ASP vocab

Question 1

abashed

Answer 1

feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self conscious

Question 2

accolade

Answer 2

tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

Question 3

aesthete

Answer 3

one who professes sensitivity to beauty, art and nature

Question 4

aphorism

Answer 4

a short pitchy instructive saying

Question 5

anarchy

Answer 5

state of lawlessness or disorder

Question 6

ambiguously

Answer 6

in an ambitious manner

Question 7

austerity

Answer 7

self denial, especially refraining from worldly pleasures

Question 8

automaton

Answer 8

mechanism that can move independently of external control

Question 9

bantam

Answer 9

various small breeds of fowl; very small

Question 10

blitzkrieg

Answer 10

a swift and violent military offense with intensive aerial bombardment; a quick and surprising war

Question 11

bolshevik

Answer 11

A Russian member of the left wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party

Question 12

cacophony

Answer 12

a loud, harsh, or strident noise, loud confusing disagreeable sound

Question 13

clodhopper

Answer 13

a thick and heavy shoe

Question 14

connive

Answer 14

orm intrigues in an underhand manner

Question 15

conspiratorial

Answer 15

relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators

Question 16

candid

Answer 16

openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness

Question 17

consternation

Answer 17

a fear resulting from awareness of danger

Question 18

contentious

Answer 18

inclines or showing an inclination to dispute of disagree, even to engage in law suits