Vocab 1 Quiz

Question 1

Foreboding

Answer 1

Feeling beforehand of coming trouble; misgiving

Question 2

Forecast

Answer 2

Estimate beforehand of a future happening; prediction

Question 3

Forefront

Answer 3

Foremost place/part; vanguard

Question 4

Foregoing

Answer 4

Going before; preceding

Question 5

Foremost

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Standing at the front; leading

Question 6

Foreshadow

Answer 6

Indicate beforehand

Question 7

Foresight

Answer 7

Power of seeing beforehand what is likely to happen

Question 8

Foreword

Answer 8

Front matter preceding the text of a book; preface

Question 9

Fore-

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Before; front

Question 10

Mis-

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Bad(ly); wrong(ly)

Question 11

Misbelief

Answer 11

Wrong/erroneous belief

Question 12

Misdeed

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Wicked act

Question 13

Misfire

Answer 13

Fail to be fired/explode properly

Question 14

Misgiving

Answer 14

Feeling of doubt/suspicion; foreboding

Question 15

Mishap

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Bad happening; misfortune

Question 16

Mislay

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Put in an unremembered place; lose

Question 17

Mislead

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Lead astray; deceive

Question 18

Misstep

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Wrong step; blunder

Question 19

Out-

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Beyond; more/faster/longer/better than

Question 20

Outgrow

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Grow beyond/too large for

Question 21

Outlandish

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Looking/sounding as if it belongs to a (foreign) land beyond ours; strange

Question 22

Outlast

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To last longer than; outlive

Question 23

Outlook

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A look beyond; prospect for the future

Question 24

Output

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A yield/product

Question 25

Outrun

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Run faster than

Question 26

Outspoken

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Speaking out freely/boldly; frank

Question 27

Outwit

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Get the better of by being more clever

Question 28

Over-

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Too, excessively, beyond

Question 29

Overbearing

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Domineering over others

Question 30

Overburden

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Place too heavy a load on/burden excessively; overtax

Question 31

Overconfident

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Too sure of oneself

Question 32

Overdose

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Too big a dose

Question 33

Forearm

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Part of the arm from the wrist to the elbow

Question 34

Overestimate

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Make too high an estimate of something's/someone's size/worth; overvalue

Question 35

Overgenerous

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Too liberal in giving; excessively open-handed

Question 36

Overshadow

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Be more important than; outweigh

Question 37

Oversupply

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Excessive supply

Question 38

Overwhelm

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Cover completely; overpower

Question 39

Un-

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Not; lack of; remove/release from

Question 40

Forebear

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Ancestor; forefather

Question 40

Unabridged

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Not shortened; complete

Question 41

Unbiased

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Not prejudiced/in favor of or against; fair

Question 42

Unconcern

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Lack of concern/anxiety/interest; indifference

Question 43

Undeceive

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Free from deception/mistaken ideas; set straight

Question 44

Ungag

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Remove a gag/censorship from

Question 45

Unnerve

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Deprive of nerve/courage/self-control; upset

Question 46

Unquenchable

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Not satisfiable; in extinguishable

Question 47

Unscramble

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Do the opposite of scramble; restore to intelligible form

Question 48

Unshackle

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Release from a restraint/shackle (anything that confines the arms/legs)

Question 49

Unwary

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Not alert; heedless

Question 50

Under-

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Beneath; lower; insufficient(ly)

Question 51

Underbrush

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Shrubs/bushes growing beneath large trees in the woods; undergrowth

Question 52

Underdeveloped

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Insufficiently developed because of a lack of capital and trained personnel for exploiting natural resources

Question 53

Undergraduate

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College/university student without a degree yet

Question 54

Underpayment

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Insufficient payment

Question 55

Underprivileged

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Insufficiently privileged; deprived of fundamental rights through social/economic oppression

Question 56

Underscore

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Draw a line beneath; emphasize

Question 57

Undersell

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Sell at a lower price than

Question 58

Undersigned

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Person(s) who sign at the end of a letter/document

Question 59

Understatement

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Statement below the truth; restrained statement in mocking contrast to what might have been said

Question 60

Understudy

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One who studies under; learns a regular performer's part to act as a substitute performer if necessary

Question 61

Upcoming

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In the near future; forthcoming

Question 62

Update

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Bring up to date

Question 63

Upgrade

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Raise the grade/quality of; improve

Question 64

Upheaval

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Violent heaving up; extreme agitation

Question 65

Upkeep

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Cost of operating/repairing; maintenance

Question 66

Upright

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Standing up straight on feet; erect

Question 67

Uproot

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Pull up by the roots; eradicate

Question 68

Upstart

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Person who has suddenly risen to wealth and power, especially if he's conceited or unpleasant

Question 69

Upturn

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Upward turn towards better conditions

Question 70

Up-

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Upward

Question 71

With-

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Back; away; against

Question 72

Withdraw

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Draw back/away; take

Question 73

Withdrawal

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Act of taking back/drawing out from a deposit

Question 74

Withdrawn

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Drawn back/removed from easy approach; socially detached

Question 75

Withhold

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Hold back; restrain

Question 76

Withholding tax

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Sum withheld/deducted from wages as tax

Question 77

Withstand

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Stand up against; endure

Question 78

Notwithstanding

Answer 78

In spite of; despite