ACCUPLACER READING VOCAB WORDS TO KNOW BEFORE NEW 2022 EXAM COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
abdicate - To renounce or fail to carry out
abhorrent - disgusting or hateful
abscond - to leave quickly
accost - aggressively approach and speak to someone
achromatic - without color
Alms - Charity-money or goods given to the poor
ambiguous - having more than one explanation
amity - friendly relations between two people or nations
aversion - distaste
bar - forbid or prevent
belligerent - Hostile; aggressive; quarrelsome, warlike
bland - mild; tasteless; dull
boggy - very wet and muddy
bounteous - given or giving freely
buttress - (v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure. Projection support
built into a wall
calamari - squid fish served as food
callous - emotionally hardened, unfeeling, unsensitive
canvass - to survey someone about his/her opinion
carcass - the remains of a dead animal
chide - to scold
,collude - to plot, to conspire
commodious - roomy, spacious
corrugate - when a material is molded into a network of ridges and grooves-metal roofing or
siding
credible - reliable
cursory - rapid glance/skim material
daub - plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface
debonair - confident, stylish, and charming
defy - resist or refuse to obey
devastation - destruction/damage after to hurricane
distend - to swell, inflate, or bloat
dictum - dicate a sentence to a scriber/pronouncement
doctrinaire - dogmatic; unyielding
doodad - a gadget or trinket
eccentric - somewhat strange or unconventional
elucidate - explain, to clarify, to clear up
engender - cause/to come into existence
err - to make a mistake
expansive - vast
formulate - devise a plan
frail - weak
fulsome - copious/lots
gaffe - mistake
, glut/glutten - to much of something
grandiose - grand and impressive, especially flashy and showy/characterized by affection of
grandeur of splendor by absurd/exaggeration
grudge - deep seated resentment
deceit - double dealing/deception
haughty - arrogantly superior and disdainful
hearsay - 2nd hand information that can not be proven
hoist - raise with a mechanical device
hoopla - commotion
hypocrite - (adj.) a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she
really is; a two-faced person/someone who claims to have certain principles or beliefs but does
not act in the same manner
immerse - to cover completely in a liquid; to engage wholly
impetuous - rash, impulsive, hasty, sudden rash of action
inertia - the mechanics principle, where an object will remain in motion or at rest unless acted
on by another force
interminable - Endless; seeming to be without end
irreverent - (adj.) disrespectful
Synonyms: profane, impious, sacrilegious
Antonyms: awed, respectful, devout, pious, deferential
jargon - special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are
difficult for others to understand.
jolly - happy, cheerful, jovial
kinetic - dynamic, kinetic energy
laborious - difficult; involving much hard work, strenious
STUDY GUIDE
abdicate - To renounce or fail to carry out
abhorrent - disgusting or hateful
abscond - to leave quickly
accost - aggressively approach and speak to someone
achromatic - without color
Alms - Charity-money or goods given to the poor
ambiguous - having more than one explanation
amity - friendly relations between two people or nations
aversion - distaste
bar - forbid or prevent
belligerent - Hostile; aggressive; quarrelsome, warlike
bland - mild; tasteless; dull
boggy - very wet and muddy
bounteous - given or giving freely
buttress - (v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure. Projection support
built into a wall
calamari - squid fish served as food
callous - emotionally hardened, unfeeling, unsensitive
canvass - to survey someone about his/her opinion
carcass - the remains of a dead animal
chide - to scold
,collude - to plot, to conspire
commodious - roomy, spacious
corrugate - when a material is molded into a network of ridges and grooves-metal roofing or
siding
credible - reliable
cursory - rapid glance/skim material
daub - plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface
debonair - confident, stylish, and charming
defy - resist or refuse to obey
devastation - destruction/damage after to hurricane
distend - to swell, inflate, or bloat
dictum - dicate a sentence to a scriber/pronouncement
doctrinaire - dogmatic; unyielding
doodad - a gadget or trinket
eccentric - somewhat strange or unconventional
elucidate - explain, to clarify, to clear up
engender - cause/to come into existence
err - to make a mistake
expansive - vast
formulate - devise a plan
frail - weak
fulsome - copious/lots
gaffe - mistake
, glut/glutten - to much of something
grandiose - grand and impressive, especially flashy and showy/characterized by affection of
grandeur of splendor by absurd/exaggeration
grudge - deep seated resentment
deceit - double dealing/deception
haughty - arrogantly superior and disdainful
hearsay - 2nd hand information that can not be proven
hoist - raise with a mechanical device
hoopla - commotion
hypocrite - (adj.) a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she
really is; a two-faced person/someone who claims to have certain principles or beliefs but does
not act in the same manner
immerse - to cover completely in a liquid; to engage wholly
impetuous - rash, impulsive, hasty, sudden rash of action
inertia - the mechanics principle, where an object will remain in motion or at rest unless acted
on by another force
interminable - Endless; seeming to be without end
irreverent - (adj.) disrespectful
Synonyms: profane, impious, sacrilegious
Antonyms: awed, respectful, devout, pious, deferential
jargon - special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are
difficult for others to understand.
jolly - happy, cheerful, jovial
kinetic - dynamic, kinetic energy
laborious - difficult; involving much hard work, strenious
