ISEE Vocabulary > Group 40
Adulate
praise someone excessively
Anathema
a thing someone intensely dislikes
Anomaly
a thing not normal or expected
Assiduous
showing great care and perseverance
Blandish
coax with kind words or flattery
Circumlocution
use of many words to be evasive
Contentious
likely to cause an argument
Defer
postpone; submit to one’s wishes
Disparage
treat as weak, bad, or unimportant
Emanate
spread out or originate from
Esoteric
likely understood by few people
Fawn
give exaggerated flattery for favor
Gingerly
showing great care or caution
Homonym
similar words with differing meanings
Impudent
not showing respect for another
Ingenuous
innocent, naïve, or trusting
Irrefutable
impossible to deny or disprove
Linger
stay somewhere longer than needed
Meticulous
showing great attention to detail
Nugatory
of no value or importance
Panacea
a solution for all difficulties
Phenomenon
a thing observed but hard to explain
Prerogative
a right exclusive to a certain class
Pusillanimous
lacking courage or determination
Repent
express sincere regret
Spurious
something fake or false
Surmise
assume truth without evidence
Transpose
transfer to a different place
Verbatim
in exactly the same words first used
Zenith
highest point or state of
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