Vocab

Question 1

collude

Answer 1

To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire.

Question 2

laconic

Answer 2

using few words

She was a laconic poet who built her reputation on using words as sparingly as possible.

Question 3

munificent

Answer 3

1. Very liberal in giving; generous.

2. Showing great generosity: a munificent gift.

Question 4

avarice

Answer 4

Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.

Question 5

mendacity

Answer 5

1. The condition of being mendacious; untruthfulness.

2. A lie; a falsehood.

Question 6

prevarication

Answer 6

To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.

Question 7

incipient

Answer 7

Beginning to exist or appear:

ex. an incipient personnel problem.

Question 8

dulcet

Answer 8

a. Pleasing to the ear; melodious.

b. Having a soothing, agreeable quality.

Question 9

ingenuous

Answer 9

showing innocence or childlike simplicity

She was so ingenuous that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city.

Question 10

perspicuous

Answer 10

Clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand: perspicuous prose.

Question 11

profligate

Answer 11

1. shamelessly immoral or debauched
2. wildly extravagant or wasteful
   n
   a profligate person

Question 12

prodigal

Answer 12

lavish, wasteful.

The prodigal son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure.

Question 13

parsimonious

Answer 13

Excessively sparing or frugal.

Question 14

irascible

Answer 14

easily made angry

Question 15

perfidious

Answer 15

willing to betray one’s trust

Question 16

demagogue

Answer 16

A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

(in ancient Greece and Rome) A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people.

Question 17

pellucid

Answer 17

/pəˈlo͞osid/
Adjective

Translucently clear.
Lucid in style or meaning; easily understood.

Question 18

stalwart

Answer 18

Adjective
Loyal, reliable, and hardworking: “he remained a stalwart supporter of the cause”.

Noun
A loyal, reliable, and hardworking supporter or participant in an organization or team: “the stalwarts of the Ladies’ Auxiliary”.

Question 19

depredation

Answer 19

Noun
An act of attacking or plundering.

Synonyms
pillage - rapine - robbery - ravage - despoilment - havoc

Question 20

irresolute

Answer 20

Adjective
Showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.

Synonyms
indecisive - hesitant - undecided - undetermined

Question 21

resplendent

Answer 21

Adjective
Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.

Synonyms
shining - bright - brilliant - refulgent - luminous

Question 22

belie

Answer 22

1
a : to give a false impression of
b : to present an appearance not in agreement with

2
a : to show (something) to be false or wrong

Question 23

dilatory

Answer 23

Adjective

Slow to act.
Intended to cause delay: "dilatory tactics".

Synonyms
slow - tardy - sluggish

Question 24

indolence

Answer 24

: inclination to laziness : sloth

Question 25

travail

Answer 25

1 a : work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil b : a physical or mental exertion or piece of work : task, effort

Question 26

cynosure

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2 : one that serves to direct or guide 3 : a center of attraction or attention

Question 27

prolix

Answer 27

: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long 2 : marked by or using an excess of words

Question 28

extirpate

Answer 28

to tear up by the roots or | to destroy completely

Question 29

anodyne

Answer 29

inoffensive Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; uncontentious or inoffensive, often deliberately so: "anodyne New Age music"

Question 30

recondite

Answer 30

little known, obscure, abstruse : not understood or known by many people

Question 31

augury

Answer 31

a declaration that something will happen in the future

Question 32

anachronism

Answer 32

a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place;

Question 33

equivocal

Answer 33

Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. | Uncertain or questionable in nature.

Question 34

reprisal

Answer 34

: the regaining of something (as by recapture) 4 : something (as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution —usually used in plural

Question 35

approbation

Answer 35

a : an act of approving formally or officially

Question 36

vituperate

Answer 36

Verb Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language. Synonyms revile - abuse - scold - inveigh - curse

Question 37

cogitation

Answer 37

a : the act of cogitating : meditation | b : the capacity to think or reflect

Question 38

to buffet

Answer 38

: a blow especially with the hand 2 : something that strikes with telling force

Question 39

precipitous

Answer 39

Adjective Dangerously high or steep. (of a change for the worse) Sudden and dramatic. Synonyms steep - abrupt - sheer - bluff - headlong - precipitate

Question 40

liminal

Answer 40

: of or relating to a sensory threshold 2 : barely perceptible

Question 41

incendiary

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: a person who excites factions, quarrels, or sedition : agitator

Question 42

ersatz

Answer 42

substitute or imitation, usually inferior

Question 43

diffident

Answer 43

hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence

Question 44

alacrity

Answer 44

: promptness in response : cheerful readiness

Question 45

Fulminate

Answer 45

To attack loudly or denounce She was fulminating about the dangers of smoking

Question 46

Ingenuous

Answer 46

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Question 47

Paean

Answer 47

song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Question 48

Perfidy

Answer 48

intentional breach of faith; treachery

Question 49

perspicacious

Answer 49

acutely perceptive; having keep discernment

Question 50

Virulent

Answer 50

extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Question 51

Chary

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wary; cautious; sparing

Question 52

Acumen

Answer 52

keen, accurate judgement or insight

Question 53

Halcyon

Answer 53

calm and peaceful

Question 54

Iconoclast

Answer 54

one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

Question 55

Implacable

Answer 55

not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Question 56

Inchoate

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in an initial stage; not fully formed

Question 57

infelicitous

Answer 57

unfortunate; inappropriate

Question 58

pedantic

Answer 58

overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge

Question 59

penury

Answer 59

poverty; destitution

Question 60

spurious

Answer 60

lacking authenticity or validity; false, counterfeit

Question 61

descry

Answer 61

Catch sight of.

Question 62

mawkish

Answer 62

Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way: "a mawkish poem". | Having a faint sickly flavor: "the mawkish smell of warm beer".

Question 63

obloquy

Answer 63

disgrace or public censure

Question 64

pernicious

Answer 64

destructive