Vocabulary Week 1

Vocabulary 1Word 1: Elusive (adjective)Def 1: Difficult to captureDef 2: Difficult to understandDef 3: Difficult to isolate or identify

Word 2: Blueprint (noun)Def: A plan of action or a design

Word 3: Yearning (verb or noun)Def 1: Desiring in a tender or sad wayDef 2: A strong desire

Word 4: Lamentation (noun)Def: A strong expression of sorrow

Word 5: Injurious (adjective)Def: Harmful

Word 6: Premonition (noun)Def: A sense of things to come

Word 7: Lofty (adjective)Def 1: High or difficult to reachDef 2: Noble or dignified

Word 8:Heed (verb or noun)Def: To pay attention to

Word 9: Adulation (noun)Def: High praise, admiration

Word 10: Terminate (verb)Def: To end

Word 11: Panacea (noun)Def: A cure-all

Word 12: Antidote (noun)Def: Something that relieves or reverses

Word 13: Exploit (verb or noun)Def 1: To take advantage ofDef 2: An adventure or heroic act

Word 14: Deride (verb)Def: To insult or ridicule

Word 15: Esoteric (adjective)Def: Known only by a select few

Word 16: Melancholy (adjective or noun)Def: Sad or depressed

Word 17: Ironic (adjective)Def: Describing the difference between expectation and reality

Word 18: Inhibition (noun)Def: Something that prevents or restricts

Word 19: Jargon (noun)Def: Vocabulary understood by a specific group of people

Word 20: Gullible (adjective)Def: Easily misled or cheated

Word 21: Verify (verb)Def: To confirm the accuracy of something

Word 22: Volition (noun)Def: Conscious will, choice

Word 23: Emerge (verb)Def: To come out from