Vocab 881 - 900

Question 1

Tenebrific

Answer 1

– adjective

1) producing darkness.

Question 2

Belie

Answer 2

– verb

1) to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts

Question 3

Ballast

Answer 3

– noun

1) anything that gives stability or steadiness: the ballast of a steady income.

Question 4

Nomenclature

Answer 4

– noun

1) the names or terms comprising a set or system.

Question 5

Enumeration

Answer 5

– noun

1) a catalog or list.

Question 6

Tantamount

Answer 6

– adjective

1) equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.

Question 7

Harridan

Answer 7

– noun

1) a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.

Question 8

Collywobbles

Answer 8

– noun

1) a feeling of fear, apprehension, or nervousness.

Question 9

Dysphemism

Answer 9

– noun

1) the substitution of a harsh/disparaging/unpleasant expression for a more neutral one.

Question 10

Intenerate

Answer 10

– verb

1) to soften.

Question 11

Momism

Answer 11

– noun

1) excessive adulation/dependence of the mother.

Question 12

Magniloquent

Answer 12

– adjective

1) speaking in a lofty/grandiose/pompous style.

Question 13

Circumvolve

Answer 13

– verb

1) to revolve.

Question 14

Eyesome

Answer 14

– adjective

1) pleasant to look at.

Question 15

Sastruga

Answer 15

– noun (plural sastrugi)

1) Ridges of snow formed by the action of the wind.

Question 16

Ad hockery

Answer 16

– noun

1) reliance on temporary solutions rather than consistent, long-term plans.

Question 17

Inutile

Answer 17

– adjective

1) of no use or service.

Question 18

Demassify

Answer 18

– verb

1) to break into elements that appeal to individual tastes/interests: to demassify the magazine industry into special-interest periodicals.

Question 19

Amain

Answer 19

– adverb

1) with full force/full speed/hastily.

Question 20

Beamish

Answer 20

– adjective

1) bright/cheerful/optimistic.