Vocab Week 3

Question 1

Apathetic (one part of speech, one definition)

Answer 1

APATHETIC (ADJ)
showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
“apathetic slackers who don’t vote”

Question 2

Apparatus (One part of speech, three definitions)

Answer 2

APPARATUS (N)
1. the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.
“laboratory apparatus”

2. a complex structure within an organization or system.
3. a collection of notes, variant readings, and other matter accompanying a printed text.
   “one thing about the book’s apparatus does irritate: the absence of an index of titles”

Question 3

Apprehension (one part of speech, three definitions)

Answer 3

APPREHENSION (N)
1.anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
“he felt sick with apprehension”

2. understanding; grasp.
   “the pure apprehension of the work of art”
3. the action of arresting someone.
   “they acted with intent to prevent lawful apprehension”

Question 4

Arable (two parts of speech, four definitions)

Answer 4

ARABLE (ADJ)
1. (of land) used or suitable for growing crops.
“acres of arable land”
2. (of crops) able to be grown on suitable land.
“arable crops”
3. concerned with growing arable crops.
“arable farming”

ARABLE (N)
1. arable land or crops.
“vast areas of arable and pasture”

Question 5

Arbiter (one part of speech, two definitions)

Answer 5

ARBITER (N)
1. a person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in a matter.
“the military acted as arbiter of conflicts between political groups”
2. a person whose views or actions have great influence over trends in social behavior.
“an arbiter of taste”

Question 6

Arbitrary (one part of speech, three definitions)

Answer 6

ARBITRARY (ADJ)
1. based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
“his mealtimes were entirely arbitrary”
2. (of power or a ruling body) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority.
“arbitrary rule by King and bishops has been made impossible”
3. MATHEMATICS
(of a constant or other quantity) of unspecified value.

Question 7

Archaic (one part of speech, three definitions)

Answer 7

ARCHAIC (ADJ)
1. very old or old-fashioned.
“prisons are run on archaic methods”
2. (of a word or a style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor.
“a term with a rather archaic ring to it”
3. of an early period of art or culture, especially the 7th–6th centuries BC in Greece.
“the archaic temple at Corinth”

Question 8

Arid (one part of speech, two definitions)

Answer 8

ARID (ADJ)
1. (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.
“hot and arid conditions”
2. lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning.
“his arid years in suburbia”

Question 9

Ascetic (two parts of speech, two definitions)

Answer 9

ASCETIC (ADJ)
1. characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
“an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor”

ASCETIC (N)
1. a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.

Question 10

Assertion (one part of speech, two definitions)

Answer 10

ASSERTION (N)
1. a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
“his assertion that his father had deserted the family”
2. the action of stating something or exercising authority confidently and forcefully.
“the assertion of his legal rights”

Question 11

Assiduous (one part of speech, one definition)

Answer 11

Assiduous (ADJ)
1. showing great care and perseverance.
“she was assiduous in pointing out every feature”

Question 12

Assimilation (one part of speech, five definitions)

Answer 12

Assimilation (N)
1a.
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
“the assimilation of the knowledge of the Greeks”
1b. the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture.
“the assimilation of Italians into American society”
2. the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body or any biological system.
“nitrate assimilation usually takes place in leaves”
3a. the process of becoming similar to something.
“Watson was ready to work for the assimilation of Scots law to English law where he thought it was justified”
3b. the fact of a sound being made more like another in the same or next word.
“when p is preceded by some Latin prefixes, it is doubled because of the assimilation of a consonant, as in ‘apparent’ (ad-parent)”