Vocab 1,661 - 1,680

Question 1

Preponderant

Answer 1

– adjective

1) superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.

Question 2

Theosophical

Answer 2

– noun

1) relating to philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.

Question 3

Supplicant

Answer 3

– noun

1) a parishioner or one who entreats humbly.

Question 4

Somnambulant

Answer 4

– adjective

1) walking or tending to walk while asleep: The fact that the Bush administration was strangely somnambulant about the al-Qaeda threat is puzzling.

Question 5

Aplomb

Answer 5

– noun

1) imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.

Question 6

Wax Eloquent

Answer 6

– idiom

1) to talk a lot in a way that expresses emotion or enthusiasm: He waxed eloquent on/about the pleasures of gardening.

Question 7

Delirium

Answer 7

– noun

1) an acutely disturbed state of mind.

Question 8

Cipher

Answer 8

– noun / verb

1) a secret or disguised way of writing; a code: he was writing cryptic notes in a cipher.

Question 9

Witticism

Answer 9

– noun

1) a witty remark or sentence.

Question 10

Stultify

Answer 10

– verb

1) to hamper, suppress or make ineffectual: Menial work can stultify the mind.

Question 11

Sturm und Drang (Shtuurm und Drahng)

Answer 11

– noun

1) tumult; turmoil; upheaval: In a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang, the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs

Question 12

Prodigious

Answer 12

– adjective

1) extraordinary in size/amount/extent/etc.: a prodigious research grant.

Question 13

Contravention

Answer 13

– noun

1) action counter to something.

Question 14

Bequest

Answer 14

– noun

1) a disposition in a will: A small bequest allowed her to live independently.

Question 15

Antiquated

Answer 15

– adjective

1) old-fashioned/obsolete: The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine.

Question 16

Besiege

Answer 16

– verb

1) to crowd around or surround: Vacationers besieged the travel office.

Question 17

Bereft

Answer 17

– adjective

1) deprived: He is bereft of all happiness.

Question 18

Henceforth

Answer 18

– adverb

1) from now on; from this point forward.

Question 19

Categorical

Answer 19

– adjective

1) without exceptions or conditions: a categorical denial.

Question 20

Obese

Answer 20

– adjective

1) very fat or overweight; corpulent.