Vocab 1

Question 1

Abhor
Sentence: The boys abhorred doing chores.
Link: Chores

Answer 1

Part of speech: Verb

Definition: To hate

Question 2

Abridge
Sentence: An abridged bridge.
Link: Bridge

Answer 2

Part of speech: Verb

Definition: To short

Question 3

Abstruse
Sentence: His friends consider Mike, the moose to be very abstruse.
Link: Moose

Answer 3

Part of speech: Adjective

Def: Hard to understand

Question 4

Abut
Sentence: Abutting butts.
Link: Butt

Answer 4

Part of speech: Verb

Definition: To be right next to, to touch

Question 5

Accolade
Sentence: Jane an Jack received accolades for their lemonade.
Link: Lemonade

Answer 5

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Awards or praise

Question 6

Adjunct
Sentence: The tank driver added junk as an adjunct to his tank.
Link: Add Junk

Answer 6

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Something that has been added

Question 7

Affinity
Sentence: the Chinese have an affinity for shark fin soup and shark fin tea.
Link: Fin tea

Answer 7

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Great liking or natural talent

Question 8

Affidavit
Sentence: After David slew Goliath, he made out an affidavit not to further hurt and big guys.
Link: After David

Answer 8

Part of speech: Noun

Def: A sworn written statement

Question 9

Aftermath
Sentence: After doing the math for calculating the atomic bomb einstein would live to see the resulting aftermath.
Link: After math

Answer 9

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Events following an occurrence

Question 10

Ajar
Sentence: Hey, the jar’s ajar, we’re outta here!
Link: jar

Answer 10

Part of speech: Adjective

Def: Partially open

Question 11

Alienated
Sentence: The chief alien ate all the ice cream and alienated his crew.
Link: Alien ate

Answer 11

Part of speech: Verb

Def: To make someone fell left out of a group

Question 12

Aggrandize
Sentence: Ladies acquire grand eyes with mascara and false eyelashes to aggrandize their eyes.
Link: Grand eyes

Answer 12

Part of speech: Verb

Def: To make something seem bigger and better

Question 13

Ballistic
Sentence: Ballistic lipstick.
Link: Lipstick

Answer 13

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Projectile

Question 14

Altercation
Sentence: An altercation at the wedding altar.
Link: Altar

Answer 14

Part of speech: Noun

Def: A fight

Question 15

Ambiance
Sentence: George did not enjoy the ambiance in the ambulance.
Link: Ambulance

Answer 15

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Mood or atmosphere

Question 16

Amenable
Sentence: The matador tried to be amenable to the mean bull.
Link: Mean bull

Answer 16

Part of speech: Adjective

Def: Agreeable, kind

Question 17

Balm
Sentence: there is nothing like a balmy breeze whispering through palm trees.
Link: Palm

Answer 17

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Soothing or comforts

Question 18

Beleaguer
Sentence:The little leaguers beleaguered the big leaguers.
Link: Big leaguer

Answer 18

Part of speech: Verb

Def: To harass

Question 19

Blather
Sentence: Karen and Allison blathered until their months lathered.
Link: Lather

Answer 19

Part of speech: Verb

Def: Talk nonsensically

Question 20

Buccolic
Sentence: Bulls frolic when a farm is buccolic.
Link: Bulls frolic

Answer 20

Part of speech: Adjective

Def: Country like or rustic in nature

Question 21

Catharsis
Sentence: Cat and horse catharsis.
Link: Cats and horse

Answer 21

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Emotional relief or renewal

Question 22

Capacious
Sentence: a spacious cap is capacious.
Link: Cap spacious

Answer 22

Part of speech: Adjective

Def: Roomy

Question 23

Cajole
Sentence: Jimmy the geek tried to cajole the warden into giving him parole.
Link: Parole

Answer 23

Part of speech: Verb

Def: To persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do

Question 24

Cache
Sentence: the escaped prisoner recovered the cash from his cache.
Link: Cash

Answer 24

Part of speech: Noun

Def: Hiding place