Essential Vocabulary List: A-Z Definitions

Essential Vocabulary List: A-Z

1. Adulation – Excessive flattery.
2. Assert – To state a fact.
3. Befall – To have something bad happen to someone.
4. Burgeon – To begin to grow rapidly.
5. Contract – A written or spoken agreement.
6. Cumbersome – Large, heavy, or difficult to carry.
7. Demean – To cause a severe loss of dignity.
8. Digress – To leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
9. Eminent – Famous or respected within a specific sphere.
10. Engross – To absorb all the attention or interest.
11. Facilitate – To make an action easy or easier.
12. Fastidious – Very attentive to accurate details.
13. Generalize – To make a broad statement by inferring from specific cases.
14. Grandeur – Splendor.
15. Hitherto – Until now.
16. Hypothetical – Supposed but not necessarily real or true.
17. Immense – Extremely large.
18. Impervious – Not allowing fluid to pass through.
19. Justify – To show or prove to be right.
20. Jurisdiction – Official power to make legal decisions.
21. Kismet – Fate or fortune.
22. Knave – A deceitful or unreliable scoundrel.
23. Lucrative – Producing a great deal of profit.
24. Lethargic – Sluggish or apathetic.
25. Malleable – Able to be pressed or hammered out of shape without breaking.
26. Meticulous – Showing great attention to detail.
27. Nuance – A subtle difference in meaning or expression.
28. Nautical – Of or concerning sailors or navigation.
29. Omnipotent – Having unlimited power.
30. Omit – To leave out or exclude.
31. Prolific – Producing much fruit or work.
32. Pungent – Having a sharply strong taste or smell.
33. Qualitative – Relating to the standard of something.
34. Quasi – Seemingly.
35. Realistic – Showing a practical idea of what can be expected.
36. Relevant – Closely connected to what is being done.
37. Scrutinize – To inspect closely.
38. Solidarity – Unity or agreement of feeling.
39. Tactile – Of or connected with the sense of touch.
40. Tedious – Too long, slow, or dull.
41. Ubiquitous – Universal; found everywhere.
42. Unprecedented – Never done or known before.
43. Variable – Not consistent or having a fixed pattern.
44. Vital – Absolutely necessary.
45. Wail – A cry of sorrow and grief.
46. Waggish – Witty or joking.
47. Xenophobia – Fear of strangers.
48. Xyloid – Something that is like wood.
49. Yoke – Becoming linked or joined.
50. Yeoman – A free man who cultivates his own land.
51. Zealous – Marked by active interest and enthusiasm.
52. Zenith – The highest point of something.