ONE HIT WONDERS
PART I
Each of these words has been confirmed as a correct answer on a
vocabulary in context question. Let’s take a look:
1. RESILIENCY – the capacity to bounce back from adversity and recover quickly
2. LATITUDE – having the freedom to think, act, and plan
3. FRUITFUL – producing good results; very productive
4. ARCHAIC – old-fashioned and therefore out of date
5. AVID – very eager and enthusiastic
6. REPERTORY – a full set of abilities; a supply
7. INFER – to figure something out by using clues and facts
8. INDISPENSABLE – absolutely necessary; essential
9. ENDEMIC – something that is native to a specific place
10. METICULOUS – very precise and exacting
11. DISCONTINUOUS – something that has gaps, breaks, and interruptions and is therefore not part of a seamless flow
12. PERFUNCTORY – an action done quickly and routinely without genuine care, interest, or enthusiasm
13. MULTIFACETED – having many different parts, sides, or aspects
14. EVINCE – to show, display, or reveal a feeling, quality, or trait
15. INCIPIENT – just beginning; in an early stage
16. IMPEDE – to slow down, block, or make progress difficult
17. ITEMIZE – to list things one by one
18. ENRICH – to improve or boost the quality of something by adding good things to it
19. PRECARIOUS – unsteady; likely to fall or collapse
20. TRANSIENCE – lasting for only a short time; brief; temporary
21. TRANSCEND – to go beyond the normal limits of something
22. SUPERSEDE – to take the place of something of old, low in quality, or out of date
23. PRESCIENT – showing great foresight; the ability to know or guess what will happen in the future before it occurs
24. AFFINITY – a natural liking, attraction, or feeling of kinship toward someone or something
25. ATTEST TO – to show, prove, or declare that something is true
26. SURMOUNT – to successfully overcome a problem
27. CLANDESTINE – planned or done in secret
28. APPROXIMATE – close to correct but not exact
29. RECIPROCAL – done, felt, or given by both sides; mutual and shared
30. UNDERSCORE – emphasize; stress
31. EVADE – to escape, dodge, or avoid something
32. ANALOGOUS – two things that share similar characteristics
33. LAUD – enthusiastically praise; acclaim
34. CONFOUNDED – puzzled and perplexed
35. TANTAMOUNT – equivalent to
36. CONFLATE – to combine two ideas or stories so that they are treated as one
37. SUPPLANT – to take the place someone or something usually by force, strategy, or by being a newer and better option
38. IMPERATIVE – something that is vital, urgent, or absolutely necessary
39. ANOMALOUS – different from what is usual, normal, or expected
40. PRECEDED – to come, happen, or go before someone or something else in time
41. INESTIMABLE – to great to be measured
42. HAMPER – slow down, block, or get in the way of something or someone
43. EXEMPLAR – a person or thing that serves as a model or typical example of something
44. MANDATORY – required by rule, law, or authority
45. PALPABLE – something you can touch, feel, or see
46. RECTIFY – to correct or make something right
47. PROLIFIC – producing a great number of something
48. OUTSIZED – very large
49. ENCAPSULATE – to sum up or show the main ideas of something in a short space
50. SOLIDIFY – to make or become firm or solid
