Vocab 3,081 - 4,000

Question 1

Acolyte

Answer 1

– noun

1) any attendant, assistant, or follower.

Question 2

Comme ci, comme ça

Answer 2

– French

1) so-so; neither good nor bad.

Question 3

Rapier

Answer 3

– noun

1) a small sword, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.

Question 4

Astound

Answer 4

– verb

1) to overwhelm with amazement / astonishment

Question 5

Pecuniary

Answer 5

– adjective

1) of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.

Question 6

Cannon fodder

Answer 6

– noun

1) soldiers who run the greatest risk of being wounded / killed in warfare.

Question 7

Fracas (Frey-Kuhs)

Answer 7

– noun

1) a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.

Question 8

Calamity

Answer 8

– noun

1) a great misfortune or disaster: the calamity of war.

Question 9

At variance

Answer 9

– Adjective

1) Differing / in a state of conflict

Question 10

Indicia

Answer 10

– noun

1) signs / indications / distinguishing marks: learned footnotes and other indicia of scholarship.

Question 11

Beclown

Answer 11

– verb

1) to make a fool of another or oneself.

Question 12

Regularize

Answer 12

– verb

1) to make regular.

Question 13

Stupefaction

Answer 13

– noun

1) a state of overwhelming amazement / being stupefied

Question 14

Boffin

Answer 14

– noun

1) an expert / specialist / authority: he had a reputation as a tax boffin and a learned lawyer.

Question 15

Archipelago

Answer 15

– noun

1) a large group / chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.

Question 16

Centripetal

Answer 16

– adjective

1) directed toward the center (opposed to centrifugal): operating by centripetal force.

Question 17

Centrifugal

Answer 17

– adjective

1) directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal): operated by centrifugal force.

Question 18

Ho-hum

Answer 18

– adjective

1) dull / boring / so-so: a ho-hum performance.

Question 19

Heterodoxy

Answer 19

– adjective

1) unorthodox / not in accordance with established / accepted opinions.

Question 20

Diluent

Answer 20

– adjective / noun

1) a diluting substance.