Vocab 2

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

Expressing a quality separate from any concrete thing or real object

Question 2

Arcane

Answer 2

Something known or understood by very few

Question 3

Accessible

Answer 3

Easy to approach, reach, or use

Question 4

Ambivalent

Answer 4

Having mixed feelings about someone or something

Question 5

Archaic

Answer 5

Something from an earlier time

Question 6

Belabor

Answer 6

To concern oneself with or worry about something excessively

Question 7

Candid

Answer 7

Clear; frank; open; honest

Question 8

Candor

Answer 8

The state of being clear; frank; open; honest

Question 9

Coalesce

Answer 9

To unite; blend or grow together as one

Question 10

Coerce

Answer 10

To force

Question 11

Convivial

Answer 11

Friendly; agreeable

Question 12

Digress

Answer 12

To deviate from the main topic

Question 13

Eccentric

Answer 13

Irregular; erratic; peculiar

Question 14

Eclectic

Answer 14

Selecting or choosing from various sources

Question 15

Epitome

Answer 15

Person or thing possessing features typical of a whole class

Question 16

Explicit

Answer 16

Fully and clearly expressed

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Fortuitous

Answer 17

Fortunate; lucky

Question 18

Hardy

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Tough

Question 19

Haughty

Answer 19

Arrogant; rude

Question 20

Imprudent

Answer 20

ill-advised; without sufficient foresight

Question 21

Infallible

Answer 21

Incapable of error

Question 22

Jaunty

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Easy or sprightly in manner or bearing

Question 23

Jeopardy

Answer 23

Risk of or exposure to harm or injury

Question 24

Neophyte

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A beginner or novice

Question 25

Nonchalant

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Cooly unconcerned; indifferent; unexcited

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Opportunist

Answer 26

Someone who takes advantage of a situation

Question 27

Penchant

Answer 27

Having a marked inclination to do some particular thing

Question 28

Ponderous

Answer 28

Of great weight; heavy; massive

Question 29

Recluse

Answer 29

A person who lives apart from society

Question 30

Stealth

Answer 30

Something done in secret

Question 31

Bastion

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A fortified place; a person, place, or institution upholding particular values or ideals

Question 32

Clemency

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Showing mercy; forbearance; compassion; leniency

Question 33

Conundrum

Answer 33

A riddle; puzzle

Question 34

Didactic

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Serving to teach or instruct

Question 35

Delineate

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To sketch or trace in outline; to portray in words

Question 36

Dilatory

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Slow; tardy; procrastinating

Question 37

Dilettante

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Someone who takes up an art, activity, or subject in a superficial way

Question 38

Extemporize

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To make something up as one goes along

Question 39

Hedonist

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One who is devoted to pleasure and self-gratification

Question 40

Impudence

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Rudeness; insolence

Question 41

Infamous

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Having an extremely bad reputation

Question 42

Marginal

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Situated at the outer limits; on the border or edge

Question 43

Nihilism

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Complete rejection of established institutions and laws; the belief in nothingness or the nonexistence of reality

Question 44

Penurious

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Extremely poor; destitute

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Perfidious

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Deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

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Populist

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Member of a political party that extols the virtues of the common man; an underdog

Question 47

Prolific

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Characterized by abundant production; fruitful

Question 48

Propitiate

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To make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate

Question 49

Propriety

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Conformity to established standards of good behavior or manners; rightness

Question 50

Reciprocity

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Mutual exchange

Question 51

Recondite

Answer 51

Dealing with a very profound, abstruse or difficult subject matter

Question 52

Restitution

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Paying back a debt; restoring to an original state

Question 53

Retract

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To draw back or in

Question 54

Sedentary

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Characterized by a sitting position

Question 55

Seditious

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A person or idea that incites discontent or rebellion against authority

Question 56

Stigmatize

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To set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon someone or thing

Question 57

Tangent

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In physical contact at a single point, such as a line touching the circumference of a circle

Question 58

Tangible

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Capable of being touched; material or substantial

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Virulent

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Poisonous, malignant, spiteful, hostile

Question 60

Visceral

Answer 60

Reacting on gut feeling or instinct as opposed to considering something carefully