Vocab 2,041 - 2,060

Question 1

Usurp

Answer 1

– verb

1) to seize and hold by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.

Question 2

Interpupillary distance

Answer 2

– noun

1) The space between the pupils.

Question 3

Stereopsis

Answer 3

– noun

1) stereoscopic vision; the ability to perceive depth.

Question 4

Stereoscopy

Answer 4

– noun

1) three-dimensional vision.

Question 5

Exposition

Answer 5

– noun

1) a large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products: an exposition of 19th-century paintings; an automobile exposition.
2) writing or speech primarily intended to explain in detail: The students prepared expositions on familiar essay topics.

Question 6

Plinth

Answer 6

– noun

1) a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
2) a square base or a lower block, as of a pedestal.

Question 7

Instructive

Answer 7

– adjective

1) serving to instruct or enlighten; conveying information

Related Forms

• • instructively, adverb
• • instructiveness, noun

Question 8

Whataboutery

Answer 8

– noun

1) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past

Question 9

Ensnare

Answer 9

– verb

1) to capture in, or involve as in: to be ensnared by lies; to ensnare birds.

Question 10

Shermanesque statement

Answer 10

– Idiom

1) a clear and direct statement by a potential candidate indicating that they will not run for a particular elected position: If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve.

Question 11

Reticle

Answer 11

– noun

1) The crosshairs such as in a Sniper Rifle used for aiming.

Question 12

Proprioception

Answer 12

– noun

1) awareness of the position of one’s body and body parts.

Question 13

Niggardly

Answer 13

– adjective

1) reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.

Question 14

Retribution

Answer 14

– noun

1) punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act: employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution.

Question 15

Ornery

Answer 15

– adjective

1) ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.

Question 16

Specular

Answer 16

– adjective

1) pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.

Question 17

Foveated imaging/rendering

Answer 17

– Technical Term

1) digital image processing technique in which the image resolution, is sharp in a focus region and then fades to less focused (similar to how the eye sees the world).

Question 18

Synesthesia

Answer 18

– noun

1) a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.

Question 19

Epitaph

Answer 19

– noun

1) a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.

Question 20

Qualms

Answer 20

– noun

1) an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.