Vocab #13-15

Question 1

Abnormal

Answer 1

Not normal

Question 2

Bleak

Answer 2

Bare, desolate

Question 3

Consecutive

Answer 3

Following one another in uninterrupted order, successive

Question 4

Doughty

Answer 4

Strong, strength if character

Bold

Question 5

Efface

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To wipe out, to clean by time, to do away with

Question 6

Ennui

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Exhaustion, wearisome

Question 7

Foretell

Answer 7

To tell beforehand, predict

Question 8

Gauntlet

Answer 8

Long leather glove, organized system of doing something

Question 9

Heterodox

Answer 9

Somebody who goes against an established routine

Question 10

Incongruous

Answer 10

Not going well together

Question 11

Licentious

Answer 11

Lascivious, acting like a slut, immoral

Question 12

Mitigate

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To lessen in severity, force, intensity

Question 13

Modicum

Answer 13

Small amount

Question 14

Myriad

Answer 14

A lot

Question 15

Thwart

Answer 15

To block, push to the side

Question 16

Transient

Answer 16

Temporal, quick , something that doesn’t last long

Question 17

Baleful

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Deadly, something that will cause harm, vindictive

Question 18

Demise

Answer 18

Death of something, to pass on something

Question 19

Euphoria

Answer 19

State of happiness and self-confidence

Question 20

Futile

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Pointless, ineffective

Question 21

Hackneyed

Answer 21

Something that loses its affect because of overuse

Question 22

Latent

Answer 22

Present but not visible

Question 23

Malingerer

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Person who feigns illness to avoid work

Question 24

Nefarious

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Extremely wicked or villainous, evil

Question 25

Obese

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Overweight, corpulent

Question 26

Pithy

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Something that is short, but has meaning | Full of vigor

Question 27

Surreptitious

Answer 27

Done by stealthy, secret

Question 28

Testimony

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Statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, declaration of truth

Question 29

Tonic

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Liquid/medicine that strengthens and invigorates

Question 30

Tourniquet

Answer 30

Any device to constrict the blood flow

Question 31

Tractable

Answer 31

Obedient, easy to manage, docile, malleable

Question 32

Uncouth

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Something that doesn't happen all the time, unusual, unmannerly

Question 33

Aptitude

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Being good at something | Talent, intelligence

Question 34

Astral

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Stellar, star-shaped

Question 35

Conversant

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Familiar by use or study | Well versed in something

Question 36

Diction

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Style of speaking or writing

Question 37

Ellipsis

Answer 37

Three dots (...) that indicate an omission in text

Question 38

Humdrum

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Boring, dull, monotone

Question 39

Irony

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Use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 40

Misanthrope

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Hater of humankind

Question 41

Nominal

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In name only | Small amount

Question 42

Omniscient

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Knowing all things

Question 43

Osier

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Dried willow sticks used to make furniture

Question 44

Porous

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Full of pores

Question 45

Prevalent

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Widespread, having superiority

Question 46

Saturate

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To soak

Question 47

Sere

Answer 47

Dry, withered

Question 48

Usury

Answer 48

The lending of money at an exorbitant interest