AFOQT VOCAB prep

Cite as evidence

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Bring out or develop

Able to be touched or felt

An armed police officer in France and other French-speaking countries

Giving or being a sign of future success

Run or jump about playfully

Hairy

An appointment to meet someone in secret

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well

Careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future

A sum of money granted to support an arts organization or other undertaking held to be in the public interest

Each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling

Irritate intensely; infuriate

The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge

To cover or pave

Imbroglio: an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

French greeting for a group of men

Wicked or criminal

Noisy and difficult to control

A conversation

In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety

Existing or occurring in the same period of time

A woman who flirts

A full and formal style of utterance

Tending to delay

The science of automatically measuring

A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge

The process of bubbling as gas escapes

Shorten (a book, movie, speech, or other text) without losing the sense

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

Showing great care and perseverance

A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud

Hostile and aggressive

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

Inborn; natural

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority

Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

Very concerned to avoid doing wrong

A statement or action resorted to in order to deceive

Kept secret, esp. because it would not be approved of

Create or devise

Having unlimited power; able to do anything

In poor condition through long use or lack of care

An extremely small amount

A framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other; a grating

A building, esp. a large, imposing one

Praise enthusiastically

Of little value or importance

Pale; weak

A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong

Using or expressed in more words than are needed