TKAM Vocab List 1

Question 0

Edification

Answer 0

NOUN

To benefit morally

Question 1

Pestilence

Answer 1

NOUN

A contagious disease

Question 2

Ascertain

Answer 2

VERB

To learn

Question 3

Aberration

Answer 3

NOUN
An act that strays from the norm
Syn divergence deviation

Question 4

Lineament

Answer 4

NOUN

Distinguishing features

Question 5

Philippic

Answer 5

NOUN
a harsh speech or verbal attack
Syn tirade rebuke

Question 6

Umbrage

Answer 6

NOUN

A feeling of annoyance

Question 7

Rectitude

Answer 7

NOUN

moral rightness

Question 8

Interdict

Answer 8

NOUN

Forbid by gods law

Question 9

Palliation

Answer 9

NOUN

The act of lessening

Question 10

Cantankerous

Answer 10

ADJ
disagreeable, ill tempered
Syn- contentious

Question 11

Contentious

Answer 11

ADJ
Disagreeable
Syn cantankerous

Question 12

Assuage

Answer 12

VERB

to ease or to lessen

Question 13

Taciturn

Answer 13

ADJ
silent, quiet
Syn reticent
Ant. Boisterous

Question 14

Vapid

Answer 14

ADJ
without life
Syn insipid

Question 15

Predilection

Answer 15

NOUN

A preference

Question 16

Nebulous

Answer 16

ADJ
Vague or unclear/ fig. Or legit
Ant. Lucid

Question 17

Entailment

Answer 17

NOUN

A limited inheritance

Question 18

Condescension

Answer 18

NOUN
The act of treating someone as inferior
Syn. Patronizing

Question 19

Patronizing

Answer 19

ADJ
The act of treating someone inferiorly
Syn. Condescension

Question 20

Auspicious

Answer 20

ADJ
showing signs of success or promise
Syn. Propitious

Question 21

Obstreperous

Answer 21

ADJ

Uncontrollably noisy