| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accept | receive willingly |
| 2. | adverse | harmful or unfavorable |
| 3. | affect | influence or emotional display |
| 4. | allusion | indirect reference |
| 5. | alternate | every other; substitute |
| 6. | alternative | another option |
| 7. | appraise | assess value or quality |
| 8. | apprise | inform or notify |
| 9. | assure | promise or reassure |
| 10. | averse | strongly opposed to |
| 11. | between | involving two distinct parties |
| 12. | biannual | twice a year |
| 13. | biennial | every two years |
| 14. | borrow | take temporarily |
| 15. | bring | carry toward speaker |
| 16. | cite | quote or mention |
| 17. | complement | something that completes |
| 18. | compliment | praise or flattering remark |
| 19. | compose | make up; create |
| 20. | comprise | consist of; include |
| 21. | continual | repeated frequently |
| 22. | continuous | without stopping |
| 23. | convince | persuade someone intellectually |
| 24. | credible | believable |
| 25. | credulous | too ready to believe |
| 26. | definite | clear and certain |
| 27. | definitive | final and authoritative |
| 28. | desert | abandon; arid region |
| 29. | dessert | sweet final course |
| 30. | discreet | tactful and prudent |
| 31. | discrete | separate and distinct |
| 32. | disinterested | impartial, not unbiased |
| 33. | economic | related to the economy |
| 34. | economical | not wasteful |
| 35. | effect | result; also to bring about |
| 36. | elicit | draw out a response |
| 37. | emigrate | leave one’s country |
| 38. | enormity | great wickedness, not size |
| 39. | ensure | make certain |
| 40. | except | excluding; apart from |
| 41. | farther | more distant physically |
| 42. | fewer | for countable things |
| 43. | further | more; additional |
| 44. | gambit | opening move or strategy |
| 45. | gamut | entire range |
| 46. | gibe | taunting remark |
| 47. | historic | important in history |
| 48. | historical | related to history |
| 49. | illicit | illegal or forbidden |
| 50. | illusion | false appearance or belief |
| 51. | immigrate | enter a new country |
| 52. | implicit | suggested, not stated |
| 53. | imply | suggest indirectly |
| 54. | infer | draw a conclusion |
| 55. | insure | provide insurance for |
| 56. | jibe | agree or be consistent |
| 57. | lay | put something down |
| 58. | lend | give temporarily |
| 59. | less | for uncountable amount |
| 60. | lie | recline; be situated |
| 61. | literally | in an exact sense |
| 62. | loath | reluctant |
| 63. | loathe | hate intensely |
| 64. | militate | have force or effect |
| 65. | mitigate | make less severe |
| 66. | nauseated | feeling sick |
| 67. | nauseous | causing nausea traditionally |
| 68. | persuade | induce someone to act |
| 69. | practicable | capable of being done |
| 70. | practical | useful in practice |
| 71. | precede | come before |
| 72. | prescribe | order or recommend |
| 73. | principal | main; school head |
| 74. | principle | basic rule or belief |
| 75. | proceed | continue forward |
| 76. | proscribe | forbid or condemn |
| 77. | raise | lift something up |
| 78. | rebut | refute with evidence |
| 79. | refute | prove wrong |
| 80. | regime | system of rule |
| 81. | regimen | prescribed routine |
| 82. | respectfully | politely; with respect |
| 83. | respectively | in the stated order |
| 84. | rise | go upward |
| 85. | sensible | practical and reasonable |
| 86. | sensitive | easily affected or aware |
| 87. | simple | plain or uncomplicated |
| 88. | simplistic | oversimplified and naive |
| 89. | site | place or location |
| 90. | stationary | not moving |
| 91. | stationery | writing materials |
| 92. | take | carry away |
| 93. | that | restrictive relative pronoun |
| 94. | tortuous | full of twists |
| 95. | torturous | causing severe pain |
| 96. | uninterested | not interested |
| 97. | verbal | in words; spoken |
| 98. | which | nonrestrictive relative pronoun |
| 99. | who | subject form pronoun |
| 100. | whom | object form pronoun |
