Word List: Medium

This part of the Word Knowledge Study Guide is the medium difficulty word list. This list has another 50 words to study as you prepare for the Word Knowledge portion of your ASVAB test. Review each word and then quiz yourself on their definitions with the review quiz at the bottom of the page. Try not to use the table when answering the review questions to truly test your recall of the information.

Word	Definition
Abate	To reduce, lessen, deduct or omit
Abhor	To loathe or detest
Accolade	An award or honor
Adept	Very skilled or expert
Admonish	To caution against something; to scold
Alleviate	To make something easier to endure
Anomaly	A deviation from a commonality; a peculiar condition or situation
Ardent	Having or expressing intense feelings; passionate
Brusque	Blunt; abrupt in manner
Calamity	A great misfortune or disaster; an affliction
Candor	Free from bias; the quality of being honest or sincere
Clamor	A loud outcry or expression of emotion
Consensus	General agreement; majority of opinion
Copious	Large in quantity
Covert	Concealed or covered
Curtail	To cut off short
Dearth	A scarcity or inadequate supply
Debacle	A complete failure; a sudden downfall
Decamp	To depart quickly; to depart from a camp
Demise	Death or termination
Duplicity	Speaking or acting in two different ways as an act of deceit
Encounter	To meet
Estrange	To keep at a distance; to turn away in feeling
Hamper	To hold back or hinder; to interfere with
Hasten	Hurry
Hector	A bully; a domineering person
Impotent	Lacking in ability or power
Imprudent	Not cautious; lacking discretion
Indigenous	Native; innate or natural
Latent	Present but not yet visible or apparent; existing in potential
Nominal	Being something by name only; of or relating to names
Partisan	To support a person, group, party, or cause; a member of a light or irregular troop engaged in harassing an enemy
Prevail	To be widespread; to become dominant
Quell	To suppress or subdue
Query	A question; to question or inquire about something
Rampant	Raging; growing unchecked; violent in action or intention
Reconcile	To cause a person to accept something; to settle a dispute or bring into agreement
Recoup	To recover or regain
Rectify	To make right or correct
Redoubt	A temporary or supplementary fortification
Relinquish	To surrender or give up
Reprieve	To delay impending punishment or temporarily relieve from evil
Respite	A period of delay; to relieve temporarily
Rudimentary	Primitive; elementary
Sanction	Permission or approval; something that supports an action or condition
Tacit	Understood without open expression; silent, unspoken
Tangible	Definite or substantial; capable of being touched
Tedious	Monotonous, long, or tiresome
Tenuous	Thin or slender; lacking sound reasoning
Tirade	A long, often bitter, outburst or speech

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