Vocab 4-6

Question 1

Affable

Answer 1

Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to talk to

Question 2

Aggrandize

Answer 2

To increase in greatness, power, or wealth, intensity

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

Shapeless, without definite form, no character

Question 4

Archetype

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An original model, on which something replicated, ideal image

Question 5

Aura

Answer 5

That which surrounds (an atmosphere), a distinctive personal quality

Question 6

Contraband

Answer 6

Illegal traffic, smuggled goods, prohibited

Question 7

Erudite

Answer 7

Scholarly, bookish

Question 8

Gossamer

Answer 8

Thin, light, delicate

Question 9

Inscrutable

Answer 9

Incapable of being understood, impossible to see through

Question 10

Insular

Answer 10

Relating, characterized, situated on and island; narrow outlook or experience

Question 11

Irrevocable

Answer 11

Uncalled of being changed or called back

Question 12

Propensity

Answer 12

Natural inclination or predilection toward

Question 13

Querulous

Answer 13

Peevish, complaining

Question 14

Remonstrate

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Argue or plead against something, protest

Question 15

Repudiate

Answer 15

To disown, deny, reject

Question 16

Resilient

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Able to return to original shape or form, able to recover quickly

Question 17

Reverberate

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To re-echo, resound, reflect

Question 18

Scurrilous

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Coarsely abuse, low, foul-mouthed

Question 19

Sedulous

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Persistent, showing industry and determination

Question 20

Sleazy

Answer 20

Thin, flimsy, cheap, inferior in quality or character

Question 21

Amnesty

Answer 21

A general pardon for an offense against the government; act of forgiveness

Question 22

Autonomy

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Self government; political control

Question 23

Axiomatic

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Self-evident; expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

Question 24

Blazon

Answer 24

To adore; display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim

Question 25

Caveat

Answer 25

Warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

Question 26

Equitable

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Fair, just, principles of justice

Question 27

Extricate

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Free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

Question 28

Filch

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Steal; sneaky way

Question 29

Flout

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Mock, treat with contempt

Question 30

Fractious

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Tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome

Question 31

Precept

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A rule of conduct or action

Question 32

Salutary

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Beneficial, helpful

Question 33

Scathing

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Bitterly severe; causing great harm

Question 34

Scourge

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Whip, punish severely; suffering

Question 35

Sepulchral

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Funeral, tomb, gloomy

Question 36

Soporific

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Cause sleep, sleepiness

Question 37

Straight laced

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Extremely strict in moral standards

Question 38

Transient

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Lasting a short amount of time; fleeting

Question 39

Unwieldy

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Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size of complexity

Question 40

Vapid

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Dull. uninteresting, lacking flavor,liveliness

Question 41

Anomalous

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Abnormal

Question 42

Aspersion

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Damaging statement, act of defaming

Question 43

Bizarre

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Strange, unusual

Question 44

Brusque

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Abrupt, blunt

Question 45

Cajole

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Coax, flattery, false promises

Question 46

Castigate

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Punish severely; criticize

Question 47

Contrive

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To plan with ingenuity; bring the result of a plan

Question 48

Demagogue

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Leader or exploits popular prejudices and false claims to gain power

Question 49

Disabuse

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To free from error; set right in thinking

Question 50

Ennui

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Dissatisfaction; lack of interest, boredom

Question 51

Fetter

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Chain placed on feet; restrained

Question 52

Heinous

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Very wicked, hateful

Question 53

Immutable

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Not subject to change, constant

Question 54

Insurgent

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One who rebels or rises against authority, revolt

Question 55

Megalomania

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Delusion marked by feeling of power, wealth, talent

Question 56

Sinecure

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Easy job; requiring little or no work

Question 57

Surreptitious

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Stealthy, secret, escape observation, fraud

Question 58

Transgress

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To go beyond limit or boundary, sin, violate law

Question 59

Transmute

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To change from one substance, or form to another

Question 60

Vicarious

Answer 60

Performed, suffered, experience by one person in place of another -substitute for someone