Cumulative Vocab

Question 1

preamble

Answer 1

an introduction to a speech or piece of writing.

Question 2

render

Answer 2

to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract.

Question 3

despicable

Answer 3

worthy of scorn, contemptible.

Question 4

chide

Answer 4

to blame; scold.

Question 5

diminutive

Answer 5

small, smaller than most others of the same type.

Question 6

aspire

Answer 6

to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend.

Question 7

impair

Answer 7

to make imperfect, damage, harm

Question 8

adept

Answer 8

thoroughly skilled; an expert.

Question 9

exploit

Answer 9

to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; a feat, deed.

Question 10

extemporaneous

Answer 10

made or delivered on the spur of the moment.

Question 11

obtrusive

Answer 11

forward; undesirable prominent; thrust out.

Question 12

invincible

Answer 12

not able to be defeated, unbeatable.

Question 13

mire

Answer 13

mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck.

Question 14

languid

Answer 14

drooping; without energy, sluggish.

Question 15

emancipate

Answer 15

to free from slavery; to release or liberate.slipshod

Question 16

slipshod

Answer 16

untidy in dress, personal habits, etc,; careless, sloppy.

Question 17

skeptical

Answer 17

inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true.

Question 18

bleak

Answer 18

bare, dreary, dismal.

Question 19

rugged

Answer 19

rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy.

Question 20

erroneous

Answer 20

incorrect, containing mistakes.

Question 21

ameliorate

Answer 21

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Question 21

aplomb

Answer 21

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Question 22

bombastic

Answer 22

pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas.

Question 23

callow

Answer 23

without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

Question 24

drivel

Answer 24

saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense

Question 25

epitome

Answer 25

a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

Question 26

exhort

Answer 26

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question 27

ex officio

Answer 27

by virtue of holding a certain office

Question 28

infringe

Answer 28

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Question 29

ingratiate

Answer 29

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

Question 30

interloper

Answer 30

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

Question 31

intrinsic

Answer 31

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

Question 32

inveigh

Answer 32

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

Question 33

lassitude

Answer 33

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Question 34

millennium

Answer 34

a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

Question 35

occult

Answer 35

secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny, to hide, cover up; elci