Princeton Review Vocabulary
quiescence- inactive, motionless, quiet,
transience- not lasting, fleeting
perspicacity keen, pays attention, differential
squalid- gross lack of care, filthy
antediluvian- very old, old fashioned
blighted: spoiled, destroyed, hurt
canonical: accepted
churlish: rude, vulgar
calumny: a false statement intended to hurt someone
byzantine: highly complex
analgesic: capable of relieving pain
bromide: a common saying
concomitant: existing or occurring at the same time
cumbersome: awkward, heavy
demarcate: to set the lines or bounds
egregious: outright bad
emollient: smoothing skin atmosphere attitude
epistolary: relating to letters
foible: error in character
exegesis: an explanation and strict interpretation
fomentation: to push for rebellion
foppish: extreme extravagance
impious: lacking respect
ignominious: disgraceful and shameful
impute: to accredit
inimical: harmful
invidious: intending to hurt
mendicant: begging
morass: swamp, difficult situation
nascent: being born, beginner, neophyte
moratorium: suspension of an ongoing activity
potentate: strong ruler
picayune: of small importance
abstruse: hard to understand
garish: showy, lurid
magisterial: overbearing, offensive
sentient: able to perceive, feel things
reparative: mending, being repaired
belligerent: warlike
expunge: erase, obliverate
solicit: to ask for
abet: to help, encourage
fetid: stinking
jettison: to discard
Jaundice: there is a bias