Final Exam Vocab

Question 1

circumspect

Answer 1

(ADJ): wary and unwilling to take risks

Question 2

spasmodic

Answer 2

(ADJ): occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts

Question 3

adjourn

Answer 3

(V): to end or finish a meeting

Question 4

dissent

Answer 4

(N): disagreement
(V): to disagree

Question 5

fabricate

Answer 5

(V): to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

Question 6

hoodwink

Answer 6

(V): to mislead by a trick, deceive

Question 7

inanimate

Answer 7

(ADJ): not having life; without energy or spirit

Question 8

brazen

Answer 8

(ADJ): shameless, impudent; made of brass

Question 9

exodus

Answer 9

(N): a large-scale departure or flight

Question 10

atone

Answer 10

(V): to make up for

Question 11

ghastly

Answer 11

(ADJ): frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Question 12

meander

Answer 12

(V): to wander about
(N): a sharp turn or twist

Question 13

obstreperous

Answer 13

(ADJ): noisy; unruly, disorderly

Question 14

liability

Answer 14

(N): a debt; something disadvantageous

Question 15

pugnacious

Answer 15

(ADJ): quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Question 16

prognosis

Answer 16

(N): a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation

Question 17

render

Answer 17

(V): to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

Question 18

squander

Answer 18

(V): to spend foolishly, waste

Question 19

venomous

Answer 19

(ADJ): poisonous; spiteful, mean

Question 20

wily

Answer 20

(ADJ): sly, shrewd, cunning