Vocab 221 - 240

Question 0

Chicanery

Answer 0

—noun

1) trickery: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.

Question 1

Cadge

Answer 1

—verb

1) to obtain by taking advantage generosity or friendship.

—Related forms

cadg·er, noun

Question 2

Circumspect

Answer 2

—adjective

1) well-considered: circumspect behavior.

—Related forms

cir·cum·spect·ly, adverb 
cir·cum·spect·ness, noun 
non·cir·cum·spect, adjective 
non·cir·cum·spect·ly, adverb 
non·cir·cum·spect·ness, noun 
o·ver·cir·cum·spect, adjective 
un·cir·cum·spect, adjective 
un·cir·cum·spect·ly, adverb 
un·cir·cum·spect·ness, noun

Question 3

Contrivance

Answer 3

—noun

1) a scheme

Question 4

Effrontery

Answer 4

—noun

1) bold rudeness: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.

Question 5

Eschew

Answer 5

—verb

1) to avoid: to eschew evil.

—Related forms

es·chew·al, noun
es·chew·er, noun
un·es·chewed, adjective

Question 6

Fractious

Answer 6

—adjective

1) unruly: an incorrigibly fractious young man.

—Related forms

frac·tious·ly, adverb 
frac·tious·ness, noun 
un·frac·tious, adjective 
un·frac·tious·ly, adverb 
un·frac·tious·ness, noun

Question 7

Incarnadine

Answer 7

—adjective

1) blood-red.

Question 8

Indolent

Answer 8

—adjective

1) slothful: an indolent person.

—Related forms

in·do·lent·ly, adverb

Question 9

Jocular

Answer 9

—adjective

1) jestful: jocular remarks about opera stars.

—Related forms

joc·u·lar·ly, adverb 
o·ver·joc·u·lar, adjective 
o·ver·joc·u·lar·ly, adverb 
sem·i·joc·u·lar, adjective 
sem·i·joc·u·lar·ly, adverb

Question 10

Masticate

Answer 10

—verb

1) to grind.

—Related forms

mas·ti·ca·ble [mas-ti-kuh-buh l] , adjective
mas·ti·ca·tion, noun
mas·ti·ca·tor, noun
half-mas·ti·cat·ed, adjective
re·mas·ti·cate, verb, re·mas·ti·cat·ed, re·mas·ti·cat·ing.
re·mas·ti·ca·tion, noun
un·mas·ti·cat·ed, adjective

Question 11

Mendicant

Answer 11

—adjective

1) beggar.

—Related forms

non·men·di·cant, adjective

Question 12

Occlude

Answer 12

—verb

1) to block

—Related forms

oc·clud·ent, adjective
un·oc·clud·ed, adjective

Question 13

Pastiche

Answer 13

—noun

1) a work that imitates other works.

Question 14

Phlegmatic

Answer 14

—adjective

1) apathetic.

—Related forms

phleg·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb 
phleg·mat·i·cal·ness, phleg·mat·ic·ness, noun 
un·phleg·mat·ic, adjective 
un·phleg·mat·i·cal, adjective 
un·phleg·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Question 15

Prescient

Answer 15

—adjective

1) having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.

—Related forms

pre·scient·ly, adverb 
non·pre·sci·ent, adjective 
non·pre·sci·ent·ly, adverb 
un·pre·scient, adjective 
un·pre·scient·ly, adverb

Question 16

Replete

Answer 16

—adjective

1) abundantly supplied: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.

—Related forms

re·plete·ly, adverb 
re·plete·ness, noun 
re·ple·tive, adjective 
re·ple·tive·ly, adverb 
un·re·plete, adjective 
un·re·plete·ness, noun

Question 17

Sinecure

Answer 17

—noun

1) an easy well-paying job.

—Related forms

si·ne·cure·ship, noun
si·ne·cur·ism, noun
si·ne·cur·ist, noun

Question 18

Sinuous

Answer 18

—adjective

1) curvaceous: a sinuous path.

—Related forms

sin·u·ous·ly, adverb 
sin·u·ous·ness, noun 
sub·sin·u·ous, adjective 
un·sin·u·ous, adjective 
un·sin·u·ous·ly, adverb 
un·sin·u·ous·ness, noun

Question 19

Torrid

Answer 19

—adjective

1) hot or passionate: a torrid love story.

—Related forms

tor·rid·i·ty, tor·rid·ness, noun 
tor·rid·ly, adverb 
hy·per·tor·rid, adjective 
hy·per·tor·rid·ly, adverb 
hy·per·tor·rid·ness, noun 
un·tor·rid, adjective 
un·tor·rid·ly, adverb 
un·tor·rid·ness, noun 
un·tor·rid·i·ty, noun