. Decency, etiquette, propriety
  • Demur
    (n.) A formal objection or to take an exception. Negative. Objection, complaint, exception
  • Candid
    (adj.) Directness in manner or speech, informal, or straightforward. Negative. Blunt, frank, forthright, outspoken
  • Diatribe
    A verbal attack. Negative. Tirade, rant, criticize, harangue, fulmination
  • Brazen
    (v.) To face with defiance or impudence (adj.) Unrestrained to convention or resembling brass. Negative. Audacious, bodacious, insolent
  • Avaricious
    (adj.) Immoderately wanting to acquire something (like wealth). Negative. Greedy, grabby, prehensile, covetous
  • Banal
    (adj.) Overfamiliar from overuse. Negative. Commonplaxe, hackneyed, trite, tired, insipid
  • Anachronistic
    (adj.) Misplaced chronologically. Negative. Anachronous, misplacement, prolepsis, solecism
  • Caustic
    (v.) Any substance that burns or destroys tissues or (adj.) having a harsh tone. Negative. Acerbic, blistering, vitrolic, sulfurous, acrid
  • Calumny
    (n.) A malicious, false accusation. Negative. Defamation, obloquy, traducement, aspersion, denigration
  • Advocate
    (v.) To push for something, or (adj.) a person who pleads for a cause. Positive. Consellor, pleader, recommend, urge
  • Aggrandize
    (v.) To add details to. Negative. Embellish, embroider, pad, dramatize
  • Deft
    (adj.) Skillful in physical movements (especially with hands). Positive. Dexterous, adrout, virtuoso
  • Amenable
    (adj.) Willing to comply or liable to answer to higher authority. Positive. Conformable, tractable, willing, inclined, obliging
  • Adulterate
    (adj.) Corrupt, debase, or make impure with a foreign/inferior substance. Negative. Debase, dilute, load, stretch, taint
  • Construe
    (v.) To make sense. Neutral. Interpret, elucidate, parse
  • Convolute
    (v.) To curl or twist togther, change meanings to mislead, or (adj.) roll longitudinally. Negative. Convolve, sophisticate, coil
  • Benign
    (adj.) Not dangerous to health or pleasant/beneficial to nature. Positive. Harmless, innocuous, anodyne
  • Contrite
    (adj.) Expressing pain for sins or offense. Negative. Remorseful, rueful, repentant
  • Craven
    (n.) A coward or (adj.) lacking courage. Negative. Recreant, poltroon, cowardly, feeble
  • Ameliorate
    (v.) To make better. Positive. Amend, better, improve, meliorate
  • Alacrity
    (n.) Liveliness and eagerness. Positive. Briskness, smartness, willingness, zeal, amenability
  • Incredulous
    (n.) Unwilling to believe. Negative. Skeptical, suspicious
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