ISEE Vocabulary > Group 6
Abhorrent
inspiring disgust and loathing
Affable
friendly and easy to talk to
Antagonize
cause someone to become hostile
Atrocity
extremely wicked or cruel act
Brash
self‐assertive in a rude way
Clemency
mercy given to someone
Convocation
large formal assembly of people
Delusion
mistaken but maintained belief
Divert
change course of or distract
Emeritus
retired but keeps title as an honor
Euphemism
milder substitution for harsher word
Fickle
changing one’s mind frequently
Grandiose
excessively grand or ambitious
Idiom
phrase that is not self‐explanatory
Incarcerate
imprison or confine
Innate
inborn or natural ability
Jaunt
short excursion or journey for fun
Loquacious
tending to talk a great deal
Misconstrue
interpret something wrongly
Oblivion
being extinct or forgotten
Paramour
lover, usually in an affair
Piquant
having a pleasantly spicy taste
Procure
obtain something with care or effort
Quash
reject, void, or invalidate
Reprove
reprimand or harshly criticize
Savant
a learned or intellectual person
Stance
attitude toward something
Suture
stitch together a wound or incision
Trivial
of little value or importance
Viable
capable of working successfully
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