Group 8

Question 1

posit

Answer 1

v. assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument

Question 2

gainsay

Answer 2

v. deny, dispute

Question 3

wax

Answer 3

v. increase in extent, to grow/become

Question 4

broach

Answer 4

v. raise for discussion (sensitive or difficult subject)

Question 5

peruse

Answer 5

v. read thoroughly, casually

Question 6

prevaricate

Answer 6

v. speak or act in an evasive way [he seemed to ____ when journalists asked pointed questions]

Question 7

declaimer

Answer 7

v. speak/ write for oratorical effect, make formal speech

Question 8

aver

Answer 8

v. state/assert to be the case [he ___ed that he was innocent]

Question 9

prattle

Answer 9

v. talk at length in a foolish/inconsequential way [she began to __ on about her visit] n. [childish __]

Question 10

bloviate

Answer 10

v. talk at length, inflated and empty way

Question 11

cohere

Answer 11

v. unite; be logically consistent [__ with their beliefs]

Question 12

stentorian

Answer 12

adj. loud and powerful voice [a __ delivery]

Question 13

verge

Answer 13

n. brink [_ of tears] v. approach [despair __ing on suicidal]

Question 14

acrostic

Answer 14

n. composition in which letters in each line form a word or words

Question 15

semantics

Answer 15

n. interpretation of meaning of word or sentence [let’s not argue about __]

Question 16

engender

Answer 16

v. arouse, breed, bring about [I like to __ success in my students by providing them with resources ]

Question 17

limn

Answer 17

v. depict, describe in painting/words [her earlier works __ed violance]

Question 18

preternatural

Answer 18

ad. Beyond what is normal or natural; supernatural

Question 19

archetypal

Answer 19

ad. Classic, standard, stereotypical; paradigmatic

Question 20

sentient

Answer 20

adj. able to perceive things or feel things

Question 21

analogous

Answer 21

adj. comparable in certain aspects

Question 22

precipitous

Answer 22

adj. dangerously steep. (of a worsening situation) sudden and dramatic

Question 23

fateful

Answer 23

adj. decisive, significant, typically disastrous implications [a ___oversight]

Question 24

prodigious

Answer 24

adj. extraordinary in size, amount, degree // __ research grant

Question 25

persnickety

Answer 25

adj. fussy placing too much emphasis on minor details

Question 26

torrid

Answer 26

adj. hot

Question 27

unbridled

Answer 27

adj. released from restraint

Question 28

capacious

Answer 28

adj. roomy, spacious

Question 29

tangential

Answer 29

adj. slightly connected, digressing [__ remarks]

Question 30

peripatetic

Answer 30

adj. walking or travelling about, based in various places for short periods of time [ the __ nature of military life]

Question 31

chimerical

Answer 31

adj. wildly fanciful, imaginary

Question 32

paroxysm

Answer 32

n. a sudden intense expression of a particular emotion or activity [a __ of weeping/ anger]

Question 33

sojourn

Answer 33

n. a temporary stay

Question 34

legion

Answer 34

n. a vast host, multitude [these scientific errors were ___]

Question 35

jitney

Answer 35

n. bus, vehicle carrying passengers for low fare

Question 36

interstice

Answer 36

n. intervening space esp a very small one [current __itial position in the American discourse of race]; crevice, gap

Question 37

peregrination

Answer 37

n. journey

Question 38

ream

Answer 38

n. large quantity of smthg (__of paper); clear out or remove (material) from something

Question 39

surfeit

Answer 39

n. overflow, plethora [a ___ of drugs in the neighborhood]

Question 40

trajectory

Answer 40

n. path

Question 41

osmosis

Answer 41

n. process of gradual/ unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge

Question 42

augur

Answer 42

n. prophet; v. predict

Question 43

prerogatives

Answer 43

n. rights, privileges exclusive to group //its my __ to stop the bullshit

Question 44

deluge

Answer 44

n. sever flood, great quantity of smthg arriving at the same time [a ___ of funding]

Question 45

gamut

Answer 45

n. the complete range/scope of s [the whole __ of human emotion] ; scale

Question 46

catapulted

Answer 46

v. bombard, chuck

Question 47

relegate

Answer 47

v. consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position [you’re _____ed to a secondary position]

Question 48

extrapolate

Answer 48

v. estimate, infer from known information

Question 49

portend

Answer 49

v. foreshadow; predict; augur, indicate

Question 50

lumber

Answer 50

v. move in a slow heavy awkward way [he __ed away