Vocab 1-43

Question 1

a state of worry or uneasiness
synonym: anxiety

Answer 1

disquietude

Question 2

a state of being agitated, violently disturbed, restlessly chaotic
synonym: commotion

Answer 2

turbulence

Question 3

passive compliance without protest; agreeing despite reservations because of unwillingness to oppose
synonym: acceding

Answer 3

acquiescence

Question 4

regal, urgent, domineering
synonym: overbearing

Answer 4

imperious

Question 5

stooping to the level of one’s inferiors, acting with an air of superiority
synonym: patronizing

Answer 5

condescending

Question 6

not capable of being persuaded by entreaty
synonym: unyielding

Answer 6

inexorable

Question 7

a state of being aware of one’s own existence, sensations, and thoughts, and of one’s environment
synonym: cognizance

Answer 7

consciousness

Question 8

confident, positive expression of one’s own position and rights

Answer 8

self-assertion

Question 9

supremacy of authority or rule; complete independence
synonym: self-government

Answer 9

sovereignty

Question 10

incapable of being penetrated or affected
synonym: invulnerable

Answer 10

impervious

Question 11

adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion

Answer 11

orthodox

Question 12

excessive pride in one’s appearance or accomplishments, or futile and worthless
synonym: conceit, uselessness

Answer 12

vanity

Question 13

incapable of being retracted or revoked
synonym: irreversible

Answer 13

irrevocable

Question 14

a state of being exalted delight in which normal understanding is felt to be surpassed, sometimes associated with mystical or prophetic exaltation
synonym: rapture

Answer 14

ecstasy

Question 15

requiring long, hard work
synonym: industrious

Answer 15

laborious

Question 16

unusually discerning, with intelligent foresight; having mental images produced by the imagination; given to prophecies or revelations, impractical a dreamer
synonym: highly perceptive

Answer 16

visionary

Question 17

menacing, threatening portentous
synonym: foreboding

Answer 17

ominous

Question 18

adhering to the literal in a situation
synonym: prosaic

Answer 18

matter-of-fact

Question 19

feeling sorrow or regret, expressing a bitter, faintly sardonic compassion
synonym: wry

Answer 19

rueful

Question 20

decisively ended
synonym: conclusiveness

Answer 20

finality

Question 21

an emotion of mingled reverence, dread, and wonder inspired by something majestic or sublime

Answer 21

awe

Question 22

a surrendering desisting from, and putting aside
synonym: renunciation

Answer 22

relinquishment

Question 23

mindful or heedful of something
synonym: conscious

Answer 23

aware

Question 24

exaggerated or twisted out of proper or natural alignments of parts
synonym: perversion, contortion, warping

Answer 24

distortion

Question 25

a state of alienated affections, made hostile or unsympathetic, put at an emotional distance synonym: alienated, separated

Answer 25

estrangement

Question 26

not of sound judgement, inharmonious synonym: erratic

Answer 26

unbalanced

Question 27

vulnerable to sudden changes of position, condition, or equilibrium

Answer 27

destabilized

Question 28

one who strives after a great end, ambition, honor, or desire synonym: ascendant

Answer 28

aspirant

Question 29

unresisting acceptance, passive submission, with a feeling of failure that one sees through out of necessity synonym: forbearance

Answer 29

resignation

Question 30

emotionally hardened, insensitive synonym: unfeeling

Answer 30

callous

Question 31

concentrated about two conflicting or contrasting positions synonym: disunited

Answer 31

polarized

Question 32

someone previously friendly or affectionate caused to become unfriendly or indifferent synonym: estranged

Answer 32

alienated

Question 33

uncertain synonym: provisional; hesitant

Answer 33

tentative

Question 34

inclined to impose one's will, unreasoning, obstinate synonym: contrary

Answer 34

willful

Question 35

in extreme, violent, and intense pain synonym: anguished

Answer 35

agonized

Question 36

not bending, stiff, fixed; severe; scrupulously undeviating synonym: inflexible

Answer 36

rigid

Question 37

expressing an intention to inflict pain, injury, evil, or punishment on a person or thing synonym: menacing

Answer 37

threatening

Question 38

hostile, launching attacks synonym: assulting

Answer 38

aggressive

Question 39

set apart, made free of external influence synonym: seperated

Answer 39

isolated

Question 40

urgently and firmly asking for, leaving no chance of refusal or denial

Answer 40

demanding

Question 41

incapability of being avoided or prevented

Answer 41

inevitability

Question 42

inclined to judge severely synonym: censuring

Answer 42

critical

Question 43

lure into difficulty and danger from which there is no exit synonym: ensnaring

Answer 43

entrapment