100 Vocabulary Words with Meanings
Expanding your vocabulary is an essential part of improving your language skills. Here are 100 vocabulary words with their meanings to help you enhance your vocabulary and communicate more effectively.
1-10
- 1. Abstruse (adjective): difficult to understand; obscure
- 2. Ameliorate (verb): to make something better or more tolerable
- 3. Benevolent (adjective): having or showing a kind and generous nature
- 4. Cacophony (noun): a harsh, discordant sound
- 5. Conundrum (noun): a puzzle or riddle
- 6. Ennui (noun): a feeling of listlessness and boredom
- 7. Ephemeral (adjective): lasting for a very short time
- 8. Exacerbate (verb): to make a problem worse
- 9. Flaccid (adjective): not firm or stiff; soft and weak
- 10. Garrulous (adjective): talkative or loquacious
11-20
- 11. Heterogeneous (adjective): diverse or mixed
- 12. Inscrutable (adjective): difficult to understand or interpret
- 13. Jocularity (noun): good humor or joking
- 14. Kinesiology (noun): the study of the movement of the body
- 15. Lachrymose (adjective): given to tears or weeping
- 16. Mellifluous (adjective): having a smooth and sweet sound
- 17. Nefarious (adjective): wicked or criminal
- 18. Obfuscate (verb): to make something unclear or difficult to understand
- 19. Papillon (noun): a type of butterfly
- 20. Quixotic (adjective): extravagantly romantic or idealistic
21-30
- 21. Reclusive (adjective): preferring to be alone or avoiding social contact
- 22. Sagacious (adjective): wise or discerning
- 23. Tintinnabulation (noun): a ringing or tinkling sound
- 24. Ubiquitous (adjective): existing or being everywhere at the same time
- 25. Vigilant (adjective): carefully watching or paying attention
- 26. Wistful (adjective): feeling a sense of longing or nostalgia
- 27. Xenophobia (noun): a fear or dislike of people from other countries
- 28. Yellowstone (noun): a national park in the United States
- 29. Zephyrine (adjective): relating to the west wind
- 30. Zymurgy (noun): the study of fermentation in brewing
31-40
- 31. Callipygian (adjective): having well-shaped buttocks
- 32. Defenestration (noun): the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
- 33. Ephemeron (noun): something that is transitory or fleeting
- 34. Fluxion (noun): a flow or continuous change
- 35. Galvanize (verb): to shock or excite someone into action
- 36. Heliotropism (noun): the phenomenon of plants turning their leaves towards the sun
- 37. Insouciant (adjective): carefree or nonchalant
- 38. Jargonelle (noun): a type of pear
- 39. Kibitzer (noun): a person who offers unwanted or unsolicited advice
- 40. Liminal (adjective): of or relating to a transitional phase or state
41-50
- 41. Masticate (verb): to chew or grind food with the teeth
- 42. Nefarious (adjective): wicked or criminal
- 43. Oculus (noun): the eye or a part of the eye
- 44. Paprika (noun): a sweet or bell pepper
- 45. Quandary (noun): a state of uncertainty or indecision
- 46. Reclusive (adjective): preferring to be alone or avoiding social contact
- 47. Sedentary (adjective): spending a lot of time sitting or not being physically active
- 48. Tintinnabulation (noun): a ringing or tinkling sound
- 49. Uxoricide (noun): the act of murdering one's wife
- 50. Vigilante (noun): a person who takes the law into their own
