Advanced Vocabulary Lists and Exercises

Advanced Vocabulary List 12

Fickle: (adjective) changing frequently
Kids are sometimes very fickle and may have a new favorite food every week.
Lucrative: (adjective) producing a great deal of profit
Max told me that ESL was a very lucrative field, and I believed him.
Moot: (adjective) subject to debate, unsettled.
Whether the tooth fairy is male or female is a moot point. No one knows.
Opulence: (noun) wealth and luxury
Nina would not marry Charlie, for he had no money, and she was not willing to settle for anything less than a life of opulence.
Spry: (adjective) active; lively
Max was amazingly spry for an old man.
Tentative: (adjective) not certain or fixed
Our summer plans are still tentative. I think we are going to go camping in the mountains.
Wary: (adjective) cautious; leery
The children were very wary of the stranger and would not let him into the house.