Vocab Final Exam

Question 1

Admonish

Answer 1

To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; remind of duty.

Question 2

Breach

Answer 2

An opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction.

Question 3

Commandeer

Answer 3

To seize for military; or official use.

Question 4

Cumbersome

Answer 4

Clumsy; hard to handle; slow moving.

Question 5

Deadlock

Answer 5

A standstill resulting from the opposition from two equal forces or factions.

Question 6

Debris

Answer 6

Scattered fragments; wreckage.

Question 7

Diffuse

Answer 7

To spread or scatter freely or widly.

Question 8

Opinionated

Answer 8

Stubborn or often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind.

Question 9

Predispose

Answer 9

To incline to beforehand.

Question 10

Relinquish

Answer 10

To let go or give up.

Question 11

Adjourn

Answer 11

To stop proceeding temporarily; move to another place.

Question 12

Alien

Answer 12

A citizen from another country.

Question 13

Compensate

Answer 13

To make up for; to repay for services.

Question 14

Erratic

Answer 14

Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinary.

Question 15

Feint

Answer 15

A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense.

Question 16

Fodder

Answer 16

Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose.

Question 17

Fortify

Answer 17

To strengthen; to build up.

Question 18

Illegible

Answer 18

Difficult or impossible to read.

Question 19

Terse

Answer 19

Brief and to the point.

Question 20

Unflinching

Answer 20

Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back.

Question 21

Abridge

Answer 21

To make shorter.

Question 22

Altercation

Answer 22

An angry argument.

Question 23

Condone

Answer 23

To pardon or overlook.

Question 24

Dissent

Answer 24

To disagree.

Question 25

Eminent

Answer 25

Famous, outstanding, distinguished, and projecting.

Question 26

Fabricate

Answer 26

To make, manufacture, to make up, and invent.

Question 27

Irate

Answer 27

Angry.

Question 28

Semblance

Answer 28

A likeness; outward appearance, an apparition.

Question 29

Surmount

Answer 29

To rise above, to triumph, to overcome.

Question 30

Trite

Answer 30

Commonplace, overused, and stale.

Question 31

Arduous

Answer 31

Hard to do; requiring much effort.

Question 32

Biased

Answer 32

Favoring one side unduly; prejudices.

Question 33

Daunt

Answer 33

To overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, and discourage.

Question 34

Fated

Answer 34

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune.

Question 35

Hoodwink

Answer 35

To mislead by a trick; decieve.

Question 36

Inanimate

Answer 36

Not having life, without energy or spirit.

Question 37

Incinerate

Answer 37

To burn to ashes.

Question 38

Intrepid

Answer 38

Very brave, fearless, and unshakeable.

Question 39

Precipice

Answer 39

A very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster.

Question 40

Rectify

Answer 40

To make right, correct.

Question 41

Annihilate

Answer 41

To destroy completely.

Question 42

Arbitrary

Answer 42

Unreasonable, based on one’s or whims without regard for reason or fairness.

Question 43

Catalyst

Answer 43

A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction.

Question 44

Facilitate

Answer 44

To make easier, assist.

Question 45

Latent

Answer 45

Hidden, present but not realized.

Question 46

Morose

Answer 46

Having a gloomy, or sullen manner, not friendly or sociable.

Question 47

Paramount

Answer 47

Chief in importance, above all others.

Question 48

Rebut

Answer 48

To offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute.

Question 49

Slapdash

Answer 49

Careless and hasty.

Question 50

Succumb

Answer 50

To give way to superior force; yield.