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WorksheetsAcademic Vocab 21-40 (Sets 1-5)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Severe in manner or appearance; without excess or luxury; serious; forbidding
austere
ascetic
belligerent
caustic
To dispatch; to make faster or easier; hasten
vacillate
expedite
ameliorate
repudiate
An opinion opposed to established beliefs; blasphemy
atrophy
ephemeral
heresy
orthodox
Made as a trial; Experimental; temporary; uncertain
torpor
incessant
temperate
tentative
Submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy
deference
engender
reticent
saccharine
To be indecisive; to waver back and forth; fluctuate
fickle
languish
prosaic
vacillate
Based on experience rather than theory; practical; down-to-earth
provincial
pragmatic
solemn
conciliatory
Characterized by dignified seriousness; often associated with religious rites or legal proceedings; grave; sober
solemn
mitigate
austere
esoteric
Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; claiming that something is beyond dispute; unequivocal; dictatorial
exhaustive
belligerent
dogmatic
pragmatic
The act of willing or choosing; discretion
hedonistic
volition
preclude
propriety
Lasting a very short time; fleeting; evanescent; temporary
paucity
furtive
fastidious
ephemeral
Characteristically commonplace; dull; unimaginative; vapid
credulous
prosaic
provincial
subtle
Spending or giving freely and in a large amount; flowing; extravagant; abundant
profuse
relegate
fortuitous
brawn
Excessively particular; meticulous; demanding
voluminous
contrite
exhaustive
fastidious
War-like character; aggressively hostile; combative
discriminate
belligerent
anarchy
virulent
To become weak, listless, or depressed; droop
fickle
lax
mitigate
languish
To lessen the severity of something; assuage; soothe
mitigate
relegate
tangible
assuage
To create or cause something; generate; provoke
ambulatory
sycophant
engender
apocryphal
To send or refer something, sometimes to a lower station; entrust; assign; banish
nullify
relegate
repudiate
innate
Not adequate in amount; minimal; insufficient; sparse
scanty
preclude
benefactor
parsimony
