ISEE Vocabulary > Group 19
Acclaim
enthusiastic and public praise
Allegorical
symbolic with hidden meaning
Appease
pacify, satisfy, gratify, or relieve
Banal
boring and unoriginal
Callous
heartless, uncaring, and cold
Complacent
smug or self‐ satisfied
Crux
most important or decisive point
Despondent
extremely discouraged
Ebullient
cheerful and full of energy
Enigma
a mystery, puzzle, or riddle
Expenditure
amount of money spent
Fortitude
courage in pain or adversity
Harangue
long, critical, and aggressive speech
Immortalize
confer enduring fame upon
Incriminate
strongly imply the guilt of someone
Integrity
quality of being moral or whole
Languish
grow weak or feeble
Malicious
intending or meant to do harm
Mundane
boring, everyday, or monotonous
Omnipresent
present everywhere
Pensive
engaged in deep or serious thought
Polarize
divide into contrasting groups
Propensity
natural tendency to behave in a way
Rapturous
causing great joy or enthusiasm
Revulsion
sense of disgust and loathing
Sequester
isolate, hide away, or confiscate
Subsequent
coming after something in time
Tenuous
very weak, flimsy, or doubtful
Unanimous
fully in agreement from all parties
Vivify
bring to life or animate
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