100 - Week 1
ACUMEN & VERACITY
Acumen: (n.) skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject such as business or politics
Veracity: (n.) truthfulness (see verify (v.) to prove the accuracy or truth of something)
CAPRICIOUS & UBIQUITOUS
Ubiquitous: (adj.) seeming to be everywhere at once
Capricious: (adj.) impulsive; unpredictable
DISCRETION & SOLICITOUS
Discretion: (n.) the act of being careful not to attract too much attention, especially by keeping something secret 2. the right or ability to decide something; see also (discreet adj.)
Solicitous: (adj.) anxious or concerned about another's needs; attentive
PRESUMPTUOUS & FAÇADE
Presumptuous: (adj.) overly forward; going beyond what is right or proper
FAÇADE: 1. (n.) an architectural term signifying the front of a building 2. a false or deceptive appearance
MACABRE & IDIOSYNCRASY
MACABRE: (adj.) suggesting the horror of death and decay
IDIOSYNCRASY: (n.) a structural or behavioral oddity (idiosyncratic adj.)
AFFILIATE & ELEGIAC
Affiliate: (n.) to be connected with or controlled by another organization (v.) to cause a person or group to become connected to or be controlled by another--usually larger--organization
Elegiac: (adj.) expressing sorrow or mourning
CAVEAT & FAUX PAS
Caveat: (n.) a warning to consider something before acting further, or a statement which limits a more general statement
Faux Pas: (n.) a social blunder or mistake
IGNOMINIOUS & QUINTESSENCE
Ignominious: (adj.) shameful; disgraceful
Quintessence: (n.) the purest most essential element or example of a thing (quintessential adj., quintessentially adv.)
MANIFEST & SUCCINCT
Manifest: (adj.) clearly apparent to
Succinct: (adj.) short, direct, to the point
UNCTUOUS & VICARIOUS
Unctuous: (adj.) marked by fake or exaggerated eagerness
Vicarious: (adj.) experienced as a result of watching, listening, or reading about the activities of other people, rather than doing the activities yourself
CHAGRIN & ELUCIDATE
Chagrin: (n.) distress of mind caused by embarrassment or humiliation
Elucidate: (v.) to explain; to make clear
ALTRUISTIC & HAGGARD
Altruistic: (adj.) unselfish; giving
Haggard: (adj.) having a worn or sickly appearance
VIRULENT & SUCCUMB
Virulent: (adj.) highly infectious, like a virus
Succumb: (v.) to give in, especially after being overwhelmed
VACILLATING & QUIXOTIC
Vacillating: (adj.) swaying, tottering, fluctuating (vacillate v.)
Quixotic: (adj.) foolishly impractical, daydreamy
MISANTHROPIC & IMPUGN
Misanthropic: (adj.) hateful towards mankind
Impugn: (v.) to attack with words and arguments
WRITHE & VACUOUS
Writhe: (v.) to turn this way and that as if in excruciating pain
Vacuous: (adj.) empty or blank; dull or stupid
OBSEQUIOUS & ARBITRARY
Obsequious: (adj.) humbly or excessively attentive
Arbitrary: (adj.) determined by will; random
TENACITY & RUMINATE
Tenacity: (n.) the act of being tough to defeat or tough to pull apart (tenacious adj.)
Ruminate: (v.) to think over; to ponder
INCORRIGIBLE & HETEROGENEOUS
Incorrigible: (adj.) incapable of being corrected, amended, or reformed
Heterogeneous: (adj.) a group consisting of mixed elements
EQUIVOCATION & COMPUNCTION
Equivocation: (n.) the act of being misleading (equivocate v. to mislead)
Compunction: (n.) anxiety arising from guilt or remorse
BONA FIDE & CURSORY
Bona Fide: (adj.) made or carried out in good faith
Cursory: (adj.) performed with haste or scant attention
EXTEMPORANEOUS & INUNDATED
Extemporaneous: (adj.) impromptu, carried out without preparation
Inundated: (v.) to cover or overwhelm as if in a flood
HOMOGENEOUS & PARAMOUNT
Homogeneous: (adj.) a group made up of things similar in nature; uniform
Paramount: (adj.) of chief concern or importance
SALACIOUS & TIMOROUS
Salacious: (adj.) lustful; lewd
Timorous: (adj.) fearful; timid
VALIDATE & ZEALOT
Validate: (v.) to make legally valid; to verify
Zealot: (n.) a person who is fanatically devoted to a cause