Round 2 - Vocab.com top 1000

Question 1

retiring

Answer 1

not arrogant or presuming

Question 2

acquiesce

Answer 2

to agree or express agreement

Question 3

usurp

Answer 3

seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one’s right or possession

Question 4

sentinel

Answer 4

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Question 5

depose

Answer 5

force to leave from office or position; to testify or affirm under oath, especially in a written statement

Question 6

wanton

Answer 6

occurring without motivation or provocation

Question 7

odium

Answer 7

state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior

Question 8

precept

Answer 8

rule of personal conduct

Question 9

deference

Answer 9

a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another; curious regard

Question 10

fray

Answer 10

a noisy fight; a skirmish; a competition or contest, especially in sports

Question 11

brouhaha

Answer 11

excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo; an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., especially a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause

Question 12

impertinent

Answer 12

improperly forward or bold

Question 13

suppliant

Answer 13

humbly entreating; makes an earnest petition

Question 14

languid

Answer 14

lacking spirit or liveliness

Question 15

explicate

Answer 15

elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Question 16

gaunt

Answer 16

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold


Question 17

pastoral

Answer 17

(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

Question 18

dogged

Answer 18

stubbornly unyielding

Question 19

ebb

Answer 19

fall away or decline

Question 20

stipulate

Answer 20

specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

Question 21

recourse

Answer 21

something or someone turned to for assistance or security

Question 22

bate

Answer 22

moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; to diminish; abate (as in, “with bated breath”)

Question 23

conceit

Answer 23

an artistic device or effect; an excessively favorable opinion of one’s own ability, importance, wit; something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea

Question 24

loath

Answer 24

(usually followed by `to’ as in “loath to discuss..”) strongly opposed

Question 25

rampart

Answer 25

an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

Question 26

tarry

Answer 26

leave slowly and hesitantly

Question 27

decorum

Answer 27

propriety in manners and conduct

Question 28

luxuriant

Answer 28

produced or growing in extreme abundance; richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant; florid, as imagery or ornamentation; lacking in restraint; fertile, fruitful

Question 29

cant

Answer 29

insincere talk about religion or morals

Question 30

enjoin

Answer 30

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Question 31

avarice

Answer 31

extreme greed for material wealth

Question 32

edict

Answer 32

a formal or authoritative proclamation

Question 33

capitulate

Answer 33

surrender under agreed conditions; give up resistance

Question 34

arbitrate

Answer 34

act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

Question 35

cleave

Answer 35

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
 to remain faithful; cling to

Question 36

append

Answer 36

add to the very end

Question 37

visage

Answer 37

the human face

Question 38

veritable

Answer 38

genuine or true; being truly or very much so; often used as intensifiers

Question 39

pall

Answer 39

a sudden numbing dread

Question 40

maxim

Answer 40

a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

Question 41

prowess

Answer 41

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

Question 42

semblance

Answer 42

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

Question 43

asunder

Answer 43

into parts or pieces
; widely separated

Question 44

rout

Answer 44

an overwhelming defeat; a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder

Question 45

staid

Answer 45

characterized by dignity and propriety

Question 46

beguile

Answer 46

influence by slyness; to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude; take away by cheating or deceiving

Question 47

purport

Answer 47

have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
; to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely; to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.

Question 48

deprave

Answer 48

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Question 49

bequeath

Answer 49

leave or give by will after one's death

Question 50

enigma

Answer 50

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained