Vocab 1,741 - 1,760

Question 1

Ascertain

Answer 1

– verb

1) to determine: to ascertain the facts.

Question 2

Flabbergast

Answer 2

– verb

1) to overcome with surprise/bewilderment.

Question 3

Consonance

Answer 3

noun

1) accord/agreement/harmony: I would never say or do anything not in consonance with her standards.

Question 4

Milquetoast

Answer 4

– noun / adjective

1) a very timid/unassertive/spineless person: a milquetoast who’s afraid to ask for a raise.

Question 5

Peaceable

Answer 5

– adjective

1) peaceful; tranquil: a peaceable person; a peaceable disposition.

Question 6

Pantheon

Answer 6

– noun

1) the place of the heroes or idols of any group or the heroes or idols themselves: to earn a place in the pantheon of American literature.

Question 7

Would that _____ / Would that it were _____

Answer 7

– subjunctive expression

1) I wish that:

Would that it were so simple.

Would that she were still alive.

Would that I were able to help you.

Question 8

Criminogenic

Answer 8

– adjective

1) producing/tending to produce crime/criminals: a criminogenic environment.

Question 9

Discriminative

Answer 9

– adjective

1) making fine distinctions; discerning; having or showing good judgment: the restaurant attracts discriminative customers.

Question 10

Dais

Answer 10

– noun

1) a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.

Question 11

Despoliation

Answer 11

– noun

1) the act of plundering.

Question 12

Extrapolation

Answer 12

– noun

1) an act of inferring an unknown from something that is known.

Question 13

MacGyver

Answer 13

– verb

1) to make or repair an object in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand: He MacGyvered a makeshift jack with a log.

Question 14

Irretrievable

Answer 14

– adjective

1) not capable of being retrieved / irrecoverable.

Question 15

Intertwine

Answer 15

– verb

1) to twine together.

Related forms

• • intertwinement, noun
• • intertwiningly, adverb

Question 16

Circumscribed

Answer 16

– verb

1) to draw a line around: to circumscribe a city on a map.
2) to enclose within bounds / limit / confine: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.

Question 17

Dissimulate

Answer 17

– verb

1) to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one’s true feelings about a rival.

Question 18

Pursuant

Answer 18

– adverb

1) according to: to do something pursuant to an agreement.

Question 19

Apologia (A-poh-loh-gia)

Answer 19

– noun

1) an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.: Their reaction seemed almost instinctive and it echoed the GOP apologia for Romney.

Question 20

Injunction

Answer 20

– noun

1) a command/order/admonition: the injunction to baptize is attributed to Jesus.