Chapter 1.3 Vocabulary

Question 1

Impeccable

Answer 1

Adj

W/o mistakes or faults; perfect

Impeccable manners/state

Adverb
She was impeccably dressed

Question 2

Mischievous

Answer 2

Adj

1. Of a behavior slightly annoying or slightly bad esp in a playful way or someone’s appearance looking likely to do sth bad.

As fiercely as one of his mischievous fastballs.

Punished for their mischievous tricks on neighbor.

Question 3

Indecisive

Answer 3

Adj

1. Not good at making decisions.

He’s widely thought to be an indecisive leader.

2. Not having a clear meaning or producing a decision.

His admiration for Stevenson’s qualities of mind prevented him from realizing that such an indecisive spinner of liberal abstractions was never going to lead the democrats back to victory.

Question 4

Rendezvous

Answer 4

Noun

1. A meeting at a particular place and time
2. A rendezvous is also a particular place where people often meet.

While the slow burn crisis between North Korea and the US seems to be tapering off, the theee carriers could conceivably rendezvous for a strike with a week or two weeks’ notice.

I was delightes to witness a rendezvous of about 60 cavers.

Question 5

Pompous

Answer 5

Adj

1. Feeling or showing that you think you’re better or more important than other people.

I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated.

Noun.

The pomposity of New York society.

Question 6

Status Quo

Answer 6

Noun

1. The current situation/condition.

The relief will be cheered by banks and many global asset managers, which want to preserve the status quo in U.S. while complying with Europe’s new restrictions.

Question 7

Salvage

Answer 7

Verb

1. To save something valuable from damage, destruction or loss.

He’s trying to salvage his marriage.

Ironically, that department will have to pull of a bit of magic in order to salvage their reason or face the drop.

Noun

1. Property saved from destruction in a calamity.

The market includes stores like Mason&Painter that stocks industrial salvage containers artfully turned into plant pots.

Question 8

Omit

Answer 8

Verb

1. To fail to include or do sth.

Please don’t omit any details.

Noun

Parents are upset by the omission of music from the school’s courses.

Question 9

Immobile

Answer 9

Adj

1. Incapable of being moved.
2. Not moving; motionless.

The 24yr old Floridian fractured her food at the Rio Olympics and in January had surgery that left her mostly immobile for months.

Question 10

Feisty

Answer 10

Adj

1. Active, forceful and determined.

The novel features a feisty heroine.

Question 11

Coincide

Answer 11

Verb

1. To come together in position or happen at or near the same time.

Power failures coincided with the hottest weather.

Question 12

Antipathy

Answer 12

Noun

Strong dislike or opposition.

But democrats have learned the hard way that antipathy for Trump doesn’t automatically translate to votes–and if the resistance marchers don’t show up at the ballot box next year their protests won’t matter.

Question 13

Rigorous

Answer 13

Adj

Severe or difficult esp because at a high level.

Behrendt, whose job involves dealing with everything from contracts to newsroom re-orgs to sensitive personnel matters, is known for being tough and rigorous, leaving no stone unturned.

Question 14

Breach

Answer 14

Noun

1. An act of breaking a rule, law, custom or practice

In a breach of security, unauthorized people were able to board the plane.

2. An opening in a wall or fence or in a line of military defense.

River breached the dams.

That’s so your IT team can examine the source of the breach.

Question 15

Unsurpassed

Answer 15

Adj

1. Better than anyone or anything else.

His knowledge of the subject is unsurpassed.

VBT provides excellent travel experiences at an unsurpassed value.

Not everyone might disagree with Waters, but his creativity in crafting a memorable presentation rooted in theatricality is unsurpassed.

Question 16

Renown

Answer 16

Noun

1. The state of being famous

Her photographs have earned her international renown.

The region is renowned for its natural beauty.

The two were contemporaries of the baroque, but while the rich and famous Handel wrote for the paying public, Bach composed for the church and would find his greatest renown posthumously.

Question 17

Enshrine

Answer 17

Verb

To contain or keep in a place that is highly admired and respected.

Only eight basemen are enshrined in the baseball hall of fame.

Revelinf in the positive reviews, Trump appeared poised to pursue more bipartisan deals, including one to enshrine protections for DACA recipents.

Question 18

Deluded

Answer 18

Adj

Believing things that are not true or real.

These men and women are not protesting the elimination of southern culture and history but rather reacting to their own deluded notions that white people are losing control of our country.

Question 19

Profiling

Answer 19

Noun

The activity of collecting information about someone, esp a criminal, in order to give description of them.

About 200 patients with advanced cancer were given whatever their doctors thought best or off-label drugs based on tumor profiling.

Question 20

Gatekeeper

Answer 20

Noun

1. A person whose job is to open and close a gate and to prevent people entering without permission.
2. Someone who has the power to decide who gets particular resources and opportunities and who doesn’t.

Google rankings essentially decide what the public learns, acting as a de facto gatekeeper for the Internet.

The professors act as gatekeepers who determine which students are admitted into the competetive engineering program.

Question 21

Stash

Answer 21

Verb

To hide or store sth.

Agents frequently check culverts for bundles of marijuana, which are sometimes stashed for pickup by drug smugglers.

Noun

A secret store of sth.

The man grudgingly/aversely handed over a stash of notes.

Question 22

Constrain

Answer 22

Verb

To limit someone’s freedom or to limit the way something’s develops or grows.

Rising energy costs are constraining consumer and business spending.

The players were not constrained to the hotel, but UCLA officials made sure the players stayed in the hotel.

Question 23

Analogous

Answer 23

Noun

1. A comparison of the features or qualities of two different things to show their similarities.

He was explaining that the mind has no form and is invisible, and that a useful analogy is of the mind being like the sky.

While the White House has suffered from disorganization in some areas, the judicial nominee process has been relatively efficient and analogous to those in past adminstrations.

Question 24

Fumes

Answer 24

Plural Noun

1. Harmful or strong-smelling gases or smoke.

Firefighters and medical staff were brought in to investigate the cause of the fumes, but the problem couldn’t be fixed in time to let the summit go ahead.

Fume: verb

To be very angry, sometimes w/o expressing it.

Days after the argument, he was still fuming.

Question 25

Impetus

Answer 25

Noun 1. A force that encourages a particular action or makes it more energetic or effective. Often the impetus for change in education has had to come from outside the school establishment. The primary impetus in the race for quantum computers is the potential to upend industries.

Question 26

Sustained

Answer 26

Adj Continuing for a time. The team said Sunday an MRI revealed the sprain that Ball sustained in the 2nd quarter against portland on saturday night. In order to do this, blood pressure must be sustained at the same level throughout the entire system.

Question 27

Perpetual

Answer 27

Adj Continuing forever, or happening all the time. She resented his perpetual complaining about her cooking. She is perpetually late. But years of stoking a sense of perpetual outrage has created a new political dynamic that has given us Roy moore, a perfect stew of extremism, ignorance and intolerance.

Question 28

Apportion

Answer 28

Verb 1. To give or share sth among several people or things: How should medical care be funded and apportioned? An additional 176 seats are apportioned to the parties on that vote.

Question 29

Flout

Answer 29

Verb 1. To intentionally disobey a rule or law or to intentionally avoid behavior that is usual or expected. They think they can flout the law and get away with it. The bill takes aim at Trump's perceived penchant for flouting norms regarding conflicts of interest.

Question 30

Outspoken

Answer 30

Adj Of a person expressing strong opinions directly w/o worrying if other people will be upset by them: An outspoken critic of corruption. Celine dion's world tour earned her stripes as a fashion icon this year, thanks in part to her outspoken new stylist Law Roach.

Question 31

Precedent

Answer 31

Noun 1. A previous action, situation or decision that can be used as a reason or example for a similar action or decision at a later time. Conditions have changed enormously, and the past is not much of a precedent. Precedent indicated that a change would take place sooner rather than later. Opponents worry the approach could lead to discrimination and sets a bad precedent of giving away assets to private interests.

Question 32

Curtail

Answer 32

Verb To reduce or limit sth. Or to stop sth before it is finished. Last year, the economy contracted steeply due to wildfires in Western US that forced the shutdown or curtailment at energy-productiom plants. These students should probably think twice about calling for the curtailment of certain people's rights to speak and assemble freely.

Question 33

Rancour

Answer 33

Noun 1. A feeling of hate and continuing anger about sth in the past. They cheated me, but I feel no rancour towards them. A rancorous dispute. After all the accusations and rancor, the voters will finally have their say today in Alabama's contentious Senate race.

Question 34

Gangrene

Answer 34

Noun Decay of part of a person's body because the blood has stopped flowing there.

Question 35

Talisman

Answer 35

Noun An object typically an inscribed ring or stone that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck. Mauro Icardi has been Inter Milan's talisman as captain and striker in the last couple of seasons.

Question 36

Legacy

Answer 36

Noun 1. Sth that's a result of events in the past. 2. A legacy is also money or property left to a person by someone who has died. The 1959 cuban revolution and its legacy had a major influence on the life of the painter Rafael Soriano. She left us a legacy of a million dollars.

Question 37

Prominent

Answer 37

Adj 1. Very noticeable, important or famous She plays a prominent role in the organization. 2. Sticks out from a surface or can be seen easily. Despite his prominence, he was never able to make a living. Some of Latin America's most prominent political leaders have been accused of receiving bribes from Odebrecht, convicted in courts and sentenced to jail.

Question 38

Boast

Answer 38

Verb 1. To speak too proudly or show too much satisfaction about sth or someone connected w/ you. They are always boasting about how smart their children are. 2. To have or possess sth to be proud of. Musk responded to a boast from Boeing CEO who predicted that the first person to set foot on mars would arrive in a Boeing Rocket. Noun It was his proud boast that he had run over 20 marathons.

Question 39

Unblemished

Answer 39

Adj An unblemished reputation, character, etc has no faults and is not spoiled in any way. Only 2 other teams still have unblemished records. Warriors rattled off 22 pts in the final game to keep its league record unblemished. In richer countries, consumers expect their food to look so perfect that slightly blemished, though perfectly nutritious, fruit and vegetables never reach the supermarket.

Question 40

Menace

Answer 40

Noun Danger or someone or sth that is likely to cause harm. She could hear the menace in his voice. Verb A hurricane menaced the east coast yesterday. Adj A menacing gesture.

Question 41

Simpleton

Answer 41

Noun A person w/o the usual ability to use reason and understand. Stupid and silly people. Too often in books and popular culture, poor country people are portrayed as either ugly redneck caricatures or naive, good-natured simpletons.

Question 42

Savory

Answer 42

Adj 1. Savory food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste. They prepared an assortment of both sweet and savory foods. 2. Sth that is pleasant That hotel doesn't have a very savory reputation.

Question 43

Concede

Answer 43

Verb 1. To admit that sth is true or to allow sth. Officials concede that the plan isn't the best one 2. If you concede in a competition, you admit that you've lost. She conceded the election yesterday. 3. To grant as a right or previlege. The former ruler was forced to concede power to - new government.

Question 44

Wobble

Answer 44

Verb 1. To shake or move from side to side in a way that shows a lack of balance. The table wobbles because its legs are uneven.

Question 45

Cohort

Answer 45

Noun 1. A group of people who share a characteristic, usually age. This study followed up a cohort of 300 patients aged 65+ for 6mo. after their discharge home. 2. A group of people who support a particular person, usually a leader. The mayor and his cohorts have abused their positions of power.

Question 46

Poignant

Answer 46

Adj Causing a feeling of sadness The monument is a poignant reminder of those who died in the war.

Question 47

Abide

Answer 47

Verb Can't abide sb/sth 1. Dislike them very much He couldn't abide laziness 2. Live or stay somewhere He abided in the wilderness for 40days. 3. To accept w/o objection Will abide your decision.

Question 48

Remedy

Answer 48

Noun A substance or method for curing an illness or a way of dealing w/ a problem or difficulty. Most remedies contain heavily diluted drugs, vitamins and minerals. Verb We're working to remedy these shortcomings.

Question 49

Haven

Answer 49

Noun 1. A place of safety. The national park provides a safe haven for wildlife.

Question 50

Causal

Answer 50

Adj 1. A relationship, link, etc between 2 things in which one causes the other. Is there a causal relationship between violence on television and violent behaviour? Gentrification and police violence don't necessarily have a causal relationship.