ISEE Vocabulary > Group 20
Acclimate
adjust or adapt to new conditions
Alleviate
make suffering less severe
Amenable
easily influenced or controlled
Baneful
causing harm, ruin, or death
Cajole
persuade into action by coaxing
Camaraderie
mutual trust and friendship
Compliant
inclined to obey or agree with others
Detract
belittle, diminish, or distract
Eccentric
unconventional and a little strange
Enlighten
inform or give insight
Explicate
analyze in order to reveal meaning
Fortuitous
happening by lucky chance
Hardy
capable of enduring difficulty
Immutable
permanent or cannot be changed
Incumbent
currently in office or needed for duty
Interment
burial of a corpse in a tomb or grave
Languor
tiredness, inertia, or fatigue
Malign
evil in nature or effect
Munificent
more generous than necessary
Omniscient
having unlimited knowledge
Penultimate
second to last in a series of things
Pompous
irritatingly self‐ important or grand
Propitiate
win or regain the favor of someone
Rarefy
make rare, thin, or less dense
Rhetoric
art of effective language
Serendipitous
occurring by happy chance
Subservient
prepared to fully obey others
Tepid
lukewarm or unenthusiastic
Unctuous
excessively flattering; oily
Volatile
inconstant, flighty, or explosive
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