Vocab List 5 & 6

Question 1

Coherent

Answer 1

1. Showing orderly relation of parts
2. Sticking together
3. Being able to communicate clearly and logically

Question 2

Colloquial

Answer 2

Characteristic of ordinary conversion rather than formal speech or writing

Question 3

Commiserate

Answer 3

To feel or express sorrow or pity

Question 4

Condone

Answer 4

To forgive; to disregard an offense

Question 5

Commodious

Answer 5

Spacious, roomy, as in a house

Question 6

Contrite

Answer 6

Thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one’s sins

Question 7

Abstain

Answer 7

To refrain from something by one’s choice

Question 8

Impertinent

Answer 8

1. Impudent; rude
2. Irrelevant

Question 9

Pertinacious

Answer 9

Holding firmly, even stubbornly, to abelief

Question 10

Tenacity

Answer 10

Hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly

Question 11

Aptitude

Answer 11

A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning

Question 12

Inept

Answer 12

1. Without skill
2. Inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd

Question 13

Adjunct

Answer 13

An added part of essential to the whole

Question 14

Conjugate

Answer 14

To give forms of verbs in a fixed order

Question 15

Injunction

Answer 15

An authoritative command or order

Question 16

Juncture

Answer 16

1. A serious state of affairs
2. The condition or point of being joined

Question 17

Subjugate

Answer 17

To conquer; to dominate completely

Question 18

Astringent

Answer 18

Harsh; severe (used usually in terms of punishment)

Question 19

Strait

Answer 19

1. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
2. (usually plural) a difficulty or bad position

Question 20

Stringent

Answer 20

1. Severe; constricted; tight (Usually in terms of rules)
2. Pertaining to scarcity of money

Question 21

What does the Latin root “cum” mean?

Answer 21

with; together with

Question 22

What does the Latin root “tenere” mean?

Answer 22

To hold; to keep

Question 23

What does the Latin root “apere” mean?

Answer 23

To fasten; to attach

Question 24

What does the Latin root “jungere” mean?

Answer 24

To join

Question 25

What does the Latin root "stringere" mean?

Answer 25

To draw together tightly; to tie