AMFAS Vocb

Question 1

Perverse

Answer 1

intolerably abnormal and different; deviating from what is acceptable

Question 2

Profound

Answer 2

insightful; deeply thoughtful

Question 3

Deteriorating

Answer 3

decaying; falling apart; becoming disordered

Question 4

Devious

Answer 4

sly; deceptively tricky

Question 5

Discretion

Answer 5

the ablility to show wise caution in words and actions

Question 6

Dynasty

Answer 6

a powerful family of leaders who control a nation’s politics for some time

Question 7

Precendents

Answer 7

past actions that serve as a pattern for future actions

Question 8

Felicity

Answer 8

happiness

Question 9

Multitudinous

Answer 9

numerous

Question 10

Amicably

Answer 10

pleasantly

Question 11

Advocates

Answer 11

those who represent the interests of other persons

Question 12

Heretic

Answer 12

one whose belief are contrary to those of the established church

Question 13

Commodity

Answer 13

a thing of value; something that can be bought and sold the marketplace

Question 14

Impudence

Answer 14

rudeness

Question 15

Deprecating

Answer 15

disapproving

Question 16

Assert

Answer 16

to state forcefully or positively

Question 17

Licentious

Answer 17

immoral

Question 18

Ambiguous

Answer 18

unclear in meaning

Question 19

Repent

Answer 19

to turn away from sin

Question 20

Deplorable

Answer 20

dreadful and unacceptable; disgraceful

Question 21

Haven

Answer 21

a place of shelter and security

Question 22

Foreboding

Answer 22

feeling of doom; sense that something negative will occur in the future

Question 23

Libel

Answer 23

act of spreading false, misleading, harmful stories in print

Question 24

Prominent

Answer 24

conspicuous in position or importance

Question 25

Tactful

Answer 25

showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others

Question 26

Lamenting

Answer 26

mourning or expressing one's grief or sorrow

Question 27

Fastidious

Answer 27

concerned about accuracy and detail

Question 28

Temperate

Answer 28

showing self-restraint and moderation

Question 29

Tenuous

Answer 29

very weak or slight

Question 30

Vestige

Answer 30

a last trace of something that is disappearing or is already gone

Question 31

Impeccably

Answer 31

done flawlessly

Question 32

Corroborate

Answer 32

to confirm or give support to (like a theory, argument, or belief)

Question 33

Insolence

Answer 33

disrespectful, arrogant

Question 34

Enmity

Answer 34

hostility, hatred

Question 35

Dank

Answer 35

disagreeably damp, musty (and often cold); refers to places

Question 36

Perpetual

Answer 36

neverending

Question 37

Pragmatist

Answer 37

a practical person; one who acts to achieve a specific goal

Question 38

Notorious

Answer 38

infamous, disreputable, widely known for a bad reason

Question 39

Abstain

Answer 39

to hold oneself back voluntarily, usually from something improper

Question 40

Instigate

Answer 40

to cause by urging, provoking, or inciting a behavior or action