226-250 AB

Question 1

heed

Answer 1

to pay attention to

Question 2

relish

Answer 2

to enjoy

Question 3

forebear

Answer 3

a person from whom one is descended; an ancestor(usually plural)

Question 4

hegemony

Answer 4

strong influence; domination

Question 5

onus

Answer 5

an unpleasant task or duty; a burden or obligation

Question 6

affinity

Answer 6

a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; an inherent similarity

Question 7

mundane

Answer 7

typical of this world; commonplace

Question 8

atrophy

Answer 8

a wasting away, esp. of body tissue

Question 9

duplicity

Answer 9

deception; deceitfulness; double dealing

Question 10

verisimilitude

Answer 10

resemblance to the truth

Question 11

proliferate

Answer 11

to grow or reproduce rapidly

Question 12

shibboleth

Answer 12

a custom or phrase distinctive of a particular group, class, etc.

Question 13

congenital

Answer 13

present since birth; being an essential characteristic

Question 14

ensemble

Answer 14

a group, esp. of performers, working as a unified whole

Question 15

cajole

Answer 15

to attempt to persuade with flattery or insincere talk

Question 16

facile

Answer 16

with effortless ease; without proper care; superficial

Question 17

phenomenon

Answer 17

an occurrence that can be perceived by the senses; a remarkable person or event

Question 18

civil

Answer 18

observing accepted social customs; not rude

Question 19

accede

Answer 19

to agree to something

Question 20

periphery

Answer 20

a boundary line; perimeter; an outside surface

Question 21

wane

Answer 21

to decrease; lessen

Question 22

capacious

Answer 22

able to contain or hold much

Question 23

ambivalence

Answer 23

simultaneous existence of opposing feelings; uncertainty as to what to do

Question 24

aloof

Answer 24

distant or removed in attitude or manner

Question 25

caveat

Answer 25

a warning

Question 26

malevolent

Answer 26

showing hatred; dangerous

Question 27

multifarious

Answer 27

having many different parts or forms; numerous and varied

Question 28

heterodox

Answer 28

not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma

Question 29

canvass

Answer 29

to ask for votes, opinions, etc.; to examine or discuss in detail

Question 30

impede

Answer 30

to obstruct

Question 31

accord

Answer 31

agreement

Question 32

redress

Answer 32

to set right; to remedy

Question 33

concede

Answer 33

to acknowledge as true

Question 34

licentious

Answer 34

not moral; lawless; lewd

Question 35

exude

Answer 35

to give off; to emit; to radiate

Question 36

impugn

Answer 36

to challenge; to call into question

Question 37

shroud

Answer 37

to conceal;

Question 38

disclose

Answer 38

to reveal

Question 39

fulminate

Answer 39

to issue a strong verbal attack

Question 40

exult

Answer 40

to rejoice greatly

Question 41

tally

Answer 41

to count; to add

Question 42

fortitude

Answer 42

strength of mind that allows one to endure adversity

Question 43

hackneyed

Answer 43

made trite and commonplace by overuse

Question 44

tenuous

Answer 44

weak; thin

Question 45

fatuous

Answer 45

smugly foolish; complacently stupid

Question 46

symposium

Answer 46

a meeting to discuss a topic, esp. where the participants form the audience and make presentations

Question 47

secede

Answer 47

to withdraw formally form an alliance or membership

Question 48

bathos

Answer 48

excessive or trivial sentimentality; an abrupt transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace, producing a laughable effect

Question 49

refurbish

Answer 49

to make clean or bright again

Question 50

confluence

Answer 50

joining together of different streams