Advanced Vocabulary List 9
- adverse
- Unfavorable; harmful.
Adverse weather conditions will not stop Max from going fishing.
- celebrate
- Acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity.
When I win the lottery, we are going to celebrate with a huge party.
- coherent
- Logical and consistent.
How do you expect to succeed without a coherent plan?
- consecutive
- Following continuously (in a row).
Max has missed four consecutive meetings.
- detain
- Hold; keep from proceeding.
The police detained Max for questioning for more than 12 hours.
- disclose
- Make known; reveal.
The reporter refused to disclose his source for the article.
- disrobe
- Take off one's clothes.
The nurse asked the patient to disrobe and wait for the doctor in the exam room.
- distort
- Twist out of shape; mislead
An expression of pain distorted Max's face.
- enforce
- Compel compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation).
The police are supposed to be here to enforce the law.
- flout
- Openly disregard.
The politician flouts the standards of human decency.
- hostile
- Unfriendly; Antagonistic
The politician spoke before a hostile crowd.
- lethal
- Causing death; deadly.
A rattlesnake's venom is lethal.
- lubricate
- Apply a substance such as oil or grease to (an engine or component) to minimize friction and allow smooth movement.
To keep your bicycle going smoothly, you should lubricate all of the moving parts.
- malign
- Speak bad about someone.
Please do not malign Mary. She is a very good person.
- meander
- Follow a winding course; to wander.
Max arrived late to school everyday because instead of walking straight to school he'd first meander through the park hunting insects for his collection.
- prohibit
- Forbid (something) by authority or law
Smoking in the classroom is prohibited.
- provoke
- Anger, enrage, or stir up (a reaction or emotion).
The politician's speech provoked protest and outrage around the country.
- recede
- Retreat; move away from a previous position.
Max's hairline is receding.
- remove
- Take something away; eliminate
The doctor removed Max's tonsils.
- revere
- Feel deep respect or admiration for.
Max revered his mother more than anyone.
- revoke
- Take back by reversing; to cancel the validity of something.
The judge said that he would revoke my driver's license if I got another speeding ticket.
- ridicule
- Make fun of; laugh at.
His ideas were ridiculed by his colleagues.
- stamina
- Endurance; ability to sustain physical or mental effort.
You must have incredible stamina to compete in the Tour de France.
- subterfuge
- Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.
Max used subterfuge to win Mary's heart.
