Vocab 1-30

Question 0

Abeyance

Answer 0

State of suspension

Question 1

Aberration

Answer 1

Going against the normality

Question 2

Acerbic

Answer 2

Sharp and forthright

Tasting sour or bitter

Question 3

Acuity

Answer 3

Sharpness of thought, vision or hearing

Question 4

Admonish

Answer 4

Scold someone firmly

Question 5

Adroit

Answer 5

Clever/skillful in using the hands or mind

Question 6

Aesthete

Answer 6

Person who has a special appreciation of art and beauty

Question 7

Altruistic

Answer 7

Unselfishness for the well-being of others

Question 8

Ameliorate

Answer 8

Make something bad or unsatisfactory, better

Question 9

Amorphous

Answer 9

No defined shape or form

Question 10

Antediluvian

Answer 10

Time before biblical times

Question 11

Aprocryohal

Answer 11

Doubtful authenticity, but widely assumed to be true

Question 12

Arable

Answer 12

Used or suitable land for growing crops

Question 13

Ascetic

Answer 13

Practice of severe self-discipline (relating to religious reasons)

Question 14

Assuage

Answer 14

Make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 15

Atrophy

Answer 15

Gradually decline in effectiveness due to underuse or neglect

Question 16

Avarice

Answer 16

Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Question 17

Aviary

Answer 17

Large cage, building or enclosure for keeping birds in

Question 18

Avow

Answer 18

Confess openly

Question 19

Bilk

Answer 19

Withhold money from someone without justification

Question 20

Broach

Answer 20

Raise a difficult subject for discussion

Question 21

Buttress

Answer 21

Source of defense or support

Question 22

Celerity

Answer 22

Swiftness of movement

Question 23

Charlatan

Answer 23

Fraud; person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill

Question 24

Cherubic

Answer 24

Childlike innocence

Question 25

Churlish

Answer 25

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

Question 26

Circuitous

Answer 26

(Route or journey) longer than the most direct way

Question 27

Clandestine

Answer 27

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because it's against the rules

Question 28

Commensurate

Answer 28

Corresponding in size or degree, in proportion

Question 29

Concomitant

Answer 29

Naturally accompanying or associated