Vocab List 9

Question 1

amorphous (a-)

Answer 1

without a clearly defined shape or form (not)

Question 2

perambulate (ambul)

Answer 2

walk or travel through or around a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way (walk)

Question 3

secular (-ar)

Answer 3

denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis (relating to)

Question 4

cacophony (caco)

Answer 4

a harsh discordant mixture of sounds (bad)

Question 5

colloquy (co)

Answer 5

a conversation (together)

Question 6

fidelity (fid)

Answer 6

faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support (faith)

Question 7

infinitive (fin)

Answer 7

the basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (end)

Question 8

fractious (fract)

Answer 8

irritable and quarrelsome; difficult to control, unruly (break)

Question 9

bibliography (graph)

Answer 9

a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix (write)

Question 10

tetrahedron (hedron)

Answer 10

four sided object/shape (sided object)

Question 11

heterogenous (heter)

Answer 11

diverse in character or content (different)

Question 12

hexagram (hex)

Answer 12

a star-shaped figure formed by two intersecting equilateral triangles (six)

Question 13

infidel (in)

Answer 13

a person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one’s own (in/not)

Question 14

saturnine (ine)

Answer 14

(of a person or their manner) slow and gloomy (nature of)

Question 15

bilateral (lat)

Answer 15

having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides (side)

Question 16

monolith (lith)

Answer 16

a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument (rock)

Question 17

heteronomy (nomy)

Answer 17

subjection to something else; especially : a lack of moral freedom or self-determination (law)

Question 18

vivacious (-ous)

Answer 18

attractively lively and animated (typically used of a woman) (full of)

Question 19

pathetic (path)

Answer 19

arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness (feeling)

Question 20

philosopher (phile)

Answer 20

a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline (love)

Question 21

platitude (platy)

Answer 21

an overused comment or observation, especially one with moral implications, that lacks depth and interest (flat)

Question 22

omniscience (sci)

Answer 22

the state of knowing everything (know)

Question 23

apotheosis (theo)

Answer 23

the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax (god)

Question 24

topic (topo)

Answer 24

a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject (place)

Question 25

traction (tract)

Answer 25

he action of drawing or pulling something over a surface, especially a road or track (pull)