Final English Vocab

Question 1

Dissect

Answer 1

Cut apart piece by piece for study; analyze closely

Question 2

Incisive

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Sharp; keen; penetrating

Question 3

Intersect

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Cut across each other; cross

Question 4

Bellicose

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Inclined to fight or quarrel; pugnacious; warlike

Question 5

Equivocate

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Be deliberately ambiguous; use misleading terms so as not to commit oneself

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Ingenuous

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Innocent and simple; artless; naive

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking in courage; cowardly; timid

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Congregate

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Gather into a crowd; assemble

Question 9

Exodus

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Going out; mass departure

Question 10

Labyrinth

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Place full of confusing interconnecting passageways and blind alleys; maze; anything extremely intricate and perplexing

Question 11

Obsolescent

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Going out of use; becoming obsolete

Question 12

Altruistic

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Unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others; unselfish

Question 13

Contrite

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Sorrowful for a misdeed that one has committed; deeply repentant

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Gregarious

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Seeking or enjoying the company of others; sociable

Question 15

Impetuous

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Acting suddenly without forethought; rash; impulsive

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Indolent

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Inclined to avoid work; lazy; idle

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Obstreperous

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Excessively noisy; boisterous; unruly

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Parsimonious

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Extremely frugal; miserly; stingy; cheep

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Sanguine

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Confidently optimistic; hopeful

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Skeptical

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Disbelieving; doubting; not easily convinced

Question 21

Vindictive

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Inclined to seek vengeance; unforgiving; spiteful

Question 22

Genuflect

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Bend the knee, as in reverence or worship; kneel

Question 23

Gustatory

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Having to do with the sense of taste or tasting

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Olfactory

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Concerned with the sense of smell

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Prone

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Lying face downward | Having a bent or inclination; predisposed

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Tactile

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Having to do with the sense of touch

Question 27

Hold a candle to

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Compare favorably with

Question 28

Hold water

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Remain sound, logical, or consistent; stand up

Question 29

Play the devil's advocate

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Uphold the wrong side of a cause for the sake of argument

Question 30

red herring

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Something used to distract attention from the real issue (from the practice of drawing a red herring across a trail to confuse hunting dogs)

Question 31

Roll out the red carpet

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Show impressive courtesy and ceremonial hospitality ( from the practice of rolling out a red carpet for arriving dignitaries to step on)

Question 32

Abstract

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Considered apart from material or specific instances; existing as a concept; not concrete

Question 33

Acronym

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Word formed from the first letter of letter of other words

Question 34

Articulate

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Capable of speech; able to express oneself effectively

Question 35

Cliche

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Overused expression; trite phase; platitude

Question 36

Diatribe

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Bitter spoken or written attack, angry criticism, denunciation

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Epithet

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Word or phrase used to negatively characterize a person or thing

Question 38

Maxim

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Concisely expressed statement of a general truth or rule of conduct; a proverbial saying

Question 39

Oxymoron

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Figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

Question 40

Palindrome

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Any word or phrase, or sentence that reads the same backwards as forwards

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Pejorative

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Having a derogatory meaning or effect; | Downgrading; disparaging

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Conciseness

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Brevity and compactness in expression resulting from the avoidance of needless words and unnecessary detail (Concise$

Question 43

Boycott

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Join with others to refuse or deal with

Question 44

Machiavellian

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Crafty; deceitful; cunning

Question 45

Odyssey

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Long, wandering journey

Question 46

Sadist

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Deriving pleasure by inflicting pain on others; deliberately cruel