MAT VOCAB M-0

ghoulsih, gruesome

ghastly, grim, grisly, lrid, morbid

to waste away or to become soft, esp. by being steeped

soak, soften, deliquesce

plot or scheme

conspiracy, intrigue, design, cabal

marked with spots

besmirched, impure

whirlpool; turmoil. agitated state of mind

eddy, vortex; pandemonium, uproar

powerful or influential person

potentate, tycoon, nabob, dignitary, luminary

clumsy, tactless

awkward, inept, gauche, ungainly

curse

execration, anathema, imprecaution

evildoer; culprit

criminal, offender, felon

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

shirk, fake

foul-smelling

fetid, noisome, stinky, funky, rank

relating to the sea or sailing

nautical, marine, naval

warlike, pertaining to the military

soldiery, combative

strict disciplinarian, one who rigidly follows rules

tyrant, stickler, dictator

overly sentimental

mawkish, bathetic, saccharine, weepy

nonconformist

dissident, rebel

sickeningly sentimental

maudlin, insipid, bathetic, saccharine, weepy

to wander aimlessly

ramble, roam, rove, range, stray

sadness, depression

dejection, despondency, woe, sorrow

dishonest lying, untruthful

deceitful, false

beggar

pauper, panhandler

soldier for hire in foreign countries; (adj) motivated only by greed

hireling; vena;, materialistic, avaricious

quick, shrewd; unpredictable

clever, crafty; volatile, whimsical

gaudy, falsely, attractive

flashy, loud, tawdry, insincincere, specious

figure of speecj comparing 2 different things

analogy, symbol, allegory, similie

extremely careful, fastidious, fussy

scrupulous, punctilious, precise, finicky, painstaking

courageousness; endurance

spirit, character; fortitude

to operate against, work against

influence, affect, change

an invorrect name or deisgnation

error, misapplication, deception

note or letter

bulletin, dispatch, epistle, memorandum, message

to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically

cast, defoliate, desquamate

extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery

contemplative, disciplined, regimented, self-abnegating, austere

debatable; purely academic, deprived of praticial significance

arugable, open, inconclusive, doubtful

cutoms or manners

usages, attitudes, ways, traditions, practices

wordly; commonplace

secluar; ordinary

generous

liberal, bountiful

changeability

inconstancy, impermanence

nearsighted

shortsighted, sand-blind

immense number, multitude

crowd, army, legion, mass

lowest point

bottom, dept, pit

innocent, lacking in wordly experience

ingenous, unsophisticated, artless, credulous

someone who is completely self-absorbed

egoist, efomanic

starting to develop, coming into existence

emerging, incipient, inchoate, embryonic

vague, cloudy

maisty, haze, fuzzy, undefined, unclear

vicious, evil

wicked, fiendish, malevolent, sinister

novice, beginner

apprentice, tyro, greenhorn

to irritate


vex, annoy

recess in a wall; best position for something

alcove, cranny, crevice; place, station

stinking, putrid

foul, distusting, malodorous

moving from place to place

itinerant, vagabond, roving

appearing causal, detached, cool

composed, unruffled, cavalier, blase

a questionable remedy or scheme

panacea, catholicon, cure-all

of slight worth, trivial, insignificant 

unimportant, impotent, null

stubborn

inflexible, inexoorable, adamant, impenitent, intractable

a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission; deference

bow, curtsy; homage, reverence

to confuse, obscure

cloud, complicate, darken

overly submissive, brownnosing

fawning, sercile, compliant, groveling, unctuous

no longer in use

outmoded, passe, olf-fashion, antiquated, dated

stubborn

headstrong, stiff-necked, bullhead, pigheaded, mulish

insensitive, stupid, dull

slow, dense, blunt

to make unnecessary, anticipate and prevent

preclude, avert, forestall, deter

to shut, block

close, obstruct

overly helpful, meddlesome

eager, unwanted, intrusive

wealth

affleunce, abundance, prosperity, luxury, plenty

person who foresees the future and gives advice

aeer, prophet, soothsayer, sibyl, fortune-teller

lecture, formal speech

discourse, declamation, sermon, address, homily

scientist who studies birds

birder, bird-watcher

to move back and forth

swing, sway, fluctuate, vacillate, undullate

to turn to bone; to become rigid

harden, set

apparent

represented, supposed, surface

showy

pretentious, falmboyant, gaudy, ornate, fulsome