English: Vocabulary List #1

Question 1

Staunch

Answer 1

prevent the flow of liquid, firm or steadfast

Question 2

Promiscuous

Answer 2

characterized by indiscriminate mingling, haphazard

Question 3

Freemasonry

Answer 3

fellowship, fundamental bond

Question 4

Peroration

Answer 4

long speech characterized by lofty, often pompous language

Question 5

Ramify

Answer 5

divide or spread out into branches or parts, to become complex

Question 6

Peripatetic

Answer 6

walking or traveling about, wandering

Question 7

Propriety

Answer 7

conformity to good manners, appropriateness to the purpose

Question 8

Caprice

Answer 8

a sudden, unpredictable change, whim

Question 9

Alembic

Answer 9

anything that transforms, purifies or refines

Question 10

Enervated

Answer 10

without vigor, force or strength

Question 11

supererogatory

Answer 11

going beyond the requirments of duty

Question 12

Phlegmatic

Answer 12

sluggish, uninterested, dull

Question 13

Chicanery

Answer 13

trickery or deception

Question 14

Pugilist

Answer 14

a person who fights with fists

Question 15

impunity

Answer 15

freedom from punishment

Question 16

injudicious

Answer 16

showing lack of judgement, unwise, indiscreet

Question 17

anomaly

Answer 17

devation from the common rule

Question 18

Pedantic

Answer 18

ostentatious in ones learning, overly concerned with minute details in teaching

Question 19

trepidation

Answer 19

fear or alarm, trembling

Question 20

pottage

Answer 20

a thick soup made of vegetables