Module 1 vocabulary

Question 1

concede

Answer 1

To acknowledge or admit (defeat)

Question 2

concur

Answer 2

Having the same tastes, habits, or temperament; sympathetic

Question 3

congenial

Answer 3

To be of the same opinion; agree

Question 4

conundrum

Answer 4

A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma

Question 5

convene

Answer 5

To cause to come together formally; convoke

Question 6

disbar

Answer 6

To prohibit (an attorney) from the practice of law by official action or procedure

Question 7

disconcerting

Answer 7

To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange

Question 8

disengaged

Answer 8

To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

Question 9

dishearten

Answer 9

To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit

Question 10

dispassionate

Answer 10

Not influenced by strong feelings or emotions; impartial

Question 11

disinclined

Answer 11

Unwilling or reluctant

Question 12

disseminate

Answer 12

To scatter widely, as in sowing seed

Question 13

epigram

Answer 13

A short, witty poem expressing. single thought or observation

Question 14

epigraph

Answer 14

An inscription, as on a statue or building
OR
A small quotation at the beginning of a literary work

Question 15

epithet

Answer 15

A term used to characterize a person or thing
OR
character description, attribute/a phase of contempt

Question 16

expatriate

Answer 16

To send into exile, to remove (oneself) from residence in one’s native land,
One who has taken up residence in a foreign country

Question 17

expound

Answer 17

To make known or set forth; present

Question 18

expunge

Answer 18

To erase, delete, or strike out

Question 19

extradite

Answer 19

To give up or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.

Question 20

importune

Answer 20

To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly

Question 21

imposing

Answer 21

Impressive, as in size, power, or accomplishment

Question 22

impromptu

Answer 22

Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance

Question 23

improvident

Answer 23

Not providing for the future; thriftless

Question 24

incarcerate

Answer 24

To shut in, confine

Question 25

indecorous

Answer 25

Lacking propriety or decorum

Question 26

indict

Answer 26

To accuse of wrongdoing or criticize severely

Question 27

ingratiate

Answer 27

To bring (oneself, for example) into the favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort

Question 28

intransigent

Answer 28

Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising