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Level C ~ Supplementary Vocabulary List
(Terms taken from Level H of the Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop book – 1996 edition)
Aberration
Abeyance
Abortive
Accoutrements
Acerbity
Acumen
Addle
Adduce
Ad hoc
Adjudicate
Adjunct
Adumbrate
Aegis
Affinity
Aficionado
Aggregate
Alliteration
Ambivalent
Amok (amuck)
Anachronism
Ancillary
Apocalypse
Apocryphal
Apogee
Apostate
Apotheosis
Apposite
Apprise
Apropos
Aroma
Ascetic
Assemblage
Assimilation
Attrition
Augur
Autochthonous
Bane
Bathos
Bauble
Beatitude
Beguile
Beleaguer
Bellwether
Bibulous
Bicker
Bilious
Bilk
Bode
Bowdlerize
Boycott
Braggadocio
Bravado
Bromide
Browbeat
Bruit
Cantankerous
Carcinogen
Carte blanche
Casuistry
Cataclysm
Caterwaul
Catharsis
Caucus
Charisma
Chauvinist
Chimerical
Chortle
Chronic
Chronically
Chronicle
Chronicler
Chronological
Chronology
Chronometer
Circumlocution
Claque
Climax
Coalesce
Cogitate
Cognate
Commensurate
Complement
Condescend
Condign
Congenital
Consensus
Constrict
Construe
Contemplative
Contemporaneous
Contravene
Contretemps
Contumacious
Contumelious
Convolution
Corollary
Cozen
Cronyism
Cul-de-sac
Cull
Curmudgeon
Dank
Debauch
Debilitate
De facto
Degenerate
Demented
Denouement
Depredation
Deracinate
Derring-do
Descry
Diaphanous
Dichotomy
Dictum
Didactic
Disassemble
Disingenuous
Disparate
Disparity
Dissimulate
Divination
Dogmatic
Dossier
Ecumenical
Effete
Effusive
Eleemosynary
Elixir
Emolument
Empathy
Empirical
Enclave
Ensconce
Epigram
Eristic
Euphemism
Euphoria
Exculpate
Execrable
Exegesis
Expound
Ex tempore
Factionalism
Factotum
Fait accompli
Fastidious
Faux pas
Fervid
Festoon
Fetid
Flamboyant
Folderol
Foray
Foreclose
Forte
Fulminate
Fulsome
Fustian
Gambol
Gamut
Gargantuan
Genealogy
Generic
Generics
Genesis
Genocide
Genre
Gerrymandering
Glower
Gothic
Gratis
Harbinger
Hauteur
Hedonism
Hegemony
Heyday
Hidebound
Hierarchy
Hoi polloi
Homily
Homogeneous
Hubris
Icon
Iconoclastic
Imbue
Immaculate
Immolate
Immure
Impale
Impasse
Imperceptible
Impinge
Imprecation
Inchoate
Incubus
Indigenous
Ineffable
Ineluctable
Infrastructure
Inhibit
In media res
Insouciant
Internecine
Interstice
Inveigle
Jeremiad
Kowtow
Kudos
Labyrinth
Lachrymose
Lackey
Lackluster
Lagniappe
Lampoon
Lexicon
Liaison
Licentious
Limn
Litotes
Liturgy
Lubrication
Lugubrious
Lynch
Macerate
Macrocosm
Maladapted
Maladroit
Malaise
Malapropism
Malcontent
Malfeasance
Malformation
Malfunction
Malice
Malingerer
Malleable
Malodorous
Matrix
Maudlin
Maverick
Melee
Mellifluous
Mercurial
Metamorphosis
Mete
Metonymy
Microcosm
Miniscule
Mirage
Mnemonic
Modulate
Molder
Monolithic
Morass
Mot juste
Mountebank
Mumbo jumbo
Mystique
Narcissism
Nemesis
Neologism
Nepotism
Nexus
Nihilism
Noisome
Non sequitur
Noxious
Nugatory
Obfuscate
Oblivious
Obloquy
Obsequies
Occlude
Opportunist
Opt
Paean
Palliate
Panache
Pander
Panoply
Parameter
Parlous
Parse
Parvenu
Pastiche
Paternalism
Pathos
Patrician
Peccadillo
Persiflage
Persona
Phenomenon
Philippic
Philistine
Picaresque
Plethora
Polarize
Polemic
Poltroon
Populous
Portentous
Pragmatic
Precarious
Preponderance
Prescience
Pristine
Probity
Prolix
Prolixity
Propitiate
Proselyte
Protocol
Prototype
Provenance
Prurient
Psyche
Puerile
Punctilio
Pundit
Purview
Quagmire
Quasi-
Quid pro quo
Quisling
Quixotic
Quizzical
Raconteur
Ragamuffin
Raillery
Rapacity
Rapport
Refractory
Regimen
Remand
Repartee
Resemblance
Resplendent
Ribald
Risible
Sacrosanct
Salubrious
Sandwich
Sanguine
Saturnalian
Savoir-faire
Schism
Scion
Seamy
Sesquipedalian
Shrapnel
Sic
Simile
Simulacrum
Simulation
Simulcast
Sine qua non
Solecism
Spew
Stigmatize
Sublimate
Sub rosa
Succor
Supervene
Supine
Swarthy
Sycophant
Symptomatic
Syndrome
Systemic
Taboo
Tautology
Temperamentally
Temperance
Temperature
Tempest
Tempestuous
Tendentious
Therapeutic
Tocsin
Touchstone
Traumatic
Truckle
Truncate
Tutelage
Tycoon
Unconscionable
Unimpeachable
Utilitarian
Vacuous
Vagary
Vainglory
Vassal
Vendetta
Verisimilitude
Vestige
Viable
Vicissitude
Vignette
Virtuoso
Vitiate
Volition
Volte-face
Waggish
Xenophobia
Yahoo
Zany
Zealot
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Important Info. -- VDOE