500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Word Abandon Abase Abhor Abridge Absolute Absurd Abundant Accessory Achieve Adept Adequate Adherent Adhesive Admire Adore Adversity Affliction Alien Alive Alleviate Alm Amend Amicable Anxiety Apathy Appalling Apposite Appraise Apprehend Arbitrary Assent Assist Astonish Audacious Aversion Synonyms leave, desert, forsake degrade, disgrace, humiliate hate, loathe, detest shorten, abbreviate unalterable, unrestricted, unconditioned ridiculous, silly, foolish ample, plentiful aiding, auxiliary, subsidiary accomplish, gain, earn, attain proficient, skilled, expert sufficient, enough follower, stickler sticky, glue, gum praise, adore, esteem respect, idolise, worship, admire predicament, misery, misfortune distress, sorrow, sadness foreign, stranger, unknown lively, vivacious, lifelike relieve, lighten, ease gratuity, donation, grant improve, change, emend suitable, friendly, lovable, amiable eagerness, misgiving, worry indifference, neutrality terrific, terrifying, dreadful, horrible adaptable, suitable guess, estimate seize, seal, fear despotic, wayward agree, consent, acquiesce help, aid, support astound, surprise, amaze, bewilder bold, courageous, daring dislike, detestation, hostility, hatred 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Word Base Beg Behaviour Brave Brisk Brittle Brutal Burglar Busy Bystander Synonyms mean, low, ignoble implore, ask, beseech, solicit conduct, deportment, way, demeanour courageous, intrepid, bold, daring, valiant active, fast, quick, busy, alert frail, fragile animal, savage, beastly, cruel thief, bandit, brigand, stealer active, occupied, alert spectator, onlooker, beholder Word Calculate Callous Calm Cancel Candid Captive Casual Category Cause Censor Censure Character Charity Chaste Chatter Cheat Choose Cite Claim Clothes Colossal Commence Commensurate Conceal Confess Confuse or Confound Consequent Synonyms estimate, count, reckon, compute hard, indifferent, cold-blooded cool, allayed, quiet, soothed, alleviated annul, discharge, write off sincere, straightforward, frank prisoner, dependent, jailed, bonded chance, occasional, uncertain class, group make, originate, induce, generate, create cut off, prohibit, ban blame, condemn, reprove, reprimand letter, emblem, type, OR nature, disposition, quality philanthropy, benevolence pure, immaculate, virgin, refined babble, ramble, talk, discourse defraud, gull, outwit, dupe pick, select, differentiate, discriminate quote, mention, name, adduce demand, require, challenge apparel, attire, dress, garb huge, gigantic, enormous, big begin, start equivalent, suitable, applicable hide, cover, shelter, disguise admit, acknowledge, reveal, agree mix, perplex, astonish, amaze, bewilder following, resultant, outcome 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Conspiracy Constant Consult Convict Cordial Cowardly Coy Crafty Crazy Credence Credible Crisis Criterion Criticism Crucial Cruel Custom Cynical plot, combination, intrigue, treason unchanged, invariable, firm, steady confer, talk to, refer felon, culprit, criminal, guilty warm, hearty, friendly craven, dastardly, fearful, poltroon modest, shy, reserved artful, adroit, dextrous, cunning mad, insane, silly belief, faith, trust, confidence believable, true, probable, possible turning point, emergency, conjuncture, difficulty test, touchstone, standard analysis, review, stricture important, decisive, trying, testing brutal, unmerciful, beastly, savage habit, fashion, manner, usage, OR tax, duty captious, snarling, sarcastic, morose Word Damage Danger Dash Dastardly Dawn Deadly Dear Dearth Debase Decay Decease Deceit Decipher Decision Declare Decorum Decree Deem Defamation Defection Defer Synonyms injury, loss, harm hazard, risk, peril run, rush, fly cowardly, invaliant, afraid, fearful break, appear, (sunrise), begin fatal, lethal, destructive costly, precious, valuable, cherished scarcity, lack, want degrade, downgrade, defame, disparage, humiliate decline, waste, wither, fade death, demise, end fraud, cheating, forgery translate, interpret, solve, explain conclusion, settlement, judgement affirm, announce, speak out decency, propriety, gravity law, edict, ordinance, mandate, judgement think, judge, consider, believe calumny, disparagement, debasement abandonment, desertion adjourn, postpone 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Deference Deficient Deformity Dejected Delectable Delegate Deliberate Delicacy Delusion Demeanour Demise Demolish Demonstrate Demure Denomination Denounce Deny Department Departure Deride Descant Designate Desire Desolate Despise Despondency Despotic Destiny Destitute Destruction Detain Detest Dethrone Devastate Devoid Devout Dexterity Diabolical Diatribe Dictatorial Diffident Digression Diligence respect, reverence, honour lacking, inadequate, wanting disfigurement, malformation, ugliness depressed, distressed, downhearted charming, delightful, pleasant commission, depute, authorise knowingly done, intentional, forcible softness, nicety, slenderness, refinement, purity illusion, fancy, error, artifice behaviour, conduct, bearing death, decease break, destroy, annihilate prove, indicate, establish, show modest, coy, humane name, appellation, designation accuse, malign, criticise, defame contradict, refuse, disavow, withhold section, portion, office removal, withdrawal, leaving ridicule, mock, taunt, flaunt discourse, expatiate, enlarge name, nominate, appoint wish, long for, crave, covet lonely, deserted, solitary, devastated contemn, dislike despair, heaviness, hopelessness arbitrary, tyrannical, illegal fate, destination, fortune needy, poor, miserable, indigent ruin, demolition, ravage lock in, arrest, hold, custody despise, abhor, dislike depose, remove (from office) ruin, demolition, ravage lacking, empty, vacant religious, reverent adroitness, cleverness, skill fiendish, devilish, wicked tirade, disquisition tyrannical, arbitrary, despotic hesitating, doubtful, distrusting excursion, deviation, misguidance care, industry, effort 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Diminish Dire Disapprove Disavow Disciple Disclose Discomfort Disconsolate Discredit Disgust Dismay Disorder Disown Disparage Dispose Dispute Disregard Dissolute Distaste Distinguish Distorted Distress Distribute Diverse Divert Divine Divulge Docile Doctrine Dogmatic Dolt Domicile Dominant Doom Dotage Downright Dread Drench Drowsy Dubious Ductile Dupe Dwindle lessen, decrease, reduce terrible, awful, horrible, miserable condemn, reject, disallow deny, refuse follower, learner, student reveal, tell, uncover, divulge annoy, irritate, uneasiness sad, cheerless, miserable disbelieve, doubt, disgrace abhorrence, dislike, detest disappointment, discouragement disease, illness, OR untidiness, uncleanliness disclaim, deny, renounce debase, decry, defame adjust, arrange, incline argument, controversy, altercation neglect, overlook, disrespect corrupt, mean, lax, licentious abhorrence, dislike, detestation differentiate, discern, pick blurred, maligned, changed, disguised, deformed affliction, depression, misery allot, share, appropriate dissimilar, unlike, various turn aside, deflect, deviate heavenly, metaphysical, godlike reveal, uncover, disclose amenable, tractable precept, principle, teaching categorical, authoritative, firm blockhead, stupid, fool, idiot, dullard dwelling, home, residence prevailing, authoritative, superior destiny, fate, misfortune senility, imbecility simple, unquestionable, blunt, frank apprehend, fear soak, wet sleepy, comatose, lazy, lethargic ambiguous, unclear pliant, yielding, flexible cheat, befool, steal shrink, diminish, decrease 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Word Earnest Easy Eccentric Economise Ecstasy Efface Effective Effeminate Efficacy Egotistic Egregious Elaborate Elegant Elementary Elevated Eliminate Eloquence Elucidate Emanate Emancipate Embarrass Embezzle Embody Emolument Emphatic Emulate Enchant Encompass Encounter Encroach Endeavour Endorse Endurance Enfranchise Engagement Enlighten Enmity Enormous Enrage Synonyms eager, ardent, intent, anxious, sincere moderate, gentle, convenient irregular, anomalous, abnormal, odd save, retrench trance, enchantment, rapture blot out, obliterate, destroy efficient, powerful, able, capable womanly, weak, unmanly force, energy, virtue, potence self-centred, egoist, self-conceited conspicuous, sinful, monstrous explain, discuss, elucidate refined, graceful, tasteful simple, primary, introductory elated, promoted, upgraded, rise remove, replace, dismiss, discard oratory, rhetoric, finery (of speech) illuminate, elaborate, explain flow, proceed, spring free, deliver, liberate vex, confuse, entangle steal, peculate, cheat incorporate, include, comprise salary, wage, remuneration forceful, significant, important compete, rival, vie against, copy charm, bewitch, hypnotise surround, encircle come across, combat, fight trespass, intrude, invade attempt, effort, aspira on back, approve, ratify patience, continuance, fortitude liberate, free, (also: give right to vote employment, contract, promise promise) illuminate, edify, elaborate hostility, hate, animosity big, huge, colossal, gigantic infuriate, madden, incense, irritation 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Ensue Entangle Enterprise Entertain Enthusiasm Entice Entitle Entreat Entwine Enumerate Enunciate Envoy Envy Epoch Equity Equivocal Eradicate Erroneous Erudite Esteem Ethics Eulogy Evidence Evince Exact Exaggerate Exalt Exceptional Excerpt Exile Exonerate Exorbitant Extinguish Extravagant Exuberant Exult succeed, follow, result ravel, involve, perplex undertaking, venture, endeavour treat, amuse, cheer zeal, ardour, interest allure, tempt, seduce, attract name, designate, qualify beseech, implore, beg encircle, surround, encompass count, number declare, publish, propound, reve legate, messenger, ambassador jealousy, ill-will era, time, age justice, fairness doubtful, ambiguous, uncertain root out, extirpate, annihilate wrong, false learned, scholarly, lettered admire, appreciate, adore, respect morality, morals, philosophy laudation, praise, extolling, felicitatio testimony, proof, witness show, manifest, demonstrate extort, oppress, loot amplify, overstate elevate, raise, uplift unusual, abnormal, peculiar extract, quotations expulsion, banishment, expatriation acquit, absolve, release excessive, too much, high quench, terminate, destroy, put out excessive, lavish, stylish abundant, plentiful triumph, rejoice, delight Word Fable Fabricate Fabulous Synonyms story, legend, myth, fiction construct, forge, invent fictitious, mythical, exaggerated 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Facile Faction Failure Fallacy Falter Familiar Famine Fanatical Fancy Farcical Fascinate Fastidious Fatal Fatigue Feasible Feature Feeble Felicitate Felicity Felon Fervent Fervour Festivity Fetter Feud Fickle Fiendish Figurative Filthy Fissure Flaccid Flatter Fleece Flexible Flimsy Flounder Fluctuate Flutter Folly Fondle Footstep Foray Forbearance pliable, docile, tractable clique, cabal, discord, section miscarriage, default, lack of success deception, illusion, mistake waver, hesitate, delay, flounder known, friendly, accustomed hunger, starvation, dearth bigoted, enthusiastic, overaspiring liking, conception, craving, whim droll, comic, extravagant charm, bewitch, attract particular, over-nice, squeamish deadly, lethal, mortal weariness, exhaustion, tiredness possible, practicable aspect, characteristic, property weak, frail, dim congratulate, compliment joy, happiness, good luck criminal, sinner, guilty, bandit glowing, heated, impassioned warmth, glow, vehemence gaiety, merry-making shackle, bind, imprison dispute, broil, strife changeable, vacillating, varying devilish, diabolical, malignant typical, imaginative, emblematic dirty, foul, nasty crevice, rift soft, loose, weak adore, please, praise rob, despoil, cheat variable, pliable, changeable transparent, thin, trivial, tenuous stumble, falter, wallow, struggle undulate, waver, vacillate, flicker flip, quiver, ruffle, agitate absurdity, silliness, imprudence, for caress, touch, rub footprint, footmark, track incursion, inroad, venture abstaining, refraining 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Forbid Forebode Forlorn Formidable Fragile Fragment Fragrant Frailty Frantic Fraudulent Fray Frisk Frivolous Frugal Further Futile prohibit, disallow, debar betoken, indicate, denote disconsolate, cheerless, distressed dreadful, reckoning, difficult weak, feeble, slender, delicate piece, bit, part, portion, side odorous, balmy, soothing weakness, delicacy, fragileness frenzied, mad, distracted dishonest, cheating, deceptive battlefield, combat skip, dance, caper, frolic vain, foolish, trivial economical, thrifty aid, promote, upgrade useless, hopeless, in vain Word Gaiety Gainsay Gallantry Garbage Garner Garrulous Gawky Gay Generous Genteel Genuine Ghastly Ghost Glimmer Glimpse Glisten Gloom Glory Glutinous Gluttonous Gorgeous Gracious Synonyms hilarity, jollity, festivity contradict, dispute, controvert, deny courage, bravery, heroism filth, waste, useless, throwaway, trash accumulate, collect, gather prattling, chattering awkward, clumsy happy, merry, joyous noble, magnanimous, kind, liberal well-bred, well-cultured, polite true, authentic, real horrible, horrifying, horrific phantom, spirit, spectre shine, flash, gleam glance, (quick) look, (brief) view shine, beam, glow depression, melancholy, loneliness honour, magnificence, splendour sticky, viscous greedy, gorging, voracious splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, beautiful, attractive graceful, magnificent, glorious, merciful, benign 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Grandeur Grapple Grateful Gratification Gravity Greedy Grievance Grotesque Grudge Gullible splendour, magnificence, glory grasp, clutch, seize thankful, beholden satisfaction, enjoyment seriousness, importance, calmness avaricious, ravenous, envious, covetous hardship, complaint, trouble horrifying, contorted, bizzare, whimsical grievance, begrudge, resent simple, easy, pliable, credulous Word Habitual Hallucination Hamper Handy Hapless Harangue Hardship Haughty Havoc Hazard Hearty Heave Hedge Heed Heinous Hem Herculean Heritage Heterogeneous Hideous Hilarious Hindrance Histrionic Hoax or Humbug Homage Horizon Hospitable Hostile Hover Synonyms accustomed, customary, usual delusion, illusion, nightmare impede, block, fetter, bind useful, convenient, easy unfortunate, unlucky speech, oration trouble, adversity, difficulty arrogant, indolent, overbearing devastation, destruction, ruin risk, danger, accident sincere, warm, ardent raise, lift fence, hem advise, note, consider, mind atrocious, odious, wicked border, edge, fringe, outskirts colossal, laborious, excessive inheritance dissimilar, unlike, different, diverse, terrific, horrible, filthy convivial, amusing, joyous impediment, hampering, obstruction, theatrical, dramatic dupe, cheat, befool deference, salute, worshipping bound, verge, limit welcoming, liberal, warm adverse, opposing, inimical waver about, fly around, encircle 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Humane Humiliate Humorous Hypocrisy gentle, compassionate, caring abase, insult, mock, defy amusing, laughable, comical pretence, imposture, deceit Word Ideal Identity Idolise Ignorant Illegal or Illicit or Illegitimate Illogical Imaginative Imitate Immaculate Immaterial Immature Imminent or Impending Immodest Immortal Impassioned Impeachment Implicit Importance Impostor Impracticable Impressive Improper or Inappropriate Impunity Inane Inarticulate Incense Incessant Incognito Incoherent Increase Inculcate Inculpate Synonyms standard, visionary, perfect individuality, sameness, oneness, recognition adore, worship, admire unlearned, illiterate, ill-informed unlawful, prohibited inconsequent, irrational creative, visionary copy, follow, mimic, emulate spotless, stainless, perfect irrelevant, unimportant, useless crude, childish, unseasoned near, due, threatening indecent, indelicate, unchaste everlasting, undying, endless fervent, frenzied, fanatical imputation, accusation implied, assumed, inferred significance, value, weight cheat, conman, charlatan impossible, (merely) theoretical striking, affecting, extraordinary unsuitable, unfit, wrong exemption (from punishment), immunity empty, silly, idiotic voiceless, unexpressed, indistinct infuriate, enrage, anger unceasing, continual (identity) concealed, secretly, stealthily illogical, unconnected, irrational further, advance, increment instil, enforce, pass on, generate blame, incriminate 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Incumbent Incursion Indefatigable Indicate Indict Indiscriminate Indolence Industrious Inevitable Inexorable Infallible Infectious Infer Inferior Influence Infringe Ingredient Inherent Inhibition Iniquitous Initiate Injury Innocuous Insanity Insidious Instantaneous Instigate Intact Integrity Intellectual Intentional Intercourse Intermission Intervene Intimate Intolerable Intransigent Intrepid Intricate Intuition compulsory, obligatory, binding inroad, foray, venture tireless, untiring, assiduous hint, show, denote accuse, charge mixed, undistinguished, confused, wanton apathy, inactivity, laziness, sluggishness, lethargy busy, active, tireless unavoidable, certain, sure relentless, indefatigable unfailing, unerring, certain catching, contaminating, corrupting, transmittable gather, conclude, deduce lower, subordinate, junior authority, effect, power break, violate, transgress, encroach constituent, component, element inborn, innate, built-in restraint, check unjust, wrong, unfair start, begin, inchoate harm, damage, wrong harmless, mild, innocent madness, lunacy, mania deceitful, treacherous immediate, sudden, quick arouse, misguide untouched, unscathed, whole, unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired, entire oneness, entirety, completeness, honesty, wholeness, soundness intelligent, rational, learned deliberate, intended, designed intimacy, association, communication suspension, stoppage, pause, cessation, interval, interpose, mediate close, tender, friendly OR inform, notice, advertise unendurable, unbearable uncompromising, inflexible brave, fearless complex, difficult, complicated insight, premonition, instinct 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Invent Inveterate Involuntary Irksome Irregular Irresolute Itinerant discover, create, originate habitual, deep-rooted compulsory, unwilled, reflex annoying, disagreeable unpunctual, unmethodical, improper wavering, confused, vacillating travelling (on a circuit), wandering, nomadic Word Jaded Jargon Jocose Juxtaposition Synonyms tired, weary lingo, shoptalk jocular, humorous closeness, nearness Word Kiosk Knead Synonyms stand (open on one side), booth work up (into dough), press, squeeze Word Lacerate Laconic Languid Languish Lassitude Latent Legitimate Synonyms tear (tissue roughly), mangle (briskly) short, concise, pithy listless, spiritless die (with hunger or desire), weaken, droop weariness, tiredness hidden, concealed genuine, lawful Word Pragmatic Precarious Precocious Predilection Preposterous Prerogative Prodigious Synonyms practical (values), empirical critical, dangerous advanced (in development), over forward, premature preference, partiality (very) absurd, ridiculous (special) right, privilege large, immense 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS Profligate Promiscuous Propinquity Protagonist Providential Puissant Punctilious Putrefy immoral, wanton, reckless, dissolute, licentious indiscriminate, impure, casual nearness, vicinity lead (ing character), hero(ine) fortunate, lucky powerful, influential, mighty exact (in formalities), ceremonious conscientious decay, rot, decompose Word Quandary Quirk Quixotic Synonyms doubt, dilemma, plight twist, quibble, deviation (foolishly) chivalrous, unrealistic, whimsical Word Rabble Rabid Raillery Rampant Ramshackle Recalcitrant Redundant Relegate Reprisal Repudiate Synonyms throng (of the vulgar), crowd, proletariat furious, mad, fanatical jesting (language), banter, ridicule rife, widespread dilapidated, tumbledown, rickety stubborn, refractory wordy, repetitious, superfluous, needless assign a lower position, banish, demote (injury in) return, retaliation, revenge disavow, disclaim Word Sagacious Salacious Salutary Sanguine Sardonic Satiate Schism Sedition Synonyms wise, shrewd, astute obscene, foul, indecent, lecherous (morally) healthy, salubrious, beneficial ardent, confident, optimistic ironical, scornful, derisive gratify (fully), surfeit, saturate disjunction, split plotting (against government), incitement insurgence 500 MOST IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS