NLN PAX VOCABULARY WORDS, NLN Verbal Review 1, NLN Verbal
Revie2, NLN Verbal Review 3
1.Abrasions: Scrapes
2.Abstemious: Discipline, self-denying, moderate
3.Accolade: honor, privilege, award, tribute
4.Adamant: Inflexible, stubborn, insistent, Obstinate
5.Adversaries: Opponents
6.Affinity: empathy for, harmony
7.Agrarian: Farm production
8.Allay: reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, calm
9.Aloof: distant, detached, unfriendly
10.Altruist: Humanitarian, benevolent, unselfish
11.Ambiguous: open to more than one interpretation, double meaning,
vague
12.Amiable: friendly, affable, amicable, cordial
13.Anachronism: belonging to another period other the present
14.Animosity: great ill - hostility, hatred
15.Antediluvian: Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé
16.Antithesis: opposite, contrary, reverse
17.Apathy: indifference, lack of interest
18.Apex: Highest point
,19.Ascetic: self-discipline, self-denying
20.Bauble: Trinket, Ornament, Frippery
21.Bedlam: Uproar, confusion, commotion, disorder
22.Biennial: once every two years
23.Bigot: Extremist, partisan, racist, sexist, chauvinist
24.Bogus: not genuine, not true, fake, false
25.Brazen: Bold, Shameless, defiant, impudent
26.Cacophonous: discordant
27.Calamity: Disaster
28.Callous: Heartless, cruel
29.Callow: Immature, juvenile, raw, untried, naive
30.Candid: truthful, outspoken, honest, sincere
31.Canter: a three-beat gait of a horse or other quadruped between a
trot and a gallop
32.Castes: Social class
33.Caterwauling: Howling, Cry, Bark, howl, scream, wail
34.Caustic: Corrosive, Sarcastic, Bitter
35.Celestial: Heavenly
36.Chaste: Virginal
37.Commonplace: ordinary, not unusual
38.Contiguous: adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, abutting, connecting
,39.Convalescence: Recuperation
40.Conversant: Familiar with, knowledgeable about
41.Convivial: Pleasant
42.Cowardly: Pusillanimous, Lack of courage
43.Cryptic: enigmatic
44.Damper: mold, wet
45.Deference: respect, obedience, surrender
46.Demure: modest, reserved, bashful, proper, chaste
47.Derisive: mocking, insulting, sarcastic
48.Disdainful: Scornful - Disrespectful
49.Dissident: objector, protester, rebel, agitator, protesting, Rebellious
50.Dogged: tenacious, determined, purposeful
51.Dogmatic: insistent, adamant, authoritarian
52.Domicile: Residence
53.Edible: safe to eat, consumable, good to eat
54.Edicts: order, command, decree
55.Elicit: obtain, draw out, evoke, induce, provoke
56.Empirically: based on, concerned with,
57.Enticements: temptations, lure, allure, attraction
58.Epilogue: afterword, postscript, addendum
59.Eroded: dissolve, corrode, decay, destroy, deteriorate
60.Essence: nature
61.Expiate: make amends for, pay for it, redeem
, 62.Explicit: Clearly stated
63.Fallow: uncultivated, unplowed, inactive
64.Falter: hesitate, delay, stammer, and struggle, Unsteadily
65.Fastidious: Scrupulous, meticulous, critical, hard to please
66.Flaccid: soft
67.Flippant: Frivolous, disrespectful
68.Florid: red-faced, rosy, pink, blushing
69.Flux: continuous change, variability, instability, oscillation
70.Furtive: sneaky
71.Gamut: Range
72.Garrulous: very talkative
73.Gauntlet: glove, (accept or issue a challenge)
74.Gibe: an insulting or mocking remark
75.Guile: cunning, artfulness, slyness, Sly, clever
76.Gullible: Naïve
77.Haughty: proud, arrogant, vain, snobbish, superior, scornful
Revie2, NLN Verbal Review 3
1.Abrasions: Scrapes
2.Abstemious: Discipline, self-denying, moderate
3.Accolade: honor, privilege, award, tribute
4.Adamant: Inflexible, stubborn, insistent, Obstinate
5.Adversaries: Opponents
6.Affinity: empathy for, harmony
7.Agrarian: Farm production
8.Allay: reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, calm
9.Aloof: distant, detached, unfriendly
10.Altruist: Humanitarian, benevolent, unselfish
11.Ambiguous: open to more than one interpretation, double meaning,
vague
12.Amiable: friendly, affable, amicable, cordial
13.Anachronism: belonging to another period other the present
14.Animosity: great ill - hostility, hatred
15.Antediluvian: Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé
16.Antithesis: opposite, contrary, reverse
17.Apathy: indifference, lack of interest
18.Apex: Highest point
,19.Ascetic: self-discipline, self-denying
20.Bauble: Trinket, Ornament, Frippery
21.Bedlam: Uproar, confusion, commotion, disorder
22.Biennial: once every two years
23.Bigot: Extremist, partisan, racist, sexist, chauvinist
24.Bogus: not genuine, not true, fake, false
25.Brazen: Bold, Shameless, defiant, impudent
26.Cacophonous: discordant
27.Calamity: Disaster
28.Callous: Heartless, cruel
29.Callow: Immature, juvenile, raw, untried, naive
30.Candid: truthful, outspoken, honest, sincere
31.Canter: a three-beat gait of a horse or other quadruped between a
trot and a gallop
32.Castes: Social class
33.Caterwauling: Howling, Cry, Bark, howl, scream, wail
34.Caustic: Corrosive, Sarcastic, Bitter
35.Celestial: Heavenly
36.Chaste: Virginal
37.Commonplace: ordinary, not unusual
38.Contiguous: adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, abutting, connecting
,39.Convalescence: Recuperation
40.Conversant: Familiar with, knowledgeable about
41.Convivial: Pleasant
42.Cowardly: Pusillanimous, Lack of courage
43.Cryptic: enigmatic
44.Damper: mold, wet
45.Deference: respect, obedience, surrender
46.Demure: modest, reserved, bashful, proper, chaste
47.Derisive: mocking, insulting, sarcastic
48.Disdainful: Scornful - Disrespectful
49.Dissident: objector, protester, rebel, agitator, protesting, Rebellious
50.Dogged: tenacious, determined, purposeful
51.Dogmatic: insistent, adamant, authoritarian
52.Domicile: Residence
53.Edible: safe to eat, consumable, good to eat
54.Edicts: order, command, decree
55.Elicit: obtain, draw out, evoke, induce, provoke
56.Empirically: based on, concerned with,
57.Enticements: temptations, lure, allure, attraction
58.Epilogue: afterword, postscript, addendum
59.Eroded: dissolve, corrode, decay, destroy, deteriorate
60.Essence: nature
61.Expiate: make amends for, pay for it, redeem
, 62.Explicit: Clearly stated
63.Fallow: uncultivated, unplowed, inactive
64.Falter: hesitate, delay, stammer, and struggle, Unsteadily
65.Fastidious: Scrupulous, meticulous, critical, hard to please
66.Flaccid: soft
67.Flippant: Frivolous, disrespectful
68.Florid: red-faced, rosy, pink, blushing
69.Flux: continuous change, variability, instability, oscillation
70.Furtive: sneaky
71.Gamut: Range
72.Garrulous: very talkative
73.Gauntlet: glove, (accept or issue a challenge)
74.Gibe: an insulting or mocking remark
75.Guile: cunning, artfulness, slyness, Sly, clever
76.Gullible: Naïve
77.Haughty: proud, arrogant, vain, snobbish, superior, scornful
