Word list
English advanced vocabulary
Curated SAT/GRE-level vocabulary — abnegation, perspicacious, sycophant, zephyr. Stretches both your typing and your word recall.
- abdicate
- aberration
- abeyance
- abhor
- abjure
- abnegation
- abrogate
- abscond
- abstemious
- abstruse
- accolade
- accost
- accretion
- acerbic
- acumen
- admonish
- adroit
- adulation
- adumbrate
- adversity
- aesthetic
- affable
- affectation
- affinity
- aggrandize
- aggregate
- alacrity
- alleviate
- altruism
- ambivalent
- ameliorate
- amenable
- amorphous
- anachronism
- anathema
- ancillary
- anodyne
- antediluvian
- antipathy
- apocryphal
- apotheosis
- approbation
- arboreal
- arcane
- arduous
- arrogate
- articulate
- ascetic
- askance
- aspersion
- assiduous
- assuage
- astringent
- atrophy
- attenuate
- august
- auspicious
- austere
- autonomous
- avarice
- aver
- avuncular
- banal
- bawdy
- beguile
- beleaguer
- belie
- bellicose
- beneficent
- benign
- bequeath
- berate
- besmirch
- bestow
- bilious
- blandishment
- boisterous
- bombastic
- bovine
- brackish
- brazen
- bristle
- brusque
- bucolic
- buoyant
- burgeon
- burnish
- cacophony
- cadge
- cajole
- callow
- calumny
- candid
- canonize
- capacious
- capricious
- captious
- cardinal
- castigate
- caustic
- cavalier
- celerity
- censorious
- censure
- cerebral
- cession
- champion
- chastise
- chicanery
- churlish
- circumlocution
- circumscribe
- circumspect
- circumvent
- clandestine
- cleave
- clemency
- cogent
- cognate
- coherent
- collateral
- colloquial
- comely
- commensurate
- commiserate
- complaisant
- complement
- compunction
- conciliate
- concomitant
- condescend
- condign
- condone
- conflagration
- confluence
- conjecture
- connoisseur
- consanguineous
- conscientious
- conscript
- consensus
- consolation
- consternation
- construe
- contentious
- contiguous
- contingent
- contrite
- contrition
- contumacious
- conundrum
- convalesce
- conviviality
- convoluted
- copious
- cordial
- corollary
- corpulent
- corroborate
- cosmopolitan
- countenance
- covenant
- covet
- craven
- credence
- credulous
- crepuscular
- culpable
- cumbersome
- cupidity
- cursory
- cynical
- dauntless
- debacle
- debauchery
- debilitate
- decadent
- decorous
- decorum
- deference
- defile
- deflagrate
- delineate
- demagogue
- demur
- denigrate
- denouement
- depravity
- deprecate
- derivative
- desiccate
- despondent
- despot
- desultory
- deter
- determinate
- detrimental
- diaphanous
- didactic
- diffidence
- dilatory
- diligent
- disaffected
- discerning
- disconcert
- discordant
- discrete
- disingenuous
- disparage
- disparate
- disseminate
- dissident
- dissipate
- dissolution
- dissonance
- distend
- docile
- dogmatic
- dolorous
- domineer
- dormant
- dubious
- duplicity
- ebullient
- echelon
- eclectic
- edifice
- edify
- effervescent
- effete
- efficacious
- effigy
- effrontery
- effusive
- elegiac
- elicit
- eloquent
- elucidate
- elusive
- emanate
- embellish
- embezzle
- emend
- eminent
- empirical
- emulate
- encomium
- endemic
- enervate
- engender
- enigmatic
- ennui
- ephemeral
- epicurean
- epistolary
- equanimity
- equivocate
- erudite
- eschew
- esoteric
- espouse
- estrange
- ethereal
- euphony
- evanescent
- exacerbate
- exact
- exalt
- exasperate
- exculpate
- execrable
- exemplary
- exhaustive
- exhort
- exigent
- exiguous
- exonerate
- exorbitant
- expedient
- expiate
- explicate
- exposition
- expurgate
- extant
- extemporaneous
- extenuate
- extol
- extrapolate
- extricate
- exuberant
- facetious
- facile
- facsimile
- factious
- factitious
- fallacious
- fastidious
- fatuous
- fawn
- feasible
- fecund
- felicity
- feral
- fervent
- fetid
- fiat
- filibuster
- flamboyant
- flippant
- florid
- flout
- foible
- foment
- forbearance
- forensic
- formidable
- fortuitous
- fractious
- fraught
- frenetic
- frivolous
- frugal
- fulminate
- fulsome
- furtive
- futile
- gaffe
- gainsay
- galvanize
- garner
- garrulous
- gauche
- genteel
- germane
- glib
- gossamer
- grandiloquent
- gratuitous
- gregarious
- grievous
- grovel
- guile
- hackneyed
- halcyon
- hapless
- harangue
- harbinger
- hauteur
- hedonist
- hegemony
- heinous
- heretical
- hermetic
- heterodox
- heterogeneous
- histrionic
- hoary
- hubris
- iconoclast
- idiosyncratic
- ignominious
- illicit
- immutable
- impassive
- impecunious
- imperious
- impervious
- impetuous
- implacable
- implausible
- implicit
- import
- impromptu
- impropriety
- improvident
- imprudent
- impudent
- impugn
- impunity
- inadvertent
- inane
- incarnate
- incarnadine
- incendiary
- inchoate
- incipient
- incisive
- inclement
- incongruous
- inconsequential
- incorrigible
- incredulous
- inculcate
- incursion
- indefatigable
- indelible
- indigent
- indignation
- indolent
- ineffable
- ineluctable
- inept
- inexorable
- infallible
- infamous
- infatuated
- ingenuous
- ingrate
- inherent
- inimical
- iniquitous
- innate
- innocuous
- innuendo
- inscrutable
- insidious
- insipid
- insolent
- insouciance
- instigate
- insular
- insurgent
- intransigent
- intrepid
- inundate
- invective
- inveigh
- inveigle
- irascible
- irresolute
- itinerant
- jaundiced
- jejune
- jocund
- jubilant
- juncture
- juxtapose
- ken
- kindle
- knell
- laconic
- lambent
- lampoon
- languid
- largess
- lascivious
- laudatory
- lethargy
- levity
- libation
- libertine
- licentious
- limpid
- linchpin
- lithe
- loquacious
- lucid
- lucrative
- lugubrious
- luminary
- machination
- maelstrom
- magnanimous
- magnate
- malady
- malapropism
- malevolent
- malfeasance
- malign
- malinger
- malleable
- manifest
- manifold
- martinet
- matriculate
- maudlin
- maverick
- meander
- mellifluous
- mendacious
- mendicant
- mercurial
- meretricious
- meticulous
- mettle
- milieu
- minatory
- misanthrope
- miscreant
- mitigate
- modicum
- mollify
- morose
- mundane
- munificent
- myopic
- myriad
- nadir
- nascent
- nebulous
- nefarious
- negate
- neologism
- neophyte
- nepotism
- nettle
- noisome
- nominal
- nondescript
- nonplussed
- nostrum
- noxious
- numinous
- obdurate
- obeisance
- obfuscate
- oblique
- oblivion
- obloquy
- obsequious
- obstreperous
- obtrude
- obtuse
- obviate
- occlude
- odious
- officious
- onerous
- opprobrium
- oscillate
- ossify
- ostensible
- ostentatious
- palatial
- palaver
- palliate
- pallid
- palpable
- panacea
- panegyric
- paradigm
- paragon
- parlance
- parochial
- parry
- parsimonious
- partisan
- paucity
- peccadillo
- pejorative
- pellucid
- penchant
- penitent
- pensive
- penurious
- peremptory
- perennial
- perfidy
- perfunctory
- perigee
- peripatetic
- permeate
- pernicious
- perorate
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- peruse
- pestilent
- petulant
- philander
- philistine
- phlegmatic
- piety
- pillory
- pious
- pithy
- pittance
- placate
- platitude
- plaudit
- plenary
- plenitude
- plethora
- poignant
- polemic
- ponderous
- portent
- posit
- posthumous
- postulate
- potable
- pragmatic
- precarious
- precipitate
- precipitous
- preclude
- precocious
- predilection
- preempt
- prefatory
- prerogative
- prescient
- presage
- prevaricate
- pristine
- probity
- proclivity
- procrastinate
- prodigal
- prodigious
- profane
- profligate
- profundity
- prognosticate
- proliferate
- prolific
- prolix
- promulgate
- propensity
- propinquity
- propitiate
- propitious
- propriety
- proscribe
- prosaic
- proselytize
- provident
- provincial
- prudent
- prurient
- puerile
- pugnacious
- puissant
- pulchritude
- punctilious
- pundit
- pungent
- purloin
- purport
- pusillanimous
- putative
- quagmire
- quail
- qualm
- quandary
- quell
- querulous
- quiescent
- quintessence
- quixotic
- quotidian
- raconteur
- rancor
- rant
- rapacious
- rapprochement
- rarefied
- raucous
- ravenous
- raze
- rebuke
- recalcitrant
- recant
- recidivism
- reciprocal
- recluse
- recondite
- recreant
- rectify
- redoubtable
- redress
- reductive
- refulgent
- refute
- regale
- reiterate
- relegate
- relinquish
- remonstrate
- renege
- reparation
- repast
- repine
- reprehensible
- repress
- reprieve
- reprobate
- reproof
- repudiate
- requite
- rescind
- resolute
- resplendent
- restitution
- retort
- retract
- retroactive
- reverent
- ribald
- riposte
- risible
- ruminate
- rustic
- sacrosanct
- sagacious
- salacious
- salient
- salubrious
- salutary
- sanctimonious
- sanction
- sanguine
- sardonic
- savant
- scion
- scrupulous
- scurrilous
- sedentary
- sedulous
- sententious
- sentient
- sequester
- seraphic
- servile
- sinecure
- skeptic
- slake
- sobriquet
- sojourn
- solace
- solicitous
- soliloquy
- solipsism
- somber
- somnolent
- sonorous
- sophistry
- sophomoric
- soporific
- sordid
- spartan
- specious
- sporadic
- spurious
- squalid
- staid
- stalwart
- stentorian
- stigmatize
- stoic
- stolid
- strident
- stringent
- strut
- stultify
- stymie
- subjugate
- sublime
- subliminal
- subsume
- subterfuge
- succinct
- supercilious
- superfluous
- supersede
- supplicate
- surfeit
- surly
- surreptitious
- sycophant
- tacit
- taciturn
- tactile
- tantamount
- tautology
- temerity
- temperance
- temperate
- tenacious
- tendentious
- tenuous
- terse
- timorous
- tirade
- torpor
- torrid
- tortuous
- tractable
- transgress
- transient
- transmute
- travesty
- trenchant
- trepidation
- truculent
- truncate
- turbid
- turgid
- turpitude
- tutelage
- tyro
- ubiquitous
- umbrage
- unconscionable
- unctuous
- undulate
- unequivocal
- unfeigned
- unflagging
- unkempt
- unscathed
- untenable
- upbraid
- urbane
- usurp
- utilitarian
- utopia
- vacillate
- vacuous
- vagary
- vainglorious
- valor
- vapid
- variegated
- vehement
- venal
- venerate
- veracious
- verbose
- verdant
- vernacular
- vestige
- vexation
- viable
- vicarious
- vicissitude
- vie
- vigilant
- vilify
- vindicate
- vindictive
- virtuoso
- virulent
- viscous
- visceral
- vitiate
- vitriolic
- vituperate
- vivacious
- vociferous
- volatile
- voluble
- voluminous
- voluptuous
- voracious
- wanton
- wax
- weal
- welter
- whet
- whimsical
- wily
- winnow
- winsome
- wistful
- wizened
- wraith
- wrest
- writ
- yoke
- zealot
- zenith
- zephyr