Vocab from practice test

Question 1

Demure

Answer 1

Reserved, modest, and shy

Question 2

Discourse

Answer 2

Written or spoken communication, conversation.

Question 3

Headlong

Answer 3

In a rush, with reckless haste

Question 4

Maxim

Answer 4

A short, vigorously excessive statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct. For example, a doctor a day keeps the doctor away, or actions speak louder tha words.

Question 5

Adage

Answer 5

A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.

Question 6

Jettison

Answer 6

Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship. Discard, essentially.

Question 7

Clairvoyant

Answer 7

A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.

Question 8

Burgeon

Answer 8

Begin to grow or increase rapidly. To thrive.

Question 9

Recalcitrant

Answer 9

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline. Stubborn

Question 10

Aberration

Answer 10

A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.

Question 11

Anomaly

Answer 11

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

Question 12

Derelict

Answer 12

In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect. Run down, broken down, worn down.

Question 13

Parlor

Answer 13

Sitting room in a private house.

Question 14

Itinerary

Answer 14

A planned route or journey.

Question 15

Precipice

Answer 15

A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.

Question 16

Fjord

Answer 16

A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

Question 17

Ascertain

Answer 17

Find (something) out for certain; make sure of.