SNAP VOCAB – Compiled from PYQs

1. Abate – subside, or moderate

2. Aberrant – abnormal, or deviant
3. Abstemious – sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
4. Admonish – warn; reprove
5. Adulterate – make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
6. Aesthetic – artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
7. Aggregate – gather; accumulate
8. Banal – hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
9. Belie – contradict; give a false impression
10. Beneficent – kindly; doing good
11. Bolster - support; reinforce
12. Bombastic – pompous; using inflated language
13. Boorish – rude; insensitive
14. Burgeon – grow forth; send out buds
15. Burnish – make shiny by rubbing; polish
16. Buttress - v. support; prop up
17. Capricious – unpredictable; fickle
18. Castigation – punishment; severe criticism
19. Catalyst – agent that increases the pace of a chemical action
20. Caustic – burning; sarcastically biting
21. Chicanery – trickery; deception
22. Coagulate – thicken; congeal; clot
23. Compendium – brief; comprehensive summary
24. Complaisant – trying to please; overly polite; obliging
25. Conciliatory – reconciling; soothing
26. Connoisseur – person competent to act as a judge of art
27. Contention – claim; thesis
28. Contrite – penitent
29. Daunt – intimidate; frighten
30. Deference – courteous regard for another’s wishes
31. Delineate – portray; depict; sketch
32. Denigrate – blacken
33. Derivative – unoriginal; obtained from another source
34. Deterrent – something that discourages; hindrance
35. Diffidence – shyness
36. Diffuse adj. – wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas)
37. Digression – wandering away from the subject
38. Disabuse – correct a false impression; undeceive
39. Discordant – not harmonious; conflicting
40. Discredit - defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
41. Discrepancy – lack of consistency; difference
42. Disinterested - unprejudiced
43. Disjointed – lacking coherence; separated at the joints
44. Dismiss - eliminate from consideration; reject
45. Disparage – belittle
46. Dissolution – disintegration; looseness in morals
47. Dissonance – discord; opposite of harmony
48. Distend – expand; swell out
49. Divest - strip; deprive
50. Dogmatic – opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
51. Dormant – sleeping; lethargic; latent
52. Dupe – someone easily fooled
53. Ebullient – overflowing with enthusiasm
54. Eclectic – selective
55. Efficacy – power to produce desired effect
56. Effrontery – impudence; shameless boldness
57. Elicit – draw out by discussion
58. Embellish – adorn; ornament; enhance; as a story
59. Empirical – based on experience
60. Endemic – prevailing among a specific group of people
61. Enervate – weaken
62. Engender – cause; produce
63. Enhance – increase; improve
64. Ephemeral – short-lived; fleeting
65. Equanimity – calmness of temperament; composure
66. Equivocate - lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
67. Erudite – learned; scholarly
68. Exacerbate – worsen; embitter
69. Exculpate – clear from blame
70. Exigency – urgent situation; pressing needs or demands
71. Facetious – joking (often inappropriately); humorous
72. Facilitate – help bring about; make less difficult
73. Fallacious – false; misleading
74. Fatuous – brainless; inane; foolish; yet smug
75. Felicitous – apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
76. Flag – droop; grow feeble
77. Fledgling – inexperienced
78. Flout – reject; mock; show contempt for
79. Foment – stir up; instigate
80. Forestall – prevent by taking action in advance
81. Frugality – thrift; economy
82. Futile – useless; hopeless; ineffectual
83. Gainsay – deny
84. Garrulous – loquacious; talkative; wordy
85. Goad – urge on
86. Gouge – overcharge
87. Grandiloquent – pompous; bombastic
88. Gregarious – sociable
89. Guileless – without deceit
90. Gullible – easily deceived
91. Harangue – long; passionate; and vehement speech
92. Hyperbole – exaggeration; overstatement
93. Harbinger – forerunner
94. Hostility – unfriendliness; hatred; enmity
95. Hackneyed – commonplace; trite
96. Halcyon – calm; peaceful
97. Haggard – wasted away; gaunt
98. Hermetic – completely airtight or sealed
99. Iconoclastic – attacking cherished traditions
100. Impede – hinder; block
101. Implacable – incapable of being pacified
102. Inchoate – recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
103. Ingenuous – naïve and trusting; young; unsophisticated
104. Innocuous – harmless
105. Inundate – overwhelm; flood; submerge
106. Inured – accustomed; hardened
107. Irascible – irritable; easily angered
108. Irresolute – uncertain how to act; weak
109. Jaunty – cheerful and pleased with life; light hearted
110. Jibe – agree; be in harmony with
111. Juxtapose – place side by side
112. Jaded – tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued
113. Jocose – given to (having a tendency of) joking
114. Ken – range of knowledge
115. Kernel – central or vital part; core
116. Knave – untrustworthy person; rogue
117. Labile – likely to change; unstable
118. Laconic – brief and to the point
119. Laggard – slow; sluggish
120. Lassitude – languor; weariness
121. Levity – lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
122. Loquacious – talkative
123. Lucid – easily understood; clear; intelligible
124. Luscious – pleasing to taste or smell; delicious
125. Lugubrious – mournful; sorrowful
126. Lithe – flexible; supple
127. Magnanimity – generosity
128. Malingerer – one who feigns illness to escape duty
129. Malleable – impressionable
130. Maverick – rebel; nonconformist
131. Mendacious – lying; habitually dishonest
132. Meticulous – excessively careful; painstaking
133. Misanthrope – one who hates mankind
134. Mitigate – appease; moderate
135. Mollify – soothe
136. Morose – ill-humoured; sullen; melancholy
137. Nascent – incipient; coming into being or existence
138. Nebulous – vague; hazy; cloudy
139. Nefarious – very wicked
140. Neophyte – recent convert; beginner
141. Nonchalance – indifference; lack of concern
142. Notoriety – disrepute; ill fame
143. Nuance – a subtle difference in opinion or attitude
144. Nugatory – worthless; futile
145. Obdurate – stubborn
146. Obsequious – lavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
147. Obviate – make unnecessary; get rid of
148. Occlude – shut; close
149. Officious – meddlesome
150. Onerous – burdensome
151. Opulence – extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
152. Opprobrium – infamy; vilification
153. Ostentatious – showy; pretentious
154. Paragon – model; epitome; ideal
155. Penchant – strong inclination; liking
156. Phlegmatic – apathetic; sluggish; calm
157. Placate – assuage; gentle; mollify
158. Plethora – excess; overabundance
159. Preamble – introductory statement
160. Precarious – uncertain; perilous; dubious
161. Precipitate – advance; hasten; expedite
162. Pristine – primitive; unspoiled; pure
163. Proliferate – grow rapidly; spread; multiply
164. Proscribe – ostracize; banish; outlaw
165. Quibble – protest; grouse; cavil
166. Quiescent – at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
167. Qualm – misgiving; concern; anxiety
168. Quarantine – isolated; abandoned
169. Quell – end; thwart; subdue
170. Quixotic – unrealistic; visionary; utopian
171. Radical – absolute; stringent; draconian
172. Rarefied – esoteric; exclusive
173. Ravenous – extremely hungry; famished
174. Redress – correct; rectify; ameliorate
175. Renounce – abdicate; waive; forgo
176. Recluse – hermit; ascetic; loner
177. Refractory – stubborn; unmanageable
178. Repertoire – collection; stock; repertory
179. Rhetorical – stylistic; oratorical
180. Salubrious – healthful
181. Sceptic – doubter; person who suspends judgement until having examined evidence
supporting a point of view
182. Solicitous – worried; concerned
183. Sagacious – acutely insightful; wise
184. Sporadic – occurring irregularly
185. Stolid – dull; impassive
186. Subpoena – writ summoning a witness to appear
187. Supersede – cause to set aside; replace; make obsolete
188. Supposition – hypothesis; surmise
189. Tacit – understood; not put into words
190. Taciturn – reserved; uncommunicative
191. Tenuous – thin; rare; slim
192. Tenacity – persistent determination
193. Terse – brief; concise
194. Thwart – hinder; prevent
195. Tirade – extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
196. Torpor – lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
197. Tractable – docile; easily managed
198. Truculence – aggressiveness; ferocity
199. Ubiquitous – present everywhere
200. Unwonted – out of the ordinary
201. Uproarious – uncontrollably noisy
202. Usurp – seize; take control without authority
203. Utopian – impracticable perfection
204. Vacillate – waver; fluctuate
205. Venerate – revere
206. Veracious – truthful
207. Verbose – wordy
208. Viable – practical or workable
209. Viscous – sticky; gluey
210. Vituperative – abusive; scolding
211. Volatile – changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly
212. Warranted – justified; authorized
213. Wary – very cautious
214. Welter – turmoil; bewildering jumble
215. Whimsical – capricious; fanciful
216. Xenophobia – fear of foreigners or strangers
217. Yahoo – person who is not intelligent or interested in culture
218. Yearn – desire strongly or persistently
219. Yore – time long past
220. Zany – ludicrous; foolish
221. Zealot – fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
222. Zenith – acme; pinnacle; crest