Vocab Day 1

Question 1

abound

Answer 1

increase rapidly, be present in large numbers

Question 2

amorphous

Answer 2

a. shapeless, lacking definite shape.
b. unstructured, unorganized (think of government or bureocracy)

Question 3

austere

Answer 3

simple, plain, severe, depriving yourself of luxury.

Question 4

belie

Answer 4

a. contradict, to go against
b. mask or give false impression

Question 5

capricious

Answer 5

very volatile, unpredictable, related to mood. think of a teenager’s mood

Question 6

cerebral

Answer 6

intellectual related to the brain

Question 7

congenial

Answer 7

a. friendly, nice
b. two things go together well “they go congenial together”

Question 8

conspicuous

Answer 8

easily noticed.

Question 9

cursory

Answer 9

to do sth without a lot of effort

Question 10

daunting

Answer 10

intimidating, scary, stranger things

Question 11

deify

Answer 11

treat someone like a God

Question 12

didactic

Answer 12

educational. it also has a subtext of being condescending to your students.

Question 13

disseminate

Answer 13

spread something rapidly

Question 14

feasible

Answer 14

possible, practical, you can def do it.

Question 15

flout

Answer 15

you are breaking the rules, you are flouting the rules. like a teenager.

Question 16

homogeneous

Answer 16

similar, two things are very uniform

Question 17

humdrum

Answer 17

boring, mundane.

Question 18

insipid

Answer 18

boring, mundane, same as humdrum

Question 19

loquacious

Answer 19

being very sociable, talk a lot

Question 20

misanthropic

Answer 20

idea that you hate humans. a person who hates humans we refer to as misanthropic

Question 21

misnomer

Answer 21

wrong name, something that gives off the wrong impression

Question 22

negligent

Answer 22

ignore something or not to take proper care of it

Question 23

obsequious

Answer 23

to suck up to your boss or someone in a position of authority, probably because you’re trying to get some sort of benefit.

Question 24

placate

Answer 24

make someone feel better

Question 25

proclivity

Answer 25

tendency or likeness for something. for example, a proclivity for apples means you often eat apples.

Question 26

puerile

Answer 26

immature, acting like a child.

Question 27

quixotic

Answer 27

opposite of feasible.

Question 28

spendthrift

Answer 28

people that are bad with money. spend like crazy.

Question 29

taciturn

Answer 29

opposite of loquacious, to be very quiet.

Question 30

wary

Answer 30

cautious