General vocabulary and latin words

Question 1

Clique

Answer 1

a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
especially : one held together by common interests, views, or purposes

A small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them.

Question 2

Maladroit

Answer 2

Ineffective or bungling; clumsy

Question 3

Susurration

Answer 3

A whispering sound : MURMUR

Question 4

UAP

Answer 4

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. This may or may not replace the word UFO.

Question 5

Cerebral

Answer 5

1 a : of or relating to the brain or intellect
b : Of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum

2 a : Appealing to intellectual appreciation
b : Primarily intellectual in nature

Question 6

Cerebrate

Answer 6

To use the mind : Think

Question 7

Accentuate

Answer 7

to make (something) more prominent or noticeable.
Also: Intensify

Question 8

Luminary
Plural: Luminaries

Answer 8

1 : a person of prominence or brilliant achievement.
2: A body that gives light
Especially: one of the celestial bodies.

Question 9

What is one definition of Serenade

Answer 9

1 A complimentary vocal or instrumental performance.

Especially: one given outdoors at night for a woman being courted

Question 10

Colloquy

Answer 10

1 Conversation, dialogue
2 A high level serious discussion

Question 11

Convivial

Answer 11

Relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking and good company.

Question 12

Preeminent (Adjective)

Answer 12

Having paramount rank, dignity, or importance

Question 13

What adjective means “having or providing nothing to spare beyond basic necessities”?

Answer 13

Hand to mouth

Question 14

What adjective means “Excessively scanty : INADEQUATE”?

Answer 14

Exiguous

Question 15

To praise highly

Answer 15

Extol

Question 16

What does circumscribe mean?

Answer 16

1 a) To constrict the range or activity of definitively and clearly
b) To define or mark off carefully
2 a) To draw a line around
b) To surround by or as if by a boundary
3 To construct or be constructed around (a geometrical figure) so as to touch as many points as possible

Question 17

What has come to be the term used by employers and workers to describe: a working arrangement that keeps one tied to regular work without the benefits and other arrangements typically associated with full-time regular employment.

Answer 17

Permalance

Question 18

What word means: “Resembling the blue of the sky”?

Answer 18

Cerulean

Question 19

What Latin word means: “Before, preceding”?

Answer 19

Ante

Question 20

What Latin word means : “To write or draw”?

Answer 20

Scribere

Question 21

What does the latin word “Sequi” mean?

Answer 21

“To follow”

Question 22

Aberrant(Adjective)
Aberrance(Noun)

Answer 22

1: Deviating from the usual or natural type : Atypical, abnormal
2: Straying from the right or normal way

Question 23

Apposite

Answer 23

Highly pertinent or appropriate : apt

Question 24

Maudlin

Answer 24

1. Drunk enough to be emotionally silly
2. Weakly and effusively sentimental

Question 25

Condone

Answer 25

To regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless.

Question 26

Celibacy

Answer 26

1. The state of not being married 2. a: Abstention from sexual intercourse b: Abstention by vow from marriage

Question 27

What does "vilify" mean?

Answer 27

To express an opinion publicly in a way that intends to embarrass a person or ruin his or her reputation.

Question 28

Rarefied

Answer 28

1. Being less dense 2. Of, relating to, or interesting to a select group : esoteric 3. Very high

Question 29

Enumerate

Answer 29

1. To ascertain the number of : count 2. To specify one after another : list

Question 30

1. a. Disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : COMMOTION b. Turbulent uprising : RIOT

Answer 30

Tumult

Question 31

What word is: "relating to or comprising a set of three related people or things"?

Answer 31

Triadic