Vocab List Week 2

Question 1

DISTEND

Answer 1

(v) To extend
(v) To swell or extend from internal pressure

Question 1

CONFOUND

Answer 1

(v) To confuse, perplex, or stump; To throw into disorder
(v) To mix up, fail to notice differences
(v) To refute, prove wrong, or put to shame

Question 2

EXPLICIT

Answer 2

(adj. ) Fully and clearly expressed, without leaving anything to implication
(adj. ) Fully developed or defined
(adj. ) Forthright and unambiguous in expression

Question 3

TACITURN

Answer 3

(adj.) Disinclined to speak by temperament

Question 4

FRACAS

Answer 4

(n) A noisy, loud quarrel, brawl, or disturbance

Question 4

DEFERENCE

Answer 4

(n) Submission to or due respect for superiors or elders

Question 4

IMPETUOUS

Answer 4

(adj.) Impulsive, characterized by sudden, passionate action (adj.) Violent or forceful

Question 5

SANCTION


Answer 5

1. (POSITIVE meaning)
   (n) Official or authoritative permission or authorization; support or encouragement;
   (v) To approve or authorize officially; to support or tolerate by showing approval
2. (NEGATIVE meaning)
   (n) A penalty meant to force compliance; a military or economic measure adopted by several nations and meant to coerce another nation violating international law;
   (v) To penalize, especially for a violation of international law

Question 6

APPRISE

Answer 6

(v) To inform, tell, or give notice to

Question 7

PONDEROUS

Answer 7

(adj.) Of great weight; unwieldy due to heaviness and bulk (adj.) Labored, dull, or lifeless

Question 8

EXTRANEOUS

Answer 8

(adj. ) Irrelevant, unrelated, not pertinent
(adj. ) Nonessential, not vital
(adj. ) Coming from outside

Question 8

DENUNCIATION

Answer 8

(n) 1. public condemnation or censure 2. an accusation of a crime

Question 8

FOMENT

Answer 8

(v) To foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse

Question 9

ABATE

Answer 9

(v) To reduce in degree, amount, or intensity

Question 10

APPROBATION

Answer 10

(n) Official approval
(n) Commendation, praise; a warm expression of approval

Question 11

EXCULPATE

Answer 11

(v) To clear from a charge or guilt

Question 13

PERFIDY

Answer 13

(n) 1. The quality or state of being disloyal; treachery; faithlessness
2. An act of disloyalty

Question 14

PRODIGIOUS

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(adj.) Impressive or extraordinary in bulk, amount, or degree; enormous (adj.) Marvelous, eliciting amazement

Question 15

VACILLATE

Answer 15

(v) To hesitate or waver in forming an opinion or make a decision
(v) To fluctuate or oscillate

Question 17

AUDACIOUS

Answer 17

(adj.) Recklessly bold; (adj.) Insolent or contemptuous of rules (adj.) Original and spirited

Question 19

PRISTINE

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(adj. ) Belonging or related to the original, earliest condition; primitive
(adj. ) Remaining in a pure, unspoiled state, untouched by civilization
(adj. ) Clean as if new

Question 20

INNOCUOUS

Answer 20

(adj.) Harmless or without negative effect (adj.) Unlikely to offend or inspire a strong reaction; insipid or bland

Question 21

BLITHE

Answer 21

(adj.) Lighthearted, carefree, joyous, or gaily cheerful (adj.) Thoughtless, heedless, or without regard or consideration

Question 23

STOLID

Answer 23

(adj.) Unemotional or impassive

Question 25

EXACERBATE

Answer 25

(v) To make more severe, violent, or bitter; to aggravate, intensify, or inflame

Question 26

DIFFUSE

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(adj.) Dispersed, spread out (adj.) Wordy and poorly organized

Question 27

IMPERMEABLE

Answer 27

(adj.) Not permeable; preventing passage through or into itself

Question 28

DERIVATIVE

Answer 28

(adj. ) Not original, secondary, or copied (adj. ) Derived

Question 29

LACKLUSTER

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(adj.) Without luster or brilliance; dull

Question 30

UBIQUITOUS

Answer 30

(adj.) Existing or present everywhere; constantly encountered or widespread

Question 31

COMPLAISANT

Answer 31

(adj.) Agreeable, eager to please, obliging

Question 32

PRESUMPTUOUS

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(adj.) Overstepping the bounds of what’s right or proper; inappropriately forward or taking liberties

Question 33

TRACTABILITY

Answer 33

(n) Capacity for being led, controlled, or taught; docility (n) Malleability; Ease of being handled or worked with

Question 34

SLIGHT

Answer 34

(verb) 1. To treat as unimportant or make light of 2. To treat with disdain or discourteous inattention 3. To do inattentively or negligently (noun) An instance of being slighted (adjective) 1. Slim or delicate of body 2. Small in size, extent, or quantity 3. Trifling, trivial, or unimportant 4. Lack strength or substance; flimsy

Question 35

RECALCITRANT

Answer 35

(adj.) Stubbornly resisting or defying authority or guidance

Question 36

CONCUR

Answer 36

(v) To agree, cooperate, or coincide

Question 37

LEVY

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(v) 1. To impose and collect (such as a tax) 2. To draft troops into military service 3. To declare and wage war

Question 38

VIGOR

Answer 38

(n) Active strength or energy; vitality

Question 39

OBSTINATE

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(adj.) Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course, against argument or persuasion; difficult to control, subdue, or remedy

Question 40

NADIR

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(adj. ) The lowest point (adj. ) A point on the celestial sphere, opposite the zenith and below the observer

Question 41

CONSOLE

Answer 41

(verb) To comfort, alleviate someone’s grief, suffering, or sense of loss (noun) 1. a cabinet (such as for a television) designed to stand on the floor 2. the control unit of a computer, electrical system, vehicle, etc.

Question 42

COVERT

Answer 42

(adj.) Not openly done, acknowledged, or avowed; veiled (adj.) Sheltered or covered

Question 44

TRANSPARENT

Answer 44

(adj. ) Permitting the passage of light, sheer enough to see through (adj. ) Frank, candid, and free of deceit or pretense (adj. ) Obvious; readily seen or understood (adj. ) Open with regards to methods or practices, especially in business

Question 45

DERISION

Answer 45

(n) Ridicule, mockery, or scorn

Question 46

CONVOKE

Answer 46

(v) To call (as a group of people) to a meeting

Question 47

DISCRETE

Answer 47

(n) Separate or distinct; an individual thing (n) Consisting of unconnected individual parts; not continuous

Question 48

ALLEVIATE

Answer 48

(v) To mitigate, lessen, or make bearable

Question 49

SPECIOUS

Answer 49

(adj. ) Deceptive in attractions or allure (adj. ) Falsely appearing true, genuine, or plausible

Question 50

VERACITY

Answer 50

(n) Conformity or adherence to the truth or accuracy