Vocab day 2

Question 1

aberration

Answer 1

a deviation from the way things normally happen or are done

Question 2

aboveboard

Answer 2

honest and open

Question 3

abrasive

Answer 3

rough; rude; and aggressive

Question 4

abridge

Answer 4

to make shorter by using fewer words

Question 5

abrupt

Answer 5

sudden and unexpected

Question 6

banality

Answer 6

quality of being banal or uninteresting

Question 7

bane

Answer 7

cause of one’s ruin or trouble

Question 8

calamity

Answer 8

a terrible event that causes a lot of damage or harm

Question 9

callous

Answer 9

having no sympathy for the suffering of others

Question 10

calumny

Answer 10

false statement about somebody made to damage his character

Question 11

camouflage

Answer 11

way of hiding or disguising

Question 12

candor

Answer 12

the quality of being honest

Question 13

debacle

Answer 13

sudden and complete failure

Question 14

debilitating

Answer 14

making very weak

Question 15

debunk

Answer 15

to show that the reputation (of a person, an idea, or an institution) is underserved or exaggerated

Question 16

deceitful

Answer 16

dishonest and intending to make somebody believe something that is not true

Question 17

eccentric

Answer 17

unusual; not conventional or normal; an eccentric person

Question 18

eclectic

Answer 18

not restricted to one source of ideas, but choosing from or using a wide range

Question 19

efface

Answer 19

to destroy or remove something so that it cannot be seen anymore; to make oneself appear unimportant

Question 20

gaiety

Answer 20

vivacity

Question 21

heavy handed

Answer 21

clumsy

Question 22

heed

Answer 22

to give careful attention to

Question 23

heinous

Answer 23

very bad and shocking

Question 24

herbivore

Answer 24

an animal that eats only plants

Question 25

herbivorous

Answer 25

feeding on plants

Question 26

illusory

Answer 26

causing or being an illusion or illusions; unreal or deceptive

Question 27

imbecile

Answer 27

a stupid person; fool

Question 28

imbibe

Answer 28

to take in or absorb something

Question 29

imbue

Answer 29

to inspire or permeate with an idea or emotion; to deeply influence

Question 30

immaculate

Answer 30

free from any dirt or stain; completely clean

Question 31

juvenile

Answer 31

relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult

Question 32

juxtapose

Answer 32

to bring together for the purpose of side by side comparison or contrast

Question 33

maladroit

Answer 33

not skillful

Question 34

malcontent

Answer 34

dissatisfied with existing conditions or circumstances

Question 35

naivete

Answer 35

trust based on lack of experience

Question 36

obfuscate

Answer 36

to deliberately make it seem confusing and harder to understand

Question 37

panache

Answer 37

a stylish, original and very confident way of doing something

Question 38

pandemic

Answer 38

a disease that afflicts many people over a vast area

Question 39

parable

Answer 39

a short story which is told in order to make a moral or religious point

Question 40

paradigm

Answer 40

a model of something

Question 41

paradox

Answer 41

a situation or statements which contains two opposite facts or characteristics

Question 42

qualitative

Answer 42

of or concerning the nature of or attributes of something, as opposed to its amounts

Question 43

rancorous

Answer 43

feeling or showing biter resentment

Question 44

rank

Answer 44

complete or extreme; overgrown

Question 45

rapport

Answer 45

a good understanding of someone and an ability to communicate well with them

Question 46

sagacious

Answer 46

characterized by good judgment and common sense

Question 47

salient

Answer 47

extremely noticeable

Question 48

salubrious

Answer 48

favorable to good health

Question 49

taboo

Answer 49

an action or word avoided for religious or social reasons

Question 50

tacit

Answer 50

understood without being put into words