Vocab List 5

Question 1

Abrogation

Answer 1

N: Abolish, away with, annul

Question 2

Alacrity

Answer 2

N: Cheerful willingness; eagerness

Question 3

Adventitious

Answer 3

Adj: Not inherent but added extrinsically (not part of something)

Question 4

Bigot

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N: One who is strongly partial to one’s own group and is intolerant of those who are different

Question 5

Cant

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N: Angular divination from a vertical or horizontal plane (incline or slope) N: Insincere speech with porous expressions

Question 6

Carping

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V: To find fault in a disagreeable way; complain fretfully

Question 7

Deciduous

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Adj: Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth

Question 8

Demagoguery

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N: The practices or rhetoric of a leader who obtains power by appeals to emotions and prejudices

Question 9

Esoteric

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Adj: Meant for or understood by only a specific group

Question 10

Exanimate

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Adj: Lacking animation: being or appearing lifeless

Question 11

Fastidious

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Adj: Possessing or displaying meticulous attention to detail

Question 12

Imposition

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N: The act of imposing or the condition of being imposed

Question 13

Inexorable

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Adj: Incapable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless

Question 14

Incisive

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Adj: Very clear and direct: able to explain difficult ideas clearly and confidently

Question 15

Ignoble

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Adj: Not deserving respect: not noble or honorable

Question 16

Latent

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Adj: Used to describe something (such as a disease) that exists but is not active or cannot be seen

Question 17

Pompous

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Adj: Having or showing the attitude of people who speak and behave in a very formal and serious way because they believe that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people

Question 18

Parochial

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Adj: Of or relating to a church parish and the area around it: limited to nay the things that affect your local area

Question 19

Prosaic

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Adj: Dull or ordinary

Question 20

Tedious

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Adj: Boring and too slow or long

Question 21

Transcend

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V- To rise above or go beyond the normal limits of (something)

Question 22

Vicarious

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Adj: Experienced or felt by watching, hearing about, or reading about someone else rather than by doing something yourself