Vocab day 5 part 2

Question 1

reparation

Answer 1

compensation, amends
“the judge said she would not sentence the man to jail on the condition that he pay full reparation to the family hurt by his crime”

Question 2

repine

Answer 2

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

syn : lament,

Question 3

reprise

Answer 3

repetition, especially of a piece of music

Question 4

reproach

Answer 4

blame, to find fault with.
express to (someone) one's disapproval of or disappointment in their actions.

reprimand, reprove, rebuke, lambast, admonish, chastise, castigate

Question 5

reprobate

Answer 5

morally unprincipled person.

Question 6

repudiate

Answer 6

to reject, refuse to accept

Question 7

rescind

Answer 7

to cancel

Question 8

resolution

Answer 8

determination

Question 9

resolve

Answer 9

determination

Question 10

reticent

Answer 10

not been able to express one’s thoughts and feeling freely

Question 11

profound

Answer 11

deep, not superficial, intense feeling.
“profound knowledge of the subject”
“profound feeling for somethinge”

Question 12

prohibitive

Answer 12

prohibit, prevent, forbit

Question 13

proliferate

Answer 13

to increase rapidly

Question 14

propensity

Answer 14

inclination, tendency

Question 15

propitiate

Answer 15

appease, to win over, to do something that they like to win them over.
pro for peace, is propitiate

Question 16

propriety

Answer 16

: the quality or state of being proper or suitable : APPROPRIATENESS
Syn : conformity (to what is socially acceptable in conduct or speech),
correct conduct,decorum, standard practices,, decency

Question 17

proscribe

Answer 17

forbit, outlawed

Question 18

provident

Answer 18

providing for the future, like the provident fund

Question 19

puissant

Answer 19

powerful.
to remember this word->
pussy ain’t powerful. LOL

Question 20

punctilious

Answer 20

showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour.

syn: meticulous

Question 21

quiescent

Answer 21

inactive, still, dormancy

Question 22

quibble

Answer 22

argue over insignificant things

Question 23

query

Answer 23

a question

Question 24

qualms

Answer 24

an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving.
hesitation, second thoughts etc.

Question 25

qualified

Answer 25

Being fitted for a specific purpose, means being restricted to that specific thing i.e. being limited or being restricted.

Question 26

quail

Answer 26

to cower , lose heart | "To quail in fear"

Question 27

quagmire

Answer 27

difficult situation

Question 28

pusillanimous

Answer 28

cowardly

Question 29

purport / purported / purported

Answer 29

claim, support, to profess, to pretend to do something " Claim to do something without truth" Syn : Specious, fallacious " The ring purport to be real gold" When used purport that means the speaker is doubtful of it being a truth. In this case, speaker is doubtful of the ring being of gold, hence is purport.

Question 30

pungent

Answer 30

sharp strong smell

Question 31

renege

Answer 31

to go back on one's words

Question 32

remonstrate

Answer 32

to object, protest

Question 33

relegate

Answer 33

to allocate to an inferior position

Question 34

regale

Answer 34

to entertain / amuse with talk | " He regaled her with his charming personality"

Question 35

refute

Answer 35

to disprove, to contradict

Question 36

recondite

Answer 36

Little known | Syn : Obscure, abstruse, profound, arcane, esoteric,

Question 37

refractory

Answer 37

stubborn, unmanageable | Syn : obstinate

Question 38

refulgent

Answer 38

brightly shining.

Question 39

redoubtable

Answer 39

formidable, arousing fear

Question 40

recluse

Answer 40

a person who lives in seclusion ad often in solitude | Syn : hermit, ascetic

Question 41

recant

Answer 41

to retract a statement / opinion

Question 42

recalcitrant

Answer 42

resisting authority

Question 43

rebus

Answer 43

puzzles in which pictures / symbols represent words

Question 44

rationale

Answer 44

fundamental reason

Question 45

rarefied / rarefy

Answer 45

refined, thining | " Increasing industrialization leads to rarefying of the forest"

Question 46

ramification / ramify

Answer 46

implication, outgrowth, consequences " Before making a law we have to think of all the possible ramifications, for example: things that will occur as a consequence of this law, also, all the loops holes of this law all of these are ramifications"

Question 47

raiment

Answer 47

clothing, attire, apparel, garments,

Question 48

rail

Answer 48

to scold

Question 49

raconteur

Answer 49

witty, skillful storyteller

Question 50

quorum

Answer 50

number of member necessary to conduct a meeting