Vocab 41-80

Question 1

Mull

Answer 1

Verb

• to think about deeply and at a length
• to ponder

Question 2

Niche

Answer 2

Noun
“Nish”
- a place or position suitable for someone or something

Question 3

Respite

Answer 3

Noun

- a short period of rest or relief from somethings that’s difficult

Question 4

Tenacious

Answer 4

Adjective

• keeping firm hold of something
• not easily stopped
• not giving up
• firm or determined

Question 5

Prognosticate

Answer 5

Verb

-to predict, forecast or fortell

Question 6

Condescending

Answer 6

Adjective

• to talk down to someone
• to perceive as better than someone else
• looking down at someone else

Question 7

Insoluble

Answer 7

Adjective

• impossible to solve
• unanswerable
• unable to be deciphered
• unable to be dissolved

Question 8

Labyrinth

Answer 8

Noun

- an elaborate maze (literal or figurative)

Question 9

Corsair

Answer 9

Noun

• a swift sailing ship(often used in an analogy)
• a pirate ship

Question 10

Chicanery

Answer 10

Noun

-trickery or deception used to gain an advantage

Question 11

Preen

Answer 11

Verb

• to make an effort to make yourself look better
• to make oneself look attractive and admire ones appearance

Question 12

Ambiguous

Answer 12

Adjective

• something that doesn’t have an obvious answer
• open to more than one interpretation

Question 13

Akin

Answer 13

Adjective

• similar
• equal too
• related

Question 14

Lexicon

Answer 14

Noun

• vocabulary or words used in a particular field
• dictionary, workbook, vocabulary list

Question 15

Laconic

Answer 15

Adjective

• using very few words in speech or writing
• brief

Question 16

Cordial

Answer 16

Adjective

-friendly and warm

Question 17

Perforce

Answer 17

Adverb
Necessarily
-out of necessity

Question 18

Perspicacity

Answer 18

Noun

-having the ability to notice or understand things that are not easily understandable or obvious

Question 19

Repugnance

Answer 19

Noun

-intense disgust

Question 20

Permeate

Answer 20

Verb

- to pass or spread through

Question 21

Abyss

Answer 21

Noun
- a deep or seemingly bottomless hole
(Figurative or literal)

Question 22

Animosity

Answer 22

Noun

• hate or dislike
• hostility or resentment toward someone

Question 23

Jocular

Answer 23

Adjective

-humorous and playful

Question 24

Lapse

Answer 24

Noun
-an interval or lapse in time
-a temporary failure of concentration
“A lapse in judgement”

Question 25

Indecipherable

Answer 25

Adjective - unable to figure out - not able to be read or understood

Question 26

Polemic

Answer 26

Noun | -a strong verbal or written attack on something or someone

Question 27

Evince

Answer 27

Verb | - to reveal the presence of something; disclose

Question 28

Effigy

Answer 28

Noun | - a sculpture or model of a person

Question 29

Onerous

Answer 29

Adjective - involving a great amount of effort - a task, duty, or responsibility involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome

Question 30

Statuary

Answer 30

Noun | - a collections of statues

Question 31

Decorum

Answer 31

Noun - manners; etiquette - a certain way to behave during certain situations

Question 32

Irreparable

Answer 32

Adjective | Impossible to repair

Question 33

Guile

Answer 33

Noun | - sly or cunning intelligence

Question 34

Cadence

Answer 34

Noun | -a modulation or inflection of the voice

Question 35

Lassitude

Answer 35

Noun - a state of physical and/ or mental fatigue - lack of energy - tiredness

Question 36

Ambivalence

Answer 36

Noun - a state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about someone or something - uncertainty

Question 37

Assiduous

Answer 37

Adjective - showing great care and perseverance for something - careful, thorough, attentive

Question 38

Stipulation

Answer 38

Noun | A condition or repairment that is demanded in part of an agreement

Question 39

Pander

Answer 39

Verb -give in to, satisfy -appealing to the wants and or desires of a certain group of people Noun -a person who caters to or profits from appealing to other people

Question 40

Dichotomy

Answer 40

Noun - a division into two parts/ a division of one group into two things - contrast between two things contrast or difference