Vocab 11

Question 1

Importune

Answer 1

To press or beset with speculations; demand with urgency or persistence

Question 2

Rudiments

Answer 2

The elements or first principles of a subject

Question 3

Prolific

Answer 3

Producing offspring; highly fruitful

Question 4

Censure

Answer 4

Strong or vehement expression of disproval

Question 5

Expedient

Answer 5

Fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances

Question 6

Encumbrance

Answer 6

Something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; hindrance

Question 7

Parsimony

Answer 7

Extreme or excessive economy or frugality, stinginess

Question 8

Incur

Answer 8

To come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable)

Question 9

Sibilant

Answer 9

Hissing

Question 10

Stupor

Answer 10

Suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or caused by narcotics

Question 11

Consign

Answer 11

To hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit

Question 12

Supine

Answer 12

Lying of the back, face, or front upward

Question 13

Hector

Answer 13

To bully or harass

Question 14

Impervious

Answer 14

Not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

Question 15

Mortification

Answer 15

A feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one’s pride or self respect

Question 16

Calcify

Answer 16

To make or become calcareous or bony, to harden

Question 17

Protract

Answer 17

To draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of, prolong

Question 18

Ilk

Answer 18

Family, class or kind

Question 19

Sociopath

Answer 19

A person with psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience

Question 20

Skullduggery

Answer 20

Dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery

Question 21

Intractable

Answer 21

Not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn

Question 22

Recidivism

Answer 22

Repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime

Question 23

Narcissistic

Answer 23

Having an undue fascination with oneself; vain

Question 24

Ample

Answer 24

Fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful, enough

Question 25

Pestilence

Answer 25

A deadly or virulent epidemic disease

Question 26

Acquisition

Answer 26

The act of acquiring or gaining possession

Question 27

Affluent

Answer 27

Having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich

Question 28

Utilitarian

Answer 28

Useful or functional versus beautiful

Question 29

Incongruity

Answer 29

The quality or condition of being incongruous (inconsistent, not matching)

Question 30

Plausible

Answer 30

Having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; believable

Question 31

Farcical

Answer 31

Like a farce; absurd or ridiculous

Question 32

Chastise

Answer 32

To discipline, especially by corporal punishment

Question 33

Prevail

Answer 33

To be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally

Question 34

Arduous

Answer 34

Requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

Question 35

Melancholy

Answer 35

A gloomy state of kind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression