Vocab List 2 Quiz 2 (Spring 2025)

Question 1

proliferate

Answer 1

to increase rapidly in numbers; multiply

Question 2

propogate

Answer 2

to spread & promote (an idea or theory) widely

Question 3

prolific

Answer 3

(of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring; plentiful

Question 4

reductive

Answer 4

to simplify a subject or problem to minimize, obscure, or distort it

Question 5

unscrupulous

Answer 5

behaving dishonestly or unfairly to get what you want

Question 6

scruple

Answer 6

feeling of doubt or hesitation about the morality of an action

Question 7

conscientious

Answer 7

wishing to do what is right, especially to do one’s work duty well and thoroughly

Question 8

indoctrinate

Answer 8

each (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically

Question 9

proselytize

Answer 9

convert or attempt to convert someone from one religion, belief, or opinion to another

Question 10

idyllic

Answer 10

(especially of a time or place) extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque

Question 11

rustic

Answer 11

relating to the country side, made plainly and simply

Question 12

pastoral

Answer 12

relating to an idealized version of country life

Question 13

bucolic

Answer 13

relating to the pleasant countryside and country life

Question 14

rapacious

Answer 14

aggressively greedy & grasping, willing to use unscrupulous means to procure

Question 15

voracious

Answer 15

wanting or devouring great quantities, esp food

Question 16

insatiable

Answer 16

impossible to satisfy

Question 17

equicvocate

Answer 17

to use ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

Question 18

doublespeak

Answer 18

deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language

Question 19

prevaricate

Answer 19

to speak or act in an evasive way

Question 20

scapegoat

Answer 20

someone who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, and faults of others esp for expediency or convenience

Question 21

comrade

Answer 21

a companion who shares one’s activities or is a fellow member of an organization

Question 22

camaraderie

Answer 22

mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together

Question 23

proletariat

Answer 23

the working and laboring lower class, depend on the bourgeoisie for jobs

Question 24

bourgeoisie

Answer 24

the middle class, typically petcieved of having materialistic values or conventional attitudes

Question 25

capitalism

Answer 25

economic and political system in which private owners control a country's trade & industry for profit, free market or private enterprise

Question 26

socialism

Answer 26

political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community

Question 27

fable

Answer 27

a short story, typically one with animals as characters, conveying a moral

Question 28

allegory

Answer 28

a symbolic story, poem, picture, movie, or show that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning typically moral or politic

Question 29

communism

Answer 29

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities/needs

Question 30

satire

Answer 30

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to express and criticize people's stupidity or vices

Question 31

dramatic irony

Answer 31

when the audience knows something the characters do not

Question 32

situational irony

Answer 32

when a situation's outcome is the opposite of what was expected

Question 33

verbal irony

Answer 33

when someone says something but means the opposite of what their words convey, and they mean it or are unaware what they are saying is untrue

Question 34

sarcasm

Answer 34

a type of verbal irony that mocks, ridicules, or humors