Vocab List 3

Question 1

Alleviate

Answer 1

V- to reduce the pain or trouble of (something): to make (something) less painful, difficult, or severe

Question 2

Abate

Answer 2

V- to become weaker: to decrease in strength

Question 3

Adduce

Answer 3

V- to mention or provide (something, such as a fact or example) as evidence or proof to support an argument

Question 4

Asunder

Answer 4

Adj/Adverb- into parts: apart from each other in position

Question 5

Brusque

Answer 5

Adj- talking or behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly way

Question 6

Behooves

Answer 6

V- to be necessary or proper for (someone)

Question 7

Circuitous

Answer 7

Adj- not straight, short, and direct: not said or done simply or clearly

Question 8

Coalesce

Answer 8

V- to grow together

Question 9

Corpulent

Answer 9

Adj- having a large bulky body: obese

Question 10

Demeanor

Answer 10

N- a person’s appearance and behavior: the way someone seems to be to other people

Question 11

Discursive

Answer 11

Adj- talking or writing about many different things in a way that is not highly organized

Question 12

Eloquence

Answer 12

N- the ability to speak or write well and in an effective way

Question 13

Egress

Answer 13

N- a way to get out of a place or the act of leaving a place

Question 14

Ethereal

Answer 14

Adj- in heaven: resembling heaven: seeming to belong to another world: very delicate

Question 15

Fallacious

Answer 15

Adj- containing a mistake: not true or accurate

Question 16

Filial

Answer 16

Adj- of or relating to a son or daughter: appropriate for a son or daughter

Question 17

Galvanize

Answer 17

V- to cause (people) to become so excited or concerned about an issue, idea, etc., that they want to do something about it: to cause (a force that is capable of causing change) to become active: to cover (steel or iron) with a a layer of zinc to prevent it from rusting

Question 18

Hermitage

Answer 18

N- a place where a hermit lives: a house or building that is far away from other houses, buildings, or people

Question 19

Illusory

Answer 19

Adj- based on something that is not true or real: based on an illusion

Question 20

Manifest

Answer 20

Adj- able to be seen: clearly shown or visible: easy to understand or recognize

Question 21

Pacifist

Answer 21

Adj- of, relating to, or characteristic of pacifism or pacifists: strongly and actively opposed to conflict and especially war

Question 22

Trite

Answer 22

Adj- not interesting or effective because of being used too often: not fresh or original