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List of Complex Words and Their Definitions, Quizzes of Technical Writing

This list defines 77 complex words, useful for English language, literature, or vocabulary students. Examples include 'aberrant', 'alacrity', 'anomaly', 'approbation', 'arduous', 'assuage', 'audacious', 'austere', 'axiomatic', 'canonical', 'capricious', 'censure', 'chicanery', 'connoisseur', 'convoluted', 'disabuse', 'discordant', 'disparate', 'effrontery', 'eloquent', 'enervate', 'ennui', 'equivocate', 'erudite', 'exculpate', 'exigent', 'extemporaneous', 'filibuster', 'fulminate', 'ingenuous', 'inured', 'irascible', 'laud', 'lucid', 'magnanimity', 'martial', 'mundane', 'nascent', 'nebulous', 'neologism', 'noxious', 'obtuse', 'obviate', 'onerous', 'paean', 'parody', 'perennial', 'perfidy', 'perfunctory', 'perspicacious', 'prattle', 'precipitate (adj)', 'precipitate (v)', 'predilection', 'prescience', 'prevaricate', 'qualms', 'recant', 'refute', 'relegate', 'reticent', 'solicitous', 'sordid', 'sporadic', 'squander', 'static', 'stupefy', 'stymie', 'synthesis', 'torque', 'tortuous', 'truc

Typology: Quizzes

2009/2010

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TERM 1
abscond
DEFINITION 1
verb - to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
TERM 2
aberrant
DEFINITION 2
adj - deviating from the norm (noun form: abberation)
TERM 3
alacrity
DEFINITION 3
noun - eager and enthusiastic willingness
TERM 4
anomaly
DEFINITION 4
noun - deviation from the normal order, form, or rule
TERM 5
approbation
DEFINITION 5
noun - an expression of approval or praise
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abscond

verb - to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

TERM 2

aberrant

DEFINITION 2

adj - deviating from the norm (noun form: abberation)

TERM 3

alacrity

DEFINITION 3

noun - eager and enthusiastic willingness

TERM 4

anomaly

DEFINITION 4

noun - deviation from the normal order, form, or rule

TERM 5

approbation

DEFINITION 5

noun - an expression of approval or praise

arduous

adj - strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

TERM 7

assuage

DEFINITION 7

verb - to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

TERM 8

audacious

DEFINITION 8

adj - daring and fearless; recklessly bold

TERM 9

austere

DEFINITION 9

adj - without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

TERM 10

axiomatic

DEFINITION 10

adj - taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

convoluted

adj - complex or complicated

TERM 17

disabuse

DEFINITION 17

verb - to undeceive; to set right

TERM 18

discordant

DEFINITION 18

adj - conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

TERM 19

disparate

DEFINITION 19

adj - fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

TERM 20

effrontery

DEFINITION 20

noun - extreme boldness; presumptuousness

eloquent

adj - well-spoken, expressive, articulate

TERM 22

enervate

DEFINITION 22

verb - to weaken; to reduce in vitality

TERM 23

ennui

DEFINITION 23

noun - dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from

boredom or apathy

TERM 24

equivocate

DEFINITION 24

verb - to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

TERM 25

erudite

DEFINITION 25

verb - very learned; scholarly

ingenuous

adj - artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

TERM 32

inured

DEFINITION 32

adj - accustomed to accepting something undesirable

TERM 33

irascible

DEFINITION 33

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

TERM 34

laud

DEFINITION 34

verb - to praise highly

TERM 35

lucid

DEFINITION 35

adj - clear; easily understood

magnanimity

noun - the quality of being generously noble in mind and

heart, esp. in forgiving

TERM 37

martial

DEFINITION 37

adj - associated with war and the armed forces

TERM 38

mundane

DEFINITION 38

adj - of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

TERM 39

nascent

DEFINITION 39

adj - coming into being; in early developmental stages

TERM 40

nebulous

DEFINITION 40

adj - vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

paean

noun - a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

TERM 47

parody

DEFINITION 47

noun - a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic

effect, esp in literature and art

TERM 48

perennial

DEFINITION 48

adj - recurrent through the year or many years; happening

repeatedly

TERM 49

perfidy

DEFINITION 49

noun - intentional breach of faith; treachery

TERM 50

perfunctory

DEFINITION 50

adj - cursory; done without care or interest

perspicacious

adj - acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

TERM 52

prattle

DEFINITION 52

verb - to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle

manner

TERM 53

precipitate (adj)

DEFINITION 53

adj - acting with excessive haste or impulse

TERM 54

precipitate (v)

DEFINITION 54

verb - to cause or happen before anticipated or required

TERM 55

predilection

DEFINITION 55

noun - a disposition in favor or something

relegate

verb - to forcibly assign, esp to a lower place or position

TERM 62

reticent

DEFINITION 62

adj - quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or

feelings

TERM 63

solicitous

DEFINITION 63

adj - concerned and attentive; eager

TERM 64

sordid

DEFINITION 64

adj - characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

TERM 65

sporadic

DEFINITION 65

adj - occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances

squander

verb - to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

TERM 67

static

DEFINITION 67

adj - not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

TERM 68

stupefy

DEFINITION 68

verb - to stun, baffle, or amaze

TERM 69

stymie

DEFINITION 69

verb - to block; thwart

TERM 70

synthesis

DEFINITION 70

noun - the combination of parts to make a whole

voracious

adj - having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit;

ravenous

TERM 77

waver

DEFINITION 77

verb - to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion