Top 66 Vocab

Question 1

Advocate

Answer 1

One who acts in support or defense of a person or cause.

Question 2

Aesthetic

Answer 2

Pertaining to what is considered beautiful or tasteful.

Question 3

Anachronism

Answer 3

Some one or thing out of its correct chronological or historical order.

Question 4

Anecdote

Answer 4

A short account of an interesting or humorous, often biographical, incident.

Question 5

Apprehensive

Answer 5

Uneasy, anxious, or fearful about the future; quick to understand or learn.

Question 6

Arrogance

Answer 6

An offensive display or self-importance or superiority; overbearing pride; haughtiness.

Question 7

Boorish

Answer 7

Resembling or characteristic of a boot; crude, coarse, and clumsy in behavior; churlish, oafish, insensitive.

Question 8

Brevity

Answer 8

The quality of being brief in time or duration; concise expression.

Question 9

Cathartic

Answer 9

Delivering catharsis; emotionally purging.

Question 10

Censure

Answer 10

To express disapproval in a strong or vehement fashion; to criticize, blame, or reprimand.

Question 11

Cite

Answer 11

To quote as an authority or example; to mention in support or confirmation.

Question 12

Commendable

Answer 12

Worthy of great praise or approval.

Question 13

Conciliatory

Answer 13

Attempting to regain goodwill through pleasantness; overcoming hostility; willing to make concessions; accommodating, appeasing.

Question 14

Consensus

Answer 14

General agreement of the group; majority.

Question 15

Consummate

Answer 15

Complete or perfect in every respect; supremely skilled.

Question 16

Cursory

Answer 16

Performed hastily and without attention to detail; superficial.

Question 17

Defiant

Answer 17

Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; challenging.

Question 18

Depict

Answer 18

To represent or characterize in words, pictures, or sculpture.

Question 19

Deride

Answer 19

To laugh at in scorn or treat with contempt; to ridicule.

Question 20

Disparage

Answer 20

To speak of with disrespect; to belittle or depreciate.

Question 21

Disparity

Answer 21

Lack of equality or similarity; difference.

Question 22

Eclectic

Answer 22

Selecting, employing, or comprising individual elements from a wide variety of sources.

Question 23

Elaborate

Answer 23

Planned or executed with great care and attention; painstaking.

Question 24

Eloquent

Answer 24

Characterized by clear, powerful, and persuasive speech.

Question 25

Elucidate

Answer 25

To make lucid or clear; to explain.

Question 26

Embody

Answer 26

To represent in bodily, material, or tangible form.

Question 27

Equitable

Answer 27

Characterized by fairness and impartiality; just or reasonable.

Question 28

Erratic

Answer 28

Having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking consistency, or regularity; eccentric.

Question 29

Ethical

Answer 29

Being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice; adhering to moral principles.

Question 30

Exemplary

Answer 30

Worthy of imitation; estimable; praiseworthy.

Question 31

Felicitous

Answer 31

Well-suited for the occasion, appropriate; marked by good fortune.

Question 32

Florid

Answer 32

Reddish or rosy; excessively ornate or flowery.

Question 33

Foster

Answer 33

To promote the growth or development or; cultivate; nurture.

Question 34

Adept

Answer 34

Very skilled, able, or proficient.

Question 35

Holistic

Answer 35

Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of parts, as opposed to separation into parts.

Question 36

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 36

A habit, mannerism, or characteristic that is peculiar to an individual.

Question 37

Ineffable

Answer 37

Defying expression or description; inexpressible.

Question 38

Intemperate

Answer 38

Given to or characterized by excessive indulgence; not moderate or restrained.

Question 39

Irreverent

Answer 39

Showing lack of due respect; impertinent; satirical.

Question 40

Lament

Answer 40

To feel or express grief or regret; to mourn for.

Question 41

Laudatory

Answer 41

Containing or expressing praise.

Question 42

Lucid

Answer 42

Clear; rational; sane; easily understood.

Question 43

Magnanimous

Answer 43

Generous in forgiving; unselfish; free of resentment or vindictiveness.

Question 44

Mock

Answer 44

To ridicule; to intimidate or mimic; to defy.

Question 45

Mundane

Answer 45

Common or ordinary; pertaining to the world, secular.

Question 46

Naïve

Answer 46

Unaffected; unaffected; unsophisticated; having an unaffected style.

Question 47

Nefarious

Answer 47

Wicked; infamous; villainous.

Question 48

Nostalgia

Answer 48

A longing for a former place or time; something that displays nostalgia.

Question 49

Novel

Answer 49

New; different.

Question 50

Obstinate

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Stubborn; inflexible; not easy to overcome.

Question 51

Partisan

Answer 51

Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group , or cause.

Question 52

Pessimistic

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Gloomy; having a negative outlook; expecting the worst.

Question 53

Pragmatic

Answer 53

Practical; dealing with actual facts or occurrences.

Question 54

Prosaic

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Commonplace; dull; lacking imagination.

Question 55

Quell

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To suppress; to put an end to; to pacify.

Question 56

Refute

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To prove to be false; to prove a person to be in error; to deny.

Question 57

Rhetorical

Answer 57

Used for style or effect only; having to do with rhetoric; bombastic.

Question 58

Sanguine

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Optimistic, hopeful or confident; reddish; bloody.

Question 59

Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned; careful; eager.

Question 60

Somber

Answer 60

Dark; dimly lit; gloomy or depressing.

Question 61

Speculate

Answer 61

To think or reflect; to conjecture; to engage in risky business practice in the expectation of a quick or large profit.

Question 62

Superfluous

Answer 62

More than sufficient; extra; unnecessary or needless.

Question 63

Tenacious

Answer 63

Persistent or stubborn; holding fast; holding together; sticky or adhesive.

Question 64

Venerate

Answer 64

To regard or treat with reverence.

Question 65

Vindicate

Answer 65

To clear of accusation or suspicion; to defend, maintain, or avenge.

Question 66

Zealous

Answer 66

Filled with or motivated by zeal; enthusiastic.