Mr. T Vocab ----If you find this, you're a genius

a temporary postponement

miserable (abject poverty)

to reject

a washing/cleansing

to deny/reject

to wear away

to shorten/curtail

to abolish

to leave secretly

to free from responsibility

moderate or sparing in eating or drinking

hard to understand

to agree to

to approach and speak to

bitter/biting

to agree silently

bitterness/discord

stubborn/unyielding

skillful/clever

pertaining to the sense of the beautiful

friendly/good natured

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

eagerness or speed

unselfish regard for the welfare of others

to combine

conflicting feelings

to make better

an official pardon

out of its time period

a cursed detested person

strong dislike

a brief saying, expressing a general truth

a sudden loss of conciousness

the epitome of awesome (the cowboy is the apotheosis of manly perfection)

a name

to attach/add

to inform/give notice

something added to another more important thing (i.e. utitlities in a house)

relevant/fitting

known only by a few

intensely devoted

a trick

• position of dominance (n)
• rising(v)

diligent/skilled

to calm

weakened

boldy daring

favorable/promising success

happening or lasting every 2 years

a gift or blessing

short abrupt and dismissive

to polish/shine

a small secret group

tremedous noise/disharmonious sound

to coax/persuade

false accusation/slander

bad tempered/ quarrelsome

spacious/roomy

to surrender

fickle/subject to whim

hard to please

purging/cleansing

deception/trickery

rude

secret

to blend/merge

intellectually convincing

informal

a compendium of medicine (summary/inventory)

partnership in a wrongful act

a great fire

flowing or running together

pertaining to marriage

nearby/neighboring

eager to be forgiven/penitent

disobedient

insulting display of contempt (contumely to god...)

puzzle

plentiful

concealed/secretive

severe test or trial

greed/strong desire

brief to the point of being superficial

a scarcity

not permenant

broken down

to make unclean

no longer in existence

harmful

hitler

to object (you demur on watching R rated movies)

resident

to belittle

bellitiling

to mock

to defile

poor

rambling

logical debate

intended for instruciton

a novice

rambling/lacking order

fond of arguing

obedient/easily managed

rough and rowdy fight

severe/cruel

leftovers/waste matter

stupid talk

deliberate deceptivness

constraint by threat

extremely lively

choosing from various elements

power to produce an effect

nerve/insolence

radiant/splenderous

extremely bad

abnormally thin

confined to a particular area

to weaken/exhaust

dilemma

to delight beyond measure

fleeting

to confuse by speaking in ambiguous terms

a learned person/scholarly

to shun

intened to be understood only by a select few

spiritual/in your mind

agreeable substitue

to show

to criticize

to free from guilt or blame

detestable

urgent/critical

scanty/meager

to eradicate

to eradicate

external

playful/humorous

easy

causing disagreements

meticulous/perfectionist

flowery

lucky

pertaining to the passing of time

to denounce

sneaky

overly gaudy

talkative/verbose

fitting

pompous language

sociable

courage and initiative

pertaining to the sense of taste

trite

a ranting speech

an omen

domination over others

excessive pride

one who attacks common beliefs

charmingly simple/poetic

dishonorable

humiliating

penniless

commanding/domineering

steady/calm

rude/insolent

impenetrable

impulsive

• to encroach
• to make an impression/impact on something

inacapable of being appeased

a curse

casually rude

to attack as false or questionable (he impugned his friends morals)

unformed/in a beginning stage

beginning to exist/appear

indisputable/certain

bad beyond correction

incapable of defeat

incapable of being expressed through words

incapable of being persuaded (implacable)

innocent and candid

hostile

wickedness or sin

tasteless/dull

unconquerable

endless

hard to manage

belonging to a things very nature

to cause someone to become accustomed to a situation

an angry verbal attack

stubbornly established by habit

causing resentment

easily angered

using few words

slugish

the generous giving of lavish gifts

lustful or lewd

displaying a lack of moral or legal restraint

clear/transparent

talkative

sad

shocking/sensational

deceitful/tricky

generous

clumsy/awkward

a  curse

wanting harm to befall others

diverse/varied

false impression of one's own greatness

sad

smoothing flowing/sweet sounding

having a lying, false character

gaudy/showy

ready and willing to fight

a villain

a small amount of something

to pacify/calm

dying/not progressing

having great diversity or variety

generosity in giving

consisting of a very great number (a myriad of possibilities)

in the process of coming into existence (insipient)

extremely villanous

total rejection of established laws

unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

to render incomprehensible (he obfuscated the truth)

strong dissaproval/ bad reputation

excessively compliant or submissive

stubborn

noisy/unruly

to push something toward or upon a person

offering services that are not wanted or needed

of all kinds

shameful/disgraceful

characterized by rich abundance

outwardly appearing

open/ not hidden

pleasant to the taste

a remedy for all ills

an expression of praise (the highest panegyric that one can enjoy is..)

a model of excellence

an outcast

a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner

frugality/stinginess

pertaining to the countryside/rural

an emotion of sympathy

aristocrat

small in quantity

to steal

pertaining to money (pecuniary independence)

tending to show off one's learning

derogatory (a pejorative statement)

wistfully thoughtful

stingy

damnation

decisive/final (ruling in peremptory confidence...)

disloyal/unfaithful

showing little interest or enthusiasm

said in a roundabout way

destructive or harmful

shrewdness

clearness, as of a statement ("stop!")

stubbornly persistent

contrary/ twisted

unemotional/cool

concisely meaningful

to soothe

sorrowful/sad

an uninspired remark

an abundance/excess

advanced/developing ahead of time (academically precocious)

a liking/preference

superiority in quantity or power/ dominance

to have foreknowledge of events

to speak or act falsely with the intent to deceive/to lie

lack or loss of usual comforts of life (privation of the soul)

a strong inclination towards something (predilection)

enormous/vast

shamelessly immoral/ extremely wasteful

plentiful/copious

an inclination/preference (proclivity/predilection)

favorable

to condemn/outlaw

possessing a large interest in sex

immature/juvenile

powerful/strong

physical beauty

eager to follow rules/very precise

a difficult situation

a dillema

at rest/motionless

idealistic/impractical

hard to control

deep bitter resentment

taking by force/greedy (pirates rapacious activities)

defiant/ unapologetic (obstinate)

to summarize/repeat briefly (unrelated to capitulate which means to surrender)

uprightness/extreme morality

having a pleasant odor/ suggestive of (redolent of youth)

to set right/ to remedy

shining/glowing (effulgent)

to protest/complain

full/abundant

evil/unprincipled (reprobate practices)

to reject the validity or authority of

funeral hymn/mass for the dead

to make a return or repayment (unrequited love sucks)

to take back/repeal

shining brightly/dazzling (effulgent/refulgent)

stubborn/impatient (obstinate)

silent or reserved

abundant

hoodlum/outlaw

a trick

shrewdness (perspicacity)

obscene/lusty

significant/conspicuous (his most salient feature was his 14 fingers)

having a hypocritical appearance of piety

optimistic/cheery

made up of different things (eclectic)

tact/ knowing just what to do and how to do it

luck/foruitous

subservient

a job with little responsibility but draws a salary (an ambassadorship in D.C. is a sinecure)

trickery/deception

to quench

an affectionate/assumed nickname (The Beard)

concerned/attentive (the solicitous attention of the mother of a sick child)

act of talking to oneself

immature/pretentious

you regard yourself too highly

looking good but not genuine (a specious argument)

false but design to seem plausible (specious)

a restraint/limit

to modify the natural expression of in a socially acceptable manner

of high spiritual/intellectual worth

trickery/deceit

assistance in time of distress

an overabundant supply/indulgence (opulent)

to infer with little evidence

stealthy

one who flatters for self-gain

expressed without words

quiet

pertaining to the sense of touch/perceptible

gaudy/cheap/flashy

audacity

biased (predilection)

having little strength or substance (a tenuous connection)

timid/cowardly

lethargic/motionless

easily controlled/managed

emphemeral

effective/articulate/clear-cut (a trenchant request)

cliche/overused

depravity/moral corruption

existing everywhere/widespread (pervasive)

resentment/offense (to feel umbrage at a social snub)

not open to attack or dispute (an unassailable argument)

not able to be held (untenable wage demands)

to criticize or scold severely (excoriate)

excessively submissive to one's wife

to fluctuate/hesitate

lack of content or ideas/stupid

an odd notion/ a whim (Can't live with them, can't live without them)

a homeless person

dull

corrupt

to regard with respect or honor

truthfulness/ acuracy

a visible trace of something that once existed but exists no more (dinosaur skeletons are vestigial evidence of the Jurassic Period)

living through another person

an event that occurs by chance (the vicissitudes of ones life)

to defame/lower in importance

pertaining to instinctive instead of intellectual motivation

bitterly scathing (excoriating/upbraiding)

to berate or criticize harshly (excoriate/upbraid/vitriolic)

to manipulate/obtain by underhanded methods