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Question		Answer
preposterous 🌟 start learning		absurd, ridiculous his ability to contrive an utterly preposterous situation is impressive
uncanny 🌟 start learning		strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way an uncanny feeling that she was being watched
ludicrous 🌟 start learning		absurd, ridiculous
callow 🌟 start learning		inexperienced and immature, green earnest and callow undergraduates; a green recruit fresh from college
earnest 🌟 start learning		showing sincere and intense conviction; serious, solemn
puerile 🌟 start learning		immature a puerile argument
brusque start learning		curt, terse
boor start learning		rough and bad-mannered person she came across as a boor
diffidence start learning		modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence with habitual diffidence, she handed a new manuscript to me
retiring start learning		shy and fond of being on one’s own given Susan’s retiring personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking
timorous start learning		showing or suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence she started delivering her speech with a timorous tone; timorous timon
endemic 🌟 start learning		confined to a particular place or people Food shortages are endemic in certain parts of the world
epidemic 🌟 start learning		widespread, outbreak a flu epidemic
pandemic 🌟 start learning		prevalent over a whole country or the world, widespread this could be the beginning of an influenza pandemic
underling start learning		subordinate he dishes out orders to his underling
affected start learning		pretentious and designed to impress the gesture appeared both affected and stagy; I had been quite scared by the dog but affected carelessness
mannered start learning		affected, pretentious, marked by idiosyncratic or exaggerated mannerisms his prose style is too mannered and self-conscious
posture start learning		to act in a pretended manner a masking of fear with macho posturing
cognizant 🌟 X Oblivious start learning		having knowledge or awareness statesmen must be cognizant of the political boundaries within which they work
prototype start learning		archetype; an original or initial model, first example Mercedes is prototyping a car sunroof which changes from clear to tinted
archetype start learning		a very typical example of a person or a thing she is the archetype of an American Movie Star
apotheosis X Nadir start learning		the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career
paradigm start learning		a typical example society’s paradigm of the ideal woman
paragon start learning		exemplar, epitome, ideal, paradigm, embodiment your cook is a paragon
ferret 🌟 start learning		an assiduous search for something I ferreted around my room to find my beauty blender
espy start learning		catch sight of I espied her around the corner of the building
gratuitous ✨ start learning		done without good reason; uncalled for the film was criticized for its gratuitous voilence
obviate ✨ start learning		remove (a need or difficulty), preclude the presence of roller blinds obviated the need for curtains
preclude ✨ start learning		prevent from happening; make impossible The secret nature of Alia’s work precluded official recognition
ruse start learning		trick, an action intended to deceive someone Annalise tried to think of a ruse to get Nate out of prision
ploy start learning		a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one’s advantage the president had dismissed the referendum as a ploy to buy time
connive start learning		secretly allow something immoral, illegal, or harmful to occur, she connived with a senior official to rig the election results
beguile start learning		charm or enchant, often in a deceptive way; allure he had beguiled the voters with his good looks
dour start learning		stern or gloomy in manner or appearance the city, drab and dour by the day, transforms at the night
morose start learning		sullen and ill-tempered morose and silent when she got back home
sullen start learning		bad-tempered and sulky a sullen pout
peevish start learning		having or showing an irritable disposition I’d rather figure out things on my own than ask that peevish librarian for help
saturnine ✨ start learning		gloomy a saturnine temperament, Living on Saturn would make me saturnine
asinine ✨ start learning		extremely stupid or foolish it is surprising that supposedly intelligent people can make such asinine statements
fatuous start learning		silly and pointless a fatuous comment
inane start learning		lacking sense or meaning; silly don’t badger people with inane questions
badger start learning		pester
oafish start learning		clumsy and unintelligent, stupid oafish behaviour
debase ✨ start learning		degrade, devalue he won’t debase himself by doing manual labour
warp ✨ start learning		make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of heat or damp moisture had warped the box
exhort ✨ start learning		strongly urge or encourage Anku has always exhorted me to persue a carrer in fashion
enjoin start learning		instruct or urge someone to do something the code enjoined people to dress appropriately
wheedle start learning		coax, cajole (persuade using flattery) she wheedled her way on to the guest list
temporal start learning		secular- not belonging to any one religion in temporal countries, the diversity of culture is more important
astute start learning		shrewd, acute, showing good judgement an astute awareness of changing fashionsu
perspicacious ✨ start learning		having a ready insight into and understanding of things the brilliant lawyer was known for his perspicacious deductions
prudent start learning		wise, judicious, sagacious, sage no prudent money manager would authorize a loan without first knowing its purpose
savant start learning		a learned person, intellectual, scholar, sage life gave him what he wanted, and he emerged as a business savant
impolitic ✨ start learning		failing to possess or display prudence, unwise it was impolitic to not attend that show
entrenched start learning		firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained an entrenched resistance to change
congenital ✨ start learning		inborn, innate a cogenital liar
vitiate start learning		spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of your bribing habits, vitiates the child
watershed start learning		hallmark, landmark, milestone these works were a watershed in the history of music
desultory ✨ start learning		lacking a plan, purpose or plan the students were confused by the teacher’s desultory lecture which seemed to have no real focus
expurgate ✨ start learning		remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from a text or account the beeped out words on the television have been expurgated
extort start learning		obtain something by force threat or other unfair means he attempted to extort money from the company
dissuade start learning		persuade someone not to take a particular course or action his friends tried to dissuade him from doing drugs
goad start learning		provoke or annoy to stimulate an action or reaction when goaded beyond endurance, she hit him
entreaty ✨ start learning		an earnest or humble request the king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties
implore start learning		entreaty, beseech
importune ✨ start learning		harass persistently for or to do something after i importuned for several days, my dad let me go on the trip
supplicate start learning		entreat, beseech, implore
untenable ✨ start learning		indefensible This argument is clearly untenable
punctilious ✨ start learning		meticulous, conscientious, showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour He was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests
fastidious start learning		scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail I dress with fastidious care
purist start learning		a person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures, specially in language or style
scrupulous ✨ start learning		careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to details
sybarite X PURITAN start learning		hedonistic
forthright start learning		candor, frank, direct
replete start learning		filled or well-supplied with something sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death
stickler start learning		a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour he’s a stickler for accuracy
nitpicking start learning		fussy or pedantic fault-finding nitpicking over tiny details
tacit start learning		understood or implied without being stated your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement
insinuate ✨ start learning		imply, hint, suggest the article insinuated that he was having an affair
innuendo ✨ start learning		an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one she’s always making sly innuendoes
allude ✨ start learning		refer to something indirectly try not to allude to this matter in his presence
gargantuan start learning		colossal, behemoth
behemoth start learning		huge person or thing it’s hard for BING to compete with the behemoth search engines like Google
monolithic start learning		humongous, monumental
prodigious start learning		titanic, gargantuan, colossal, voluminous he impressed everyone with his prodigious memory
paltry start learning		marginal, minute, token, negligible his account offers a paltry 1% return on his investments
trifle/trifling start learning		unimportant or trivial
expatiate 💥 start learning		speak or write in detail about she expatiated on working-class novelists
pontificate start learning		express one’s opinions in a pompous and dogmatic way she was pontificating about art and history
discourse start learning		a long debate, discussion or lecture; dissertation a discourse on issues of gender and sexuality
rhetoric start learning		exaggerated or pompous speech intended to impress his offers of compromise were mere rhetoric
misnomer ✨ start learning		a wrong or inaccurate name or designation villa was a misnomer- the place was no more than a suburban flat
bungle start learning		carry out clumsily or incompetently; botch, tactless she had bungled every attempt to help
agnostic ✨ start learning		one who doesn’t know whether god exists
proselytize ✨ start learning		convert or attempt to convert someone from one religion, belief or opinion to another
contiguous start learning		juxtaposed, sharing a common border; touching the southern ocean is contiguous with the atlantic
abut start learning		be next to or have a common boundary with; contiguous gardens abutting the streets
efface start learning		obliterate, annihilate, eradicate she tried her best to efface the memory from her mind
expunge start learning		obliterate, annihilate
extripate start learning		efface, expunge, obliterate, annihilate the wolves were extripated from New England more than a century ago
indelible start learning		ineradicable, ineffaceable, unexpungeable, permanent the story made an indelible impression on me
raze start learning		extripate, expunge, efface, obliterate, annihilate villages were razed to the ground
infinitesimal start learning		minute, miniscule an infinitesimal pause
diminutive start learning		infinitesimal, minuscule
bastion start learning		a thing or person upholding or defending an attitude, principle etc Hollywood has long been considered a bastion of liberal activism
fortify start learning		strengthen, buttress, bolster they fortified the area against attack

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