Vocab 13

Question 1

Aver

Answer 1

To declare or affirm with confidence

Question 2

Blatant

Answer 2

Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous; Intentionally obvious

Question 3

Broach

Answer 3

To mention or bring up for the first time

Question 4

Buttress

Answer 4

Any prop or support meant to support or make stronger; (v.) To support or make stronger

Question 5

Carousal

Answer 5

A noisy and usually drunken feast or merrymaking

Question 6

Collate

Answer 6

To arrange in sequence; To compare in order to agree or disagree

Question 7

Connoisseur

Answer 7

An expert who is qualified for critically judging matters of the fine arts or taste

Question 8

Disconsolate

Answer 8

Hopelessly sad and beyond being cheered up

Question 9

Encumber

Answer 9

To burden or weigh down; To block or hinder

Question 10

Foment

Answer 10

To stir up trouble or instigate rebellion

Question 11

Grisly

Answer 11

Causing horror, fear, fright

Question 12

Herculean

Answer 12

Requiring great strength, like that of Hercules

Question 13

Impassive

Answer 13

Without emotion or feeling

Question 14

Inauspicious

Answer 14

Not favorable or lucky

Question 15

Incontrovertible

Answer 15

Impossible to dispute or question

Question 16

Magniloquent

Answer 16

Speaking in lofty and grandiose speech

Question 17

Nonplussed

Answer 17

In a state of perplexity, confusion, or bewilderment

Question 18

Opportune

Answer 18

Happening at an appropriate time; Suitable for a particular purpose

Question 19

Predilection

Answer 19

A partiality or liking of something; A preference

Question 20

Prolific

Answer 20

Producing abundant offspring or fruit or works

Question 21

Rejoinder

Answer 21

An answer to a reply; A response

Question 22

Abet

Answer 22

To support or encourage a wrongdoing