Honors English vocab final

Question 1

Adept

Answer 1

(adj) Thoroughly skilled; (n) expert

Question 2

Aspire

Answer 2

(v) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly, to ascend

Question 3

Bleak

Answer 3

(adj) bare, dreary, dismal

Question 4

Chide

Answer 4

(v) to blame, scold

Question 5

Despicable

Answer 5

(adj) worthy of scorn, contemptible

Question 6

Diminutive

Answer 6

(adj) small, smaller than more other of the same type

Question 7

Emancipate

Answer 7

(v) to free from slavery, to release or liberate

Question 8

Erroneous

Answer 8

(adj) incorrect, containing mistakes

Question 9

Exploit

Answer 9

(v) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n) a feat, deed

Question 10

Extemporaneous

Answer 10

(adj) made or delivered on the spur of the moment

Question 11

Impair

Answer 11

(v) to make imperfect, damage, harm

Question 12

Invincible

Answer 12

(adj) not able to be defeated, unbeatable

Question 13

Languid

Answer 13

(adj) drooping; without energy, sluggish

Question 14

Mire

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(n) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; (v) to get stuck

Question 15

Obtrusive

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(adj) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

Question 16

Preamble

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(n) An introduction to a speech or piece of writing

Question 17

Render

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

Question 18

Rugged

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(adj) rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy

Question 19

Skeptical

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(adj) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

Question 20

Slipshod

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(adj) untidy in dress, personal habits; careless, sloppy

Question 21

Brevity

Answer 21

(n) shortness

Question 22

Comport

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(v) to conduct oneself, behave; to be in agreement

Question 23

Concise

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(adj) expressing much in a few words

Question 24

Demure

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(adj) sober or serious in manner, modest

Question 25

Depreciation

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(n) a lessening in value, a belittling

Question 26

Deteriorate

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(v) to lower in quality or value, to wear away

Question 27

Divulge

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(v) to tell, reveal; to make public

Question 28

Enlightened

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(adj) Free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding

Question 29

Forestall

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(v) to prevent by acting first

Question 30

Garble

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(v) to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible

Question 31

Proponent

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(n) one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief

Question 32

Quaver

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(v) to shake, tremble; to trill

Question 33

Recoil

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(v) to spring back, shrink; (n) the act of springing back

Question 34

Recoup

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(v) to make up for, regain

Question 35

Reek

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(n) an unpleasant smell; (v) to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression

Question 36

Relentless

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(adj) unyielding, harsh, without pity

Question 37

Rivulet

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(n) a small stream

Question 38

Squander

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(v) to spend foolishly, waste

Question 39

Staccato

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(adj) detached or disconnected in sound or style

Question 40

Statute

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(n) a law

Question 41

Appreciable

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(adj) sufficient to be noticed or measured

Question 42

Autocratic

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(adj) absolute in power or authority

Question 43

Blanch

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(v) to remove the color from; to make or turn pale, or boil

Question 44

Blasphemy

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(n) an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred

Question 45

Brawny

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(adj) strong, muscular

Question 46

Concerted

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(adj) planned or performed in cooperation with others

Question 47

Contend

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(v) to fight; to compete; to argue

Question 48

Humane

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(adj) kind, merciful

Question 49

Illustrious

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(adj) very famous, distinguished

Question 50

Intolerable

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(adj) unbearable

Question 51

Irreverent

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(adj) disrespectful

Question 52

Laborious

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(adj) not easy, requiring hard work, hardworking

Question 53

Lithe

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(adj) bending easily, limber

Question 54

Maltreat

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(v) to abuse, use roughly or crudely

Question 55

Ponder

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(v) to consider carefully, reflect on

Question 56

Subversive

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(adj) intended to undermine or overthrow; (n) one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system

Question 57

Synthetic

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(adj) made or put together by people; (n) something artificial

Question 58

Temperate

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(adj) mild, moderate

Question 59

Venomous

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(adj) poisonous; spiteful, mean

Question 60

Wily

Answer 60

(adj) sly, shrewd, cunning