Advanced Vocabulary List 6
- apathy
- Lack of interest or concern.
There is widespread apathy among the school staff.
- dismal
- Gloomy; drepressing; dreary.
When the weather is gloomy, I have a hard time getting motivated to do anything.
- dismay
- To cause the sudden loss of courage; to cause the feeling of consternation and distress.
We were dismayed by the president's policy reversal.
- emulation
- The imitation or copying of someone.
- endeavor
- To try very hard to achieve something.
We hoped that the president would endeavor to help the people.
- frugal
- Thrifty; economical.
You don't have to have a lot of money to travel if you are frugal.
- impair
- To weaken; to affect negatively.
- mercenary
- A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
The war was fought mostly by mercenaries.
- naive
- Lacking experience.
It was naive of me to think that the governor actually cared about the people living in his state.
- stringent
- Strict; restrictive; rigid; severe.
Mary has been on a stringent diet for months.