Vocab 2

Question 1

Philistine

Answer 1

-(Adj. but also Noun)
:lacking in or hostile to culture; hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts; materialistic but no care for culture or art; uncultured; unrefined; country in middle east who were very materialistic

Question 2

Juxtapose

Answer 2

-(Verb)

:to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

Question 3

Fortuitous

Answer 3

-(adj.)

: happening or produced by chance; accidental; lucky; fortunate; happening by accident or chance rather that desire

Question 4

Supplicate

Answer 4

-(Verb)

: to pray or beg humbly; to ask or seek in a humble way or earnestly; to petition and to pray for something humbly

Question 5

Abnegate

Answer 5

-(verb)
:to refuse or deny oneself; to relinquish; give up; renounce or reject something desired; to give up or renounce one’s right

Question 6

Succinct

Answer 6

-Adj.

:expressed in few words; concise; characterized by verbal brevity; terse; brief

Question 7

Paradox

Answer 7

-Noun
:a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurb but in reality expresses a possible truth; self-contradictory and false proposition; contradiction that may contain an element of truth

Question 8

Unmitigated

Answer 8

-Adj.

: complete or absolute; not softened or lessened; not lessened or relived or made better

Question 9

Nuance

Answer 9

-Noun
:a subtle difference or distinction in in expression, meaning, response; a very slight difference or variation in tone or color;

Question 10

Reprobation

Answer 10

-Noun

: severe disapproval, condemnation, censure

Question 11

Sanguine

Answer 11

-Adj.

:cheerfully optimistic or positive, hopeful or confident; blood-red, reddish

Question 12

Impolitic

Answer 12

-Adj.

:unwise and un responsible; not judicious

Question 13

Hiatus

Answer 13

-Noun;

:a break or interruption in the continuity or a work, series, action; a gap or pause; stop in a period of time

Question 14

Piquant

Answer 14

-Adj.
:agreeably pungent of sharp in taste or flavor; agreeable stimulating, interesting, or attractive; spicy taste; provocative

Question 15

Circumvent

Answer 15

-Verb

:to go around or bypass; to avoid by artfulness or deception;

Question 16

Misanthrope

Answer 16

-Noun
:A hater of humankind; someone who avoids human society;
Distrusts most people

Question 17

Inept

Answer 17

-Adj.

: without skill or apititude for a particular task or assignment; generally awkward or clumsy; incompetent; incapable

Question 18

Insidious

Answer 18

-Adj.

:stealthily, treacherous, or deceitful; causing harm in sneaky way, sly

Question 19

Irascible

Answer 19

-Adj.

:easily provoked to anger; very irritable; characterized or produced by anger;

Question 20

Metamorphosis

Answer 20

-(noun)
:A complete change of form, structure, or appearance; A change in the form or nature of a thing or person; A transformation