Etymology Vocab

Question 1

Candor

Answer 1

(Noun) Honesty and fairness, unreserved brightness. (related to candle)

Question 2

Nemesis

Answer 2

the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall.

Question 3

Persistent

Answer 3

continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

Question 4

Archaic

Answer 4

(Adj) Primitive or ancient, now obsolete. (often used for language.)

Question 5

Ubiquitous

Answer 5

(Adj) Being everywhere, widespread.

Question 6

Indubitably

Answer 6

(Adverb) Correct without a doubt. (dubit is doubt)

Question 7

Anachronism

Answer 7

(Noun) Something chronologically out of order. (Chronos from time)

Question 8

Catastrophic

Answer 8

(Adj) Terrible damage or unluck.

Question 9

Perish

Answer 9

(Verb) To die in a gruesome manner.

Question 10

Promulgate

Answer 10

(Verb) To make known, to announce. (Mulg, like milk.)

Question 11

Ablate

Answer 11

(Verb) To remove or destroy with extreme heat or friction. (kind of like obliterate)

Question 12

Camaraderie

Answer 12

(Noun) Close friendship and trust, like a team. (Like comradery)

Question 13

Eclipse

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(Verb) To completely obscure or cover, to reduce the importance of by comparison.

Question 14

Abysmal

Answer 14

(Adj) Terrible, laughably bad. (Like abyss)

Question 15

Pragmatic n/a

Answer 15

not yet presented

Question 16

Prodigy

Answer 16

(Noun) A person with natural talents/ abilities, especially a young person.

Question 17

Sinister

Answer 17

(Adj) Something spooky or dangerous. (related to left)

Question 18

Bittersweet

Answer 18

(Adj) Painful or regretful

Question 19

Fabricate

Answer 19

(Verb) To manufacture or create

Question 20

Recalcitrant

Answer 20

(Adj) To resist authority or act in a rebellious attitude (calc is from heel)

Question 21

Ambiguity

Answer 21

(Noun) Quality of having multiple meanings or interpretations.

Question 22

Surly

Answer 22

(Adj) Hostile, unfriendly, bad tempered.

Question 23

Cappuccino

Answer 23

(Noun) A kind of coffee with espresso and milk. (From monks robes)

Question 24

Avoid

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(Verb) To stay away on purpose

Question 25

Synecdoche

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(Noun) A figure of speech in which a part represents a whole and vice versa.

Question 26

Cattywampus

Answer 26

(Adj) Not upright, lopsided and disorderly.

Question 27

Advantageous

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(Adj) Bringing of higher chance of success or benefit

Question 28

Galvanize

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(Verb) To stimulate with electric current or alloy of steel and zinc. (GSS&EFWV)

Question 29

Ameliorate

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(Verb) To improve something.

Question 30

Maverick

Answer 30

(Noun) Free spirited person who doesn't conform.

Question 31

Inconspicuous

Answer 31

(Adj) Not easily seen or noticed.