Vocab 741 - 760

Question 1

Ponderous

Answer 1

— adjective

1) of great weight; heavy; massive: He carried a ponderous burden on his back.

— Related forms

ponderously, adverb
ponderousness, ponderosity, noun
nonponderosity, noun
nonponderous, adjective
nonponderously, adverb

Question 2

Nihilism

Answer 2

— noun

1) anarchy and absolute destructiveness toward the world: the power-mad nihilism that marked Hitler’s last years.

— Related forms

nihilist, noun, adjective
nihilistic, adjective
antinihilism, noun
antinihilist, noun, adjective
nonnihilism, noun

Question 3

Interloper

Answer 3

—noun

1) a meddlesome person: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.

Question 4

Pratfall

Answer 4

—noun

1) a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, a humiliating blunder or defeat.

Question 5

Scaramouch

Answer 5

—noun

1) a rascal or a scamp

Question 6

Diminutive

Answer 6

— adjective

1) small; little; tiny:

— Related forms

diminutively, adverb
diminutiveness, noun

Question 7

Bellicose

Answer 7

—adjective

1) aggressively hostile or eager to fight.

—Related forms

bel·li·cose·ly, adverb
bel·li·cos·i·ty , bel·li·cose·ness, noun
un·bel·li·cose, adjective

Question 8

Lorn

Answer 8

—adjective

1) forsaken, or forlorn.

Question 9

Mandate

Answer 9

— noun

1) a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.

— Related forms Expand

unmandated, adjective

Question 10

Irrevocable

Answer 10

—adjective

1) unalterable: an irrevocable decree.

—Related forms

ir·rev·o·ca·bil·i·ty, ir·rev·o·ca·ble·ness, noun 
ir·rev·o·ca·bly, adverb 
non·ir·rev·o·ca·bil·i·ty, noun 
non·ir·rev·o·ca·ble, adjective 
non·ir·rev·o·ca·ble·ness, noun 
non·ir·rev·o·ca·bly, adverb

Question 11

Ad Hoc

Answer 11

—adjective

1) pertaining to a specific subject, purpose, or end: The ad hoc committee disbanded after making its final report.

Question 12

Exhort

Answer 12

—verb

1) to urge, advise or caution strongly

—Related forms

ex·hort·er, noun
ex·hort·ing·ly, adverb
un·ex·hort·ed, adjective

Question 13

Recursive

Answer 13

—adjective

1) pertaining to something repeatable: Recursive processes.

—Related forms

re·cur·sive·ly, adverb
re·cur·sive·ness, noun

Question 14

Incontrovertible

Answer 14

—adjective

1) indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.

—Related forms

in·con·tro·vert·i·bil·i·ty, in·con·tro·vert·i·ble·ness, noun
in·con·tro·vert·i·bly, adverb

Question 15

Controvert

Answer 15

—verb

1) to argue against or dispute

—Related forms

con·tro·vert·er, con·tro·vert·ist, noun 
con·tro·vert·i·ble, adjective 
con·tro·vert·i·bly, adverb 
un·con·tro·vert·ed, adjective 
un·con·tro·vert·ed·ly, adverb 
un·con·tro·vert·i·ble, adjective 
un·con·tro·vert·i·bly, adverb

Question 16

Agitable

Answer 16

— adjective

1) Easily irritated.

Question 17

Intrepid

Answer 17

— adjective

1) resolutely fearless: an intrepid explorer.

—Related forms

intrepidity, intrepidness, noun
intrepidly, adverb

Question 18

Incantation

Answer 18

— noun

1) the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.

Question 19

Entendre

Answer 19

—noun

1) a double meaning, especially when one meaning is risqué.

Question 20

Hebdomadal

Answer 20

—adjective

1) weekly: hebdomadal meetings.

—Related forms

heb·dom·a·dal·ly, adverb