Part 1
Read over the following list of words. Make sure to look up those you do not recognize in the dictionary to be sure to get their correct meaning.
Define each word and then use each word in a sentence to prove that you understand its meaning and correct usage in a complete sentence.
| Abode | Innate | |
| Acerbate | Inundating | |
| Altruistic | Kinesthetic | |
| Apparatus | Laconic | |
| Authoritative | Lethal | |
| Banal | Linguistic | |
| Baroque | Loquacious | |
| Benevolent | Magnanimous | |
| Clandestine | Meticulous | |
| Collegial | Mettle | |
| Compelling | Monetary | |
| Constraint | Nuance | |
| Contradict | Palpitate | |
| Dearth | Paramount | |
| Debacle | Parlance | |
| Deferential | Perpetuate | |
| Despondent | Placate | |
| Discern | Plethora | |
| Dissent | Polyphonic | |
| Dissipate | Posit | |
| Droll | Prescience | |
| Dubious | Profligate | |
| Efficacious | Profuse | |
| Efficacy | Proliferation | |
| Elicit | Psychometrics | |
| Embezzlement | Rebuttal | |
| Eminent | Refrain (Noun) | |
| Emit | Refrain (Verb) | |
| Envelop | Refute | |
| Epistemology | Reimburse | |
| Eradicate | Reiterate | |
| Erudite | Render (Noun) | |
| Esthetic | Render (Verb) | |
| Evade | Revelatory | |
| Exacerbate | Revoke | |
| Exasperating | Separatists | |
| Feat | Subsidence | |
| Germane | Succinct | |
| Gravitas | Surfeit | |
| Heed | Tome | |
| Heterodoxy | Treacherous | |
| Idiosyncrasy | Usage | |
| Idiosyncratic | Veracity | |
| Ignominious | Vernacular | |
| Illicit | Viable | |
| Impede | Vicinity | |
| Implements | Volatile | |
| Incipient | Wage | |
| Incite | Yearn | |
| Inimical | Zeal |
Part 2
Select 25 of the vocabulary words and incorporate them into a 600-word essay explaining how frequent reading can help improve one’s vocabulary usage.
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