Vocab List 9

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

Adj- of or relating to art or beauty

Question 2

Antipathy

Answer 2

N- settled aversion or dislike: an object of aversion

Question 3

Anlage

Answer 3

N- the foundation of a subsequent development

Question 4

Bastion

Answer 4

N- a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions.

Question 5

Beseech

Answer 5

V- to beg (someone) for something : to ask (someone) in a serious and emotional way to do something

Question 6

Belie

Answer 6

V- to give a false idea of (something): to show (something) to be false or wrong

Question 7

Caprice

Answer 7

N- a sudden change; especially : a sudden change in someone’s mood or behavior

Question 8

Chaste

Answer 8

Adj- not having sex :morally pure or decent :not sinful : simple or plain

Question 9

Contemn

Answer 9

V- to view or treat with contempt : scorn

Question 10

Demise

Answer 10

N- death or decease: termination of existence or operation

Question 11

Dilatory

Answer 11

Adj- causing a delay : tending to be late : slow to do something

Question 12

Efface

Answer 12

V- to cause (something) to fade or disappear

Question 13

Enigmatic

Answer 13

Adj- full of mystery and difficult to understand

Question 14

Encumbrance

Answer 14

N- something that encumbers : impediment, burden : a claim (as a mortgage) against property

Question 15

Fortuitous

Answer 15

Adj- happening by chance : having or showing good luck

Question 16

Grovel

Answer 16

V- to kneel, lie, or crawl on the ground : to treat someone with too much respect or fear in a way that shows weakness in order to be forgiven or to gain approval or favor

Question 17

Hierachy

Answer 17

N- a group that controls an organization and is divided into different levels : a system in which people or things are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status

Question 18

Ken

Answer 18

N- one’s range of knowledge or sight.

Question 19

Loquacious

Answer 19

Adj- liking to talk and talking smoothly and easily

Question 20

Mire

Answer 20

N- thick and deep mud

Question 21

Peerless

Answer 21

Adj- having no equal : better than all others

Question 22

Unorthodox

Answer 22

Adj- different from what is usually done or accepted