Vocabulary List
Vocabulary List
Vocabulary List
Purposive Communication
GEC 1
Term Meaning
squalid: sordid; dirty; marked by filthiness
proliferating: multiplying; rapidly increasing in numbers
sanctuary: a refuge; a place for worship
elude: evade; cleverly avoid
elude: evade; cleverly avoid.
ultimate: final; farthest; most remote in space or time.
inscrutable: obscure; not capable of being understood.
spiel: an extravagant talk; an oration.
servitude: slavery; punishment for a crime; subjection.
spellbind: fascinate; enchant; to hold one’s attention as by a spell.
proletariat: common people, working class.
delusion: a deception; a false idea or opinion.
purge: to cleanse; to purify; to free from impurities.
secular: worldly; not sacred or religious.
viable: practical; able to live or to be implemented.
anathema: a curse; a vigorous denunciation.
jeopardy: danger; peril; vulnerability
reflective: thoughtful; pensive; contemplative.
benign: gentle; showing kindness of disposisiton.
pugnacious: belligerent; combative; obnoxious.
dissipate: scatter; vanish; to waste, as in money.
acquiesce: assent; to accept passively or reluctantly.
denigrate: defame; belittle; criticize unkindly.
munificent: lavishly generous; liberal in giving.
capitulation: surrender; giving up resistance.
palatable: edible; pleasant tasting; to one’s taste.
vehement: forcibly expressed; impassioned; fervid.
fruition: accomplishment; realization.
eradicate: exterminate; do away with completely.
despotic: tyrannical: dictatorial.
extricate: to free; remove from entanglement.
paranoia: irrational distrust; feeling of persecution.
malevolence: malice; hatred toward others; intention to harm.
tenuous: insubstantial; flimsy; weak.
ambivalence: uncertainty in attitude; fluctuation.
desiccate: dry up; dehydrate; to drain vitality.
replete: complete; full; abundantly filled.
recalcitrant: resistant; defiant of authority.
cogent: convincing; valid; forcibly appealing to the mind.
affluence: profusion; overflowing of wealth, etc.; an abundance.
astute: clever; shrewd; intellectually observant.
fatuous: foolish; silly; simple-minded; not intellectual.
vindictive: revengeful; spiteful; wanting to hurt or harm.
meticulous: giving great attention to details ; mindful of details.
catharsis: purification; purgation; cleansing of emotions.
insatiable: quenchless; incapable of being satisfied.
dubious: doubtful; uncertain in belief or knowledge.
tepid: lukewarm; lacking definite warmth; moderate warmth.
perpetual: everlasting; continuing forever.
skepticism: doubt; uncertainty in belief or knowledge.
vestige: remnant; that which is left.
clandestine: secretive; held or conducted secretly.
expatriate: banished person; one driven into exile.
converge: meet; to move toward one another.
implicit: understood without explanation; tacitly understood; implied
manifest: obvious; readily perceived by the senses.
lexicon: dictionary; book containing words and definitions.
felicity: great happiness; state of being happy.
accentuate: emphasize; to accent something.
ephemeral: fleeting; transient; lasting only a short time.
eccentric: odd; strange; deviating from the pattern.
symbiosis: mutuality; beneficial union or association.
debacle: great disaster; fiasco; a tumultuous breakup.
delusive: deceptive; likely to deceive or trick.
exigencies: urgent needs; emergencies.
pernicious: wicked; deadly; highly injurious or destructive.
ostracism: exclusion; banishment; social exclusion.
ameliorate: improve; to make better or more tolerable.
tutelage: instruction; a guiding influence.
morose: expressive of gloom; sullen; unsociable
ancillary: subsidiary; auxiliary; subordinate.
plethora: excess; superfluity; an overabundance.
vivifying: enlivening; quickening; renewing of life.
aesthetic: artistic; relating to or dealing with beauty; appealing to the eye.
disparate: different; markedly distinct in some way.
pedagogues: pompous teachers; schoolmasters.
salutary: curative; promoting good health.
relegated: assigned; classified; banished.
nuance: subtle distinction or difference; subtle variation.
precarious: dangerous; unsafe; hazardous.
metamorphosis: change in form; alteration of appearance.
congruent: equal; harmonious; agreeable; in tangent.
essences: prime characteristics; basic qualities.
syntax: word order; arrangement of parts of sentences.
unimpeachable: irreproachable; not liable to accusation; above reproach.
generic: general; common; characteristic of a whole group.
tandem: twosome; an arrangement by two.
rapport: harmony; relation marked by accord.
effete: decadent; effeminate; marked by weakness.
austerity: extreme economy; an ascetic practice.
presumptuous: audacious; tending to be overly bold.
voracious: gluttonous; extremely greedy; insatiable.
invidious: hostile; offensive; rousing ill will.
impermeable: impervious; not permitting passage.
aphorism: proverb; a terse formulation of a truth.
malaise: a sick feeling; a sense of mental or moral ill being.
histrionic: dramatic; theatrical; relating to the theater.
gingerly: cautiously; carefully; proceeding with caution.
decadence: deterioration; a period of decline.
drone: parasite; one who lives from the effects/good will of others.
calibrate: to determine; to measure; to standardize.