Semester one vocabulary

Question 1

Bewail

Answer 1

To express deep regret or sorrow

Question 2

Destitute

Answer 2

Without resources or the necessities of life.

Question 3

Detract

Answer 3

To take away value or importance of

Question 4

Emancipate

Answer 4

To liberate or free

Question 5

Extol

Answer 5

To praise highly

Question 6

Flamboyant

Answer 6

Excessively showy and unrestrained

Question 7

Impetus

Answer 7

A driving force that causes increased activity

Question 8

Insuperable

Answer 8

Incapable of being defeated

Question 9

Intermittent

Answer 9

Not continuous; in intervals

Question 10

Maxim

Answer 10

A general truth, role of conduct; short saying

Question 11

Obligatory

Answer 11

Required; demanded

Question 12

Plumb

Answer 12

To measure depth of water, reach the deepest part of

Question 13

Plumb (2nd meaning)

Answer 13

To solve and examine

Question 14

Vagabond

Answer 14

A person who wanders from place to place

Question 15

Visage

Answer 15

A face that expresses feelings

Question 16

Alacrity

Answer 16

Promptness in responding; eagerness

Question 17

Array

Answer 17

A large group

Question 18

Array (meaning 2)

Answer 18

An orderly arrangement, display

Question 19

Deduce

Answer 19

To draw a conclusion from given facts

Question 20

Encumber

Answer 20

To weight down; burden; impede action of

Question 21

Fraught

Answer 21

Full of or accompanied by

Question 22

Haphazard

Answer 22

Marked by lack of plan, order or direction

Question 23

Incontrovertible

Answer 23

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Question 24

Inexplicable

Answer 24

Impossible to understand/explain

Question 25

Ingenious

Answer 25

Being clever and resourceful

Question 26

Laggard

Answer 26

One who falls behind; straggler

Question 27

Sustenance

Answer 27

Something that provides nourishment

Question 28

Torrid

Answer 28

Intensely hot and dry; burning with passion

Question 29

Traverse

Answer 29

To pass over, across or through

Question 30

Ubiquitous

Answer 30

Being present largely and commonly

Question 31

Zenith

Answer 31

Highest point; peak; lies in sky above observer

Question 32

Allude

Answer 32

To refer to in an indirect way

Question 33

Consecrate

Answer 33

To set apart as holy; to devote; to dedicate to a cause

Question 34

Disseminate

Answer 34

To scatter/spread widely

Question 35

Dote

Answer 35

To show excessive fondness for

Question 36

Exhort

Answer 36

To urge strongly; to warn or appeal

Question 37

Feckless

Answer 37

Careless/irresponsible

Question 38

Implicate

Answer 38

To be involved with something dishonest/illegal

Question 39

Lament

Answer 39

To feel or express grief

Question 40

Monetary

Answer 40

Of or relating to money or currency

Question 41

Pensive

Answer 41

Deep in thought

Question 42

Pomp

Answer 42

A showy or dignified display

Question 43

Stilted

Answer 43

Artificially stiff or formal in manner

Question 44

Subjugate

Answer 44

To bring under control; conquer

Question 45

Trauma

Answer 45

A bodily injury or emotional shock

Question 46

Wanton

Answer 46

Ignoring what is right

Question 47

Wanton (meaning 2)

Answer 47

Excessive, unrestrained

Question 48

Adage

Answer 48

An old saying that has come to be accepted as true; proverb

Question 49

Camaraderie

Answer 49

A good will and warm feeling among friends

Question 50

Content

Answer 50

To struggle with; to maintain or assert

Question 51

Extraneous

Answer 51

Not necessary; irrelevant

Question 52

Hubbub

Answer 52

Noisy confusion; uproar

Question 53

Meander

Answer 53

To follow a winding course; wander aimlessly

Question 54

Odoriferous

Answer 54

Having/giving off a smell

Question 55

Paraphernalia

Answer 55

Personal belongings

Question 56

Paraphernalia (meaning 2)

Answer 56

Equipment

Question 57

Punctilious

Answer 57

Careful and attentive to details

Question 58

Recuperate

Answer 58

To regain health or strength

Question 59

Regale

Answer 59

To entertain or delightS

Question 60

Sedentary

Answer 60

Doing or requiring a lot of sitting

Question 61

Spartan

Answer 61

Marked by simplicity and lack of luxury

Question 62

Temporal

Answer 62

Relating to everyday world, NOT spiritual or eternal

Question 63

Wry

Answer 63

Turned or bent to one side, in distaste or humor

Question 64

Wry (meaning 2)

Answer 64

Amusing in a quiet but sharp way