Vocab Final 1-10

Question 1

Inflection

Answer 1

A change in the form of a word

Question 2

Phonology

Answer 2

The sound system of a language

Question 3

Cognate

Answer 3

A word related to another word in a different language

Question 4

Orthography

Answer 4

The study of a language’s writing or spelling system

Question 5

Paradigm

Answer 5

A model for a way of viewing things

Question 6

Succinct

Answer 6

Clear and precise; using few words

Question 7

Rhetoric

Answer 7

The study of using a language effectively

Question 8

Syntax

Answer 8

How words are arranged

Question 9

Rejoinder

Answer 9

An answer to a reply; witty response

Question 10

Belie

Answer 10

To misrepresent

Question 11

Dissemble

Answer 11

To hide one’s feelings or motives behind a false appearance

Question 12

Spurious

Answer 12

Fake; not authentic

Question 13

Perfidious

Answer 13

Treacherous

Question 14

Probity

Answer 14

Total integrity; uprightness

Question 15

Scrupulous

Answer 15

Conscientious and exact

Question 16

Forthright

Answer 16

Direct, honest

Question 17

Nefarious

Answer 17

Infamous

Question 18

Disingenuous

Answer 18

Not telling the whole truth

Question 19

Clandestine

Answer 19

Done in secret

Question 20

Eon

Answer 20

Longest division of geologic time

Question 21

Concomitant

Answer 21

Occurring simultaneously

Question 22

Extant

Answer 22

Still in existence

Question 23

Hiatus

Answer 23

Gap in space, time, or continuity

Question 24

Irrevocable

Answer 24

Irreversible

Question 25

Inure

Answer 25

Accustom to hardship

Question 26

Perpetuity

Answer 26

An eternity

Question 27

Millennium

Answer 27

One thousand years

Question 28

Transience

Answer 28

Brief existence

Question 29

Pristine

Answer 29

Unspoiled

Question 30

Buffoon

Answer 30

A clown or jester

Question 31

Farce

Answer 31

An exaggerated comic play

Question 32

Irony

Answer 32

Deliberate use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

Question 33

Jocular

Answer 33

Characterized by a joking manner

Question 34

Lampoon

Answer 34

A written piece that pokes fun or ridicules

Question 35

Levity

Answer 35

A light and humorous manner

Question 36

Parody

Answer 36

A comic imitation that exaggerates

Question 37

Regale

Answer 37

To entertain

Question 38

Raillery

Answer 38

Good-natured teasing

Question 39

Satirical

Answer 39

Humorously critical; using sarcasm

Question 40

Adumbrate

Answer 40

To describe vaguely

Question 41

Covert

Answer 41

Hidden or concealed

Question 42

Fathom

Answer 42

To comprehend

Question 43

Impervious

Answer 43

Incapable of being affected

Question 44

Manifest

Answer 44

To show or demonstrate

Question 45

Arcane

Answer 45

Mysterious

Question 46

Educe

Answer 46

To draw out

Question 47

Impenetrable

Answer 47

Impossible to break through

Question 48

Limpid

Answer 48

Calm and serene

Question 49

Nebulous

Answer 49

Cloudy; hazy

Question 50

Adjunct

Answer 50

Attached in a subordinate position

Question 51

Compatriot

Answer 51

A colleague

Question 52

Contiguous

Answer 52

Adjacent

Question 53

Diverge

Answer 53

To branch out

Question 54

Synergy

Answer 54

The interaction of merged forces resulting in greater effect

Question 55

Amalgamate

Answer 55

To unite

Question 56

Conclave

Answer 56

A secret meeting

Question 57

Diffuse

Answer 57

Widely spread or scattered

Question 58

Parity

Answer 58

Equality

Question 59

Transcend

Answer 59

To surpass

Question 60

Axiomatic

Answer 60

Self-evident

Question 61

Dialectic

Answer 61

The exchanging of opposing logical arguments

Question 62

Presuppose

Answer 62

To assume beforehand

Question 63

Rebuttal

Answer 63

Disproving an argument

Question 64

Tenuous

Answer 64

Flimsy

Question 65

Definitive

Answer 65

Authoritative and complete

Question 66

Empirical

Answer 66

Relying on observation

Question 67

Rationalize

Answer 67

To explain away with self-satisfying but incorrect reasons

Question 68

Repudiate

Answer 68

To reject the validity of

Question 69

Verifiable

Answer 69

Provable

Question 70

Bedlam

Answer 70

Noisy confusion

Question 71

Bowdlerize

Answer 71

To abridge and simplify a work

Question 72

Draconian

Answer 72

Very severe

Question 73

Chauvinism

Answer 73

A prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's group

Question 74

Maudlin

Answer 74

Overly sentimental

Question 75

Martinet

Answer 75

A rigid disciplinarian

Question 76

Silhouette

Answer 76

An outline against a dark background

Question 77

Mesmerize

Answer 77

To enthrall

Question 78

Titanic

Answer 78

Enormous

Question 79

Stentorian

Answer 79

Extremely loud

Question 80

Exalt

Answer 80

To glorify or praise

Question 81

Exhort

Answer 81

To appeal strongly

Question 82

Gist

Answer 82

The essence; the central idea

Question 83

Histrionic

Answer 83

Excessively dramatic

Question 84

Garrulous

Answer 84

Wordy and rambling

Question 85

Laconic

Answer 85

Terse

Question 86

Peremptory

Answer 86

Not allowing refusal

Question 87

Polemic

Answer 87

A controversial argument

Question 88

Vivacious

Answer 88

Lively

Question 89

Vociferous

Answer 89

Offensively loud or forceful

Question 90

Debilitate

Answer 90

To sap the energy of

Question 91

Atrophy

Answer 91

To wither away

Question 92

Moribund

Answer 92

About to die

Question 93

Livid

Answer 93

Black and Blue

Question 94

Pestilence

Answer 94

A usually fatal epidemic disease

Question 95

Noxious

Answer 95

Poisonous

Question 96

Scourge

Answer 96

A cause of great devastation

Question 97

Prostrate

Answer 97

To reduce to extreme weakness

Question 98

Unscathed

Answer 98

Completely uninjured

Question 99

Salubrious

Answer 99

Favorable to good health

Question 100

Philology

Answer 100

Study of the history of language.