Vocab 1,081 - 1,100

Question 1

Enceinte (in-saynt)

Answer 1

– adjective

1) pregnant.

Question 2

Corpulent

Answer 2

– adjective

1) fat

Question 3

Illumine

Answer 3

– verb

1) to illuminate.

Question 4

Paradigm

Answer 4

– noun

1) A model or framework: the company’s business paradigm.

Question 5

Personify

Answer 5

– verb

1) to embody a quality in a real person or thing: He personifies the ruthless ambition of some executives.

Question 6

Sloganeer

Answer 6

– verb / noun

1) To use or create slogans, especially in an effort to change public opinion.

Question 7

Apparition

Answer 7

– noun

1) a ghost; a specter or phantom: a ghostly apparition at midnight.

Question 8

Dispensation

Answer 8

– noun

1) exemption from a rule or usual requirement: although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play two matches.

Question 9

Rectilinear

Answer 9

– adjective

1) forming, characterized or moving in a straight line.

Question 10

Multitudinous

Answer 10

– adjective

1) very numerous.

Question 11

Non sequitur

Answer 11

– noun

1) a statement containing an illogical conclusion.

Question 12

Odious

Answer 12

– adjective

1) highly offensive, repugnant, disgusting or detestable.

Question 13

Pantomime

Answer 13

– noun

1) the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings by gestures without speech.

Question 14

Sophomoric

Answer 14

– adjective

1) intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited but immature: sophomoric questions.

Question 15

Avarice

Answer 15

– noun

1) insatiable greed for riches.

Related forms

Avaricious, Adjective

Question 16

Heterogenous

Answer 16

– adjective

1) diverse in character or content: a large and heterogeneous collection.

Question 17

Highfalutin

Answer 17

– adjective

1) pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.

Question 18

Castigate

Answer 18

– verb

1) to criticize or reprimand severely.

Question 19

Surreptitious

Answer 19

– adjective

1) obtained/done/made/etc. by stealth/secret/etc.: a surreptitious glance.

Question 20

Extrude

Answer 20

– verb

1) to thrust/force/press out: to extrude molten rock.