Vocab 1,621 - 1,640

Question 1

Engender

Answer 1

– verb

1) to produce/cause/give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.

Question 2

Exuberant

Answer 2

– adjective

1) effusively/uninhibitedly enthusiastic or lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.

Question 3

Benedictive

Answer 3

– adjective

1) relating to a blessing.

Question 4

Ancillary

Answer 4

– adjective

1) something serving in an assistant capacity: The Slides are an ancilliary to be used with the basic textbook.

Question 5

Herculean

Answer 5

– adjective

1) very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task.

Question 6

Cull

Answer 6

– verb

1) to collect; gather.

Question 7

Privation

Answer 7

– noun

1) lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.

Question 8

Interpose

Answer 8

– verb

1) to place between or intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.

Question 9

Curriculum Vitae or Curricula Vitae (pl)

Answer 9

– noun

1) an outline of a person’s educational and professional history, usually prepared for job applications.

Question 10

Untoward

Answer 10

– adjective

1) improper/unfavorable/unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.

Question 11

Inadvertent

Answer 11

– adjective

1) unintentional: an inadvertent insult.

Question 12

Remark

Answer 12

– verb

1) to say casually: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.

Question 13

Advertent

Answer 13

– adjective

1) attentive; heedful.

Question 14

Inducement

Answer 14

– noun

1) something that influences some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.

Question 15

Pusillanimity

Answer 15

– noun

1) the state or condition of being timid or cowardly.

Question 16

Faustian

Answer 16

– adjective

1) sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain: a Faustian pact with the Devil.

Question 17

Meander

Answer 17

– verb

1) to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.

Question 18

Magnum Opus

Answer 18

– noun

1) a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust’s magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.

Question 19

Relinquish

Answer 19

– verb

1) to renounce or surrender: to relinquish the throne.

Question 20

Logicize

Answer 20

– verb

1) to make logical /give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.