Vocabs

• Compromise:

  • Definition: a resolution of an argument in which two or more sides accept less than what was wanted originally
• Breakthrough:

  • Definition: a discovery in science, medicine, or technology that is very important because it has both a dramatic and long-lasting effect
• Configuration:

  • Definition: the manner that parts or elements are placed together
• Congestion:

  • Definition: a condition in which there are too many people or things in a street or an area, making it hard and slow to move about
• Detrimental:

  • Definition: producing hurt or damage
• Deprivation:

  • Definition: a state of being without, loss
• Unscrupulous:

  • Definition: not honorable, without conscience
• Accost:

  • Definition: approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively
• Gamut:

  • Definition: range, series, collection, variety
• Vexation:

  • Definition: feeling of being annoyed, puzzled, and frustrated
• Askew:

  • Definition: crooked, awry, oblique
• Deplorable:

  • Definition: regrettable, wretched, very bad, etc
• Reticent:

  • Definition: quiet and reserved
• Garble:

  • Definition: to mix up; confuse
• Inane:

  • Definition: silly
• Disparage:

  • Definition: to put down or belittle
• Commiserate:

  • Definition: to express sympathy for someone
• Confederate:

  • Definition: a partner, especially in mischief
• Divergent:

  • Definition: differing; branching off
• Substantiate:

  • Definition: to establish by proof or competent evidence
• Connoisseur: a person with expert knowledge and keen discrimination in a particular field, especially in the fine arts or matters of taste
• Agglomeration: a large group of many different things collected or brought together
• Lionize: to treat a person as a celebrity
• Obfuscate: to cloud over, obscure, or make dark or unclear
• Pernicious: causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous
• Philistine: a closed-minded person who does not care about the culture and values around them
• Solipsist: a person who is very self-centered or selfish
• Visceral: characterized by or dealing with coarse or base emotions rather than intellect
• Timorous: full of or subject to fear; timid
• Sanguine: cheerful and confident
• Rapscallion: one who is playfully mischievous
• Paucity: scarcity; dearth; insufficiency
• Melange: a mixture; confusion
• Fractious: hard to manage; unruly; rebellious
• Effete: weak, ineffectual, or decadent as a result of overrefinement
• Reverie: a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream
• Succor: help; relief; aid; assistance
• Surmise: to infer something from incomplete or uncertain evidence
• Repository: a place or container in which things can be stored for safety
• Kiosk: a small structure open at one or more sides, used as a newsstand, bandstand, entrance to a subway, etc.