ASP Vocab. 7-13

Question 1

Fratricide

Answer 1

(N) the act of murdering one’s own brother or sister

Question 2

Judiciously

Answer 2

(Adv) wisely; in a soundly judgmental manner

Question 3

Futility

Answer 3

(N) sense of purposelessness; fruitlessness

Question 4

Encumbrance

Answer 4

(N) something that burdens or weighs down; an impediment

Question 5

Bellicose

Answer 5

(Adj) inclined to start quarrels or warfare; belligerent

Question 6

Reprieve

Answer 6

(N) a break from; a pause; a pardon

Question 7

Emphatically

Answer 7

(Adv) forcefully; vigorously; ardently

Question 8

Disconcerting

Answer 8

(Adj) disturbing; unsettling

Question 9

Parry

Answer 9

(V) to ward off a weapon or blow

Question 10

Ambiguously

Answer 10

(Adv) doubtfully; uncertainly; obscurely

Question 11

Sanctity

Answer 11

(N) a holiness of life and character; and godliness

Question 12

Discernible

Answer 12

(Adj) detectable with the eyes or with the other senses; discriminating

Question 13

Pungent

Answer 13

(Adj) sharp or biting to the sense of taste or smell

Question 14

Abashed

Answer 14

(Adj) embarrassed; disconcerted

Question 15

Vagaries

Answer 15

(N) eccentric or unpredictable manifestations, actions, or notions

Question 16

Liaison

Answer 16

(N) a close bond or connection; an interrelationship

Question 17

Multifariously

Answer 17

(Adv) varyingly; diversely

Question 18

Cacophony

Answer 18

(N) harsh or discordant sound; dissonance

Question 19

Accolade

Answer 19

(N) a mark of acknowledgement; an award

Question 20

Holocaust

Answer 20

(N) a thorough destruction or devastation, especially the fire

Question 21

Austerity

Answer 21

(N) the quality or state of being stern and forbidding in appearance and manner; the quality of being somber or grave

Question 22

Foreboding

Answer 22

(N) an omen, prediction or presentiment especially of coming evil; a portent

Question 23

Furlough

Answer 23

(N) a leave of absence from duty granted especially to a soldier

Question 24

Imperceptibly

Answer 24

(Adv) slightly; gradually; subtly

Question 25

Preposterous

Answer 25

(Adj) contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd

Question 26

Latent

Answer 26

(Adj) dormant; quiescent

Question 27

Bane

Answer 27

(N) a person or thing that harms, spoils, or ruins

Question 28

Ruefully

Answer 28

(Adv) mournfully; regretfully

Question 29

Obstinate

Answer 29

(Adj) not easily subdued, remedied, removed

Question 30

Incongruity

Answer 30

(N) the state of being incompatible lack of harmony

Question 31

Irreconcilably

Answer 31

(Adv) inconsistently; inharmoniously; uncompromisingly

Question 32

Parody

Answer 32

(N) a feeble or ridiculous imitation

Question 33

Languid

Answer 33

(Adj) drooping from exhaustion; weak

Question 34

Precariously

Answer 34

(Adv) doubtfully; dangerously; insecurely

Question 35

Impinge

Answer 35

(V) to come into close contact with; encroach; infringe