Vocab 1,241 - 1,260

Question 1

Impanel

Answer 1

– verb

1) enlist or enroll: several of her friends have been impaneled to help.

Question 2

Ad nauseam

Answer 2

– adverb

1) referring to something that has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome: the inherent risks of nuclear power have been debated ad nauseam.

Question 3

Gilt-edged

Answer 3

– adjective

1) having the best quality or rating.

Question 4

Acquiline

Answer 4

– adjective

1) like an like an eagle.
2) hooked / curved like an eagle’s beak.

Question 5

Quandary

Answer 5

– noun

1) a difficult situation / state of perplexity: Kate is in a quandary.

Question 6

Louche

Answer 6

– adjective

1) disreputable or sordid in an appealing way: the louche world of the theater.

Question 7

Prediliction

Answer 7

– noun

1) a preference or bias in favor of something: a predilection for Asian food.

Question 8

Conundrum

Answer 8

– noun

1) a confusing/difficult problem/question: they found themselves in yet another conundrum.

Question 9

Locus classicus (loh-koos klahs-si-koos)

Answer 9

– noun | (pl) loci classici (ˈklæsɪˌsaɪ)

1) an authoritative and often quoted passage from a standard work.

Question 10

Disaggregate

Answer 10

– verb

1) to break up or to separate something into its component parts: We need to disaggregate those figures & find out which accidents were at private crossings.

Question 11

Rakish

Answer 11

– adjective

1) having / displaying a dashing/confident/slightly disreputable quality/appearance: he had a rakish, debonair look.

Question 12

Debonair

Answer 12

– adjective

1) confident, stylish & charming (man).

Question 13

Shellacking

Answer 13

– noun

1) a very bad defeat: the team took a real shellacking last game.

Question 14

Luxuriate

Answer 14

– verb

1) enjoy oneself in a luxurious way: she was luxuriating in a long bath.

Question 15

Laissez-faire

Answer 15

– noun

1) policy / attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering: laissez-faire capitalism.

Question 16

False economy

Answer 16

– noun

1) an action that saves money at first, but results in more money being lost than saved over time.

Question 17

Outré (oo-tray)

Answer 17

– adjective

1) unusual and startling: before it was considered outré, today it’s common.

Question 18

Orthodox

Answer 18

– adjective

1) strictly conforming to what is generally/traditionally accepted: they avoided orthodox jazz venues.

Related forms

– Unorthodox, adjective

Question 19

Needn’t

Answer 19

1) need not.

Question 20

Hector

Answer 20

– verb

1) to bully / torment: The teacher hectored his students incessantly.