Vocab 2

Question 1

antiquity

Answer 1

the ancient past

Question 2

ascent

Answer 2

climb or walk the summit of a mountain or hill

Question 3

assertion

Answer 3

confident or forceful statement of a fact

Question 4

avowedly

Answer 4

as has been asserted, admitted, or stated publicly

Question 5

banal

Answer 5

lack in originality or be boring and obvious

Question 6

befriend

Answer 6

act as or become somebody’s friend

Question 7

beguile

Answer 7

charm or enchant (someone), often in adeceptiveway

Question 8

bungling

Answer 8

carrying out a task in a clumsy way

Question 9

circumstantial

Answer 9

pointing indirectly towards someone’s guilt but not conclusively proving it

Question 10

comporting

Answer 10

conduct oneself, accord or agree with

Question 11

conscience

Answer 11

persons moral sense of right or wrong

Question 12

contemporary

Answer 12

living or occurring at the same time

Question 13

conventions

Answer 13

a way in which something is usually done, an agreement less formal than a treaty

Question 14

diffident

Answer 14

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Question 15

dispel

Answer 15

make a doubt, feeling or belief disappear

Question 16

elusive

Answer 16

difficult to catch or achieve, difficult to remember

Question 17

epistolary

Answer 17

work in the form of letters

Question 18

evocation

Answer 18

recalling a feeling, memory, or image, invoking a spirit or diety

Question 19

exacerbates

Answer 19

a make a situation worse

Question 20

expatiates

Answer 20

speak or write in detail

Question 21

explicates

Answer 21

analyse and develop an idea or principle in detail

Question 22

forestalled

Answer 22

act in advance in order to prevent something

Question 23

forgo

Answer 23

go without something

Question 24

forthright

Answer 24

in a direct or honest way

Question 25

galvanize

Answer 25

shock or excite someone into taking action

Question 26

impediment

Answer 26

hindrance in doing something

Question 27

interminable

Answer 27

endless

Question 28

lucrative

Answer 28

produce great profit

Question 29

maladroitness

Answer 29

inept or clumsy

Question 30

obscure

Answer 30

not discovered or known about; uncertain.