Vocabulary for essays

VOCABULARY FOR ESSAYS

Bastion – an institution/place/person that strongly maintains particular principles, attitudes, or activities – N

Entrenched – characterized by something that is firmly established and difficult to change – Adj.

Inadvertent – accidental or unintentional – Adj.

Incessant – never ending; continuing without pause – Adj.

Myriad – countless or extremely large in number – Adj.

Precipitate – to cause something to happen suddenly or unexpectedly – V

Ubiquitous – characterized by being everywhere; widespread – Adj.

Automaton – a mindless follower; someone who acts in a mechanical fashion – N

Belie – to fail to give a true impression of something – V

Debacle – a powerful failure; a fiasco – N

Demagogue – a political leader or person who looks for support by appealing to prejudices instead of using…