study hard words

Taylor (United States of America)
71 words 2 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First极速168赛车 377936e02ce27ce724b98272ce20c0e0
Print Flashcards极速168赛车 902a441ff479f3adacbe4135eb3a3334

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. cognate
    related by blood
  2. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  3. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  4. adjunct
    something added to another thing but not essential to it
  5. lineage
    the kinship relation between an individual and progenitors
  6. drab
    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
  7. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  8. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  9. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  10. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  11. refined
    cultivated and genteel
  12. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
  13. negate
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  14. flourish
    grow vigorously
  15. cite
    make reference to
  16. ample
    more than enough in size or scope or capacity
  17. adequate
    having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  18. modest
    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  19. deliberate
    carefully thought out in advance
  20. idle
    not in action or at work
  21. prospect
    the possibility of future success
  22. prompt
    according to schedule or without delay
  23. yield
    give or supply
  24. render
    give or supply
  25. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  26. terrestrial
    of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth
  27. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  28. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  29. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  30. invoke
    request earnestly; ask for aid or protection
  31. burden
    weight to be carried or borne
  32. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  33. dingy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  34. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  35. elan
    enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
  36. elation
    a feeling of joy and pride
  37. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  38. zenith
    the highest point of something
  39. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  40. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  41. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  42. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  43. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  44. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  45. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  46. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  47. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  48. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  49. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  50. hypocrite
    a person who professes beliefs that he or she does not hold
  51. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  52. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  53. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  54. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  55. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  56. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  57. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  58. rebuttal
    the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary argument
  59. rebuff
    a deliberate discourteous act
  60. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  61. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
  62. assimilate
    make alike
  63. assertive
    aggressively self-assured
  64. assemblage
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  65. deficient
    inadequate in amount or degree
  66. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  67. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  68. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  69. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  70. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  71. aristocratic
    belonging to or characteristic of the nobility
Created on 五月 13, 2013 (updated 六月 23, 2013)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner 全国统一开奖网址, soonshin.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.