Vocab 4-5

Question 1

anomaly

Answer 1

derivation from what is normal/expected

Question 2

apathy

Answer 2

lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Question 3

appall

Answer 3

to fill w/ intense horror/fear/dismay

Question 4

apprehend

Answer 4

to arrest or take into custody
to perceive or understand the meaning of
to look forward to w/ fear/anxiety

Question 5

arbitrary

Answer 5

subject to/determined by one’s judgement; random

Question 6

arbitrate

Answer 6

to act as an impartial judge is a dispute

to settle

Question 7

array

Answer 7

to line up; to dress up

imposing grouping, rich/pretty attire

Question 8

articulate

Answer 8

to pronounce distinctly/express well w/ words

Question 9

askew

Answer 9

out of line/position

disapprovingly, scornfully

Question 10

assimilate

Answer 10

to absorb fully/make one’s own

to adapt fully/make like

Question 11

astute

Answer 11

keen of mind and judgement, cunning

Question 12

asylum

Answer 12

an institution that cares for mentally unbalanced/aged/homeless people
any place offering protection/security
protection against a legal/social penalty

Question 13

atone

Answer 13

to make up for/repent

Question 14

atrocity

Answer 14

savagely cruel/brutal/inhuman deed, monstrosity

Question 15

atrophy

Answer 15

n: a failure to develop normally; wasting away or decile
v: to waste away

Question 16

attrition

Answer 16

gradual wearing down/weakening of resistance resulting from constant pressure
gradual (often natural) decrease in size/strength/number

Question 17

augment

Answer 17

to make greater, to become greater

Question 18

augur

Answer 18

n: someone who can forecast future
v: to predict/foretell future

Question 19

austere

Answer 19

rigidly severe; severely simple/bare

Question 20

authentic

Answer 20

genuine, trustworthy