English Language Vocabulary

English language vocabulary

Bamboozle - Confuse, trick, frustrate "she bamboozled him by giving him a fake number"

Bizarre - Strange, peculiar "His attitude is bizarre"

Boisterous - Full of energy, loud, wild, spirited, large "He had a boisterous personality"

Commemorate - Recall in a respectful way, remember, celebrate "In commemoration of the soliders who died in war"

Decorum - Decency, manners, etiquette "He had no sense of funeral decorum"

Despondent - Low spirited, without hope, without faith "He became despondent after his father died"

Divulge - To make known, reveal, declare "She likes to divulge in gossip"

Eclectic - Selecting ideas or information from a diverse and broad selection of sources "My information is construction on a eclectic range of ideas and information"

Exult - To show or feel extreme happiness "He was exultant about his grades"

Fallacy - Misunderstanding based on false information, deception, misleading "Romeo and Juliet's ending was a tragic fallacy"

Abberation - Flaw, deflect, abnormal "Black people are abberations"

Acrimony - angry. bitter feelings, hostility "The group was split apart by acrimony"

Adjudicate - Judge (lawyer), make decision in a formal matter, "The board will adjudicate complaints made against the school"

Abominable - terrible, bad, despicable "His behaviour is abominable"

Antiquated - old fashioned or outdated "His clothing style is antiquated"

Aphorism - A short statement of a general truth or idea "He has a good aphorism for the school"

Augur - To predict the future from omens "The end of the cold war was a good augur"

Axiom - A statement that needs no proof because it's truth is obvious "Pigs can't fly is a axiom everyone knows"

Adulate - Flatter, admire "He adulates her all the time"

Daunt - Demoralize, intimidate "He was daunting him to show his superiority"

Rudimentary - Basic, facts/principles, elementary "His english was at a rudimentary stage"

Credulous - Gullible, Eager to believe "He convinced the credulous believers"

Lucid - Easy to understand, clear "The meaning was lucid"

Sacrosanct - Regarded as sacred "I should be treated as a sacrosanct"

Docile - Submissive, teachable "Her dog is very docile"

Precedent - An action done in a certain way due to a past event "There are a few precedents for training minors"

Obsequious - Obedient, full of excessive compliance "His secretary is obsequious"

Reiterate - Say or do repeatedly "He reiterated the company's rules"

Impartial - unbiased, fair "The judge always made impartial decisions"