Advanced Vocabulary Lists and Exercises

Advanced Vocabulary List 8 (beta version)

adroit: He bears some resemblance to Cobbett, but he had none of Cobbett's brutality; his faculties were more adroit, and his range of vision infinitely wider. - Daniel Defoe
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bogus: Not true; fake.
The politician's allegations against the prime minister were completely bogus.
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impede: "I took a look at the picture on the floppy you sent --" - Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
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loathe: Which she did, nothing loathe, and reported it as empty as a beggar's palm. - One Corpse Too Many
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revere: His behavior to me was such that I shall ever revere his name. - George Washington
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rudimentary: If he was no great scholar-his Latin was sadly rudimentary, his Greek nearly nonexistent-he could speak good French and his manners were exemplary. - This Scepter'd Isle
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skirmish: Even the noise of the little battle--for the skirmish was a hot one--a mile down the road, did not apprise the Russian of his danger, and it was not until the long columns of the French came out of the wood and deployed and until the guns were hauled into the clearing and wheeled into action, that he awoke to the fact that an army was upon him and he would have to fight for his life With his unerring genius Napoleon had struck at the key position, the very center of Blücher's long drawn-out line. - The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo
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terse: "Yes?" was terse, and then: "Oh, it's you I'll be ready in half an hour." - Heidelberg Wedding
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trivial: He was from the first left alone with the woman whom he had come to visit. - The Great Impersonation
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verify: I have not been able to verify which is the correct amount, but in all probability he got the 100,000 ducats. - Drake Nelson and Napoleon
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