vocab quiz 1

Question 1

adjunct

Answer 1

something added to something else as helpful or useful

Question 2

bellwether

Answer 2

an indicator or predictor of a trend

Question 3

caterwaul

Answer 3

to hawl or screech like a cat; to quarrel

Question 4

chimerical

Answer 4

absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

Question 5

effete

Answer 5

lacking in wholesome vigor or energy

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fait accompli

Answer 6

an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed

Question 7

hierarchy

Answer 7

any system of things or people arranged one above the other

Question 8

laissez-faire

Answer 8

deliberate obstention from direction or interference

Question 9

liturgy

Answer 9

a religious service or rite

Question 10

hidebound

Answer 10

narrow-minded and rigid; especially opinions or prejudices

Question 11

Morass

Answer 11

a patch of low, soft, wet ground: a swamp.

Question 12

Noisome

Answer 12

offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful.

Question 13

oblivious

Answer 13

forgetful; unaware

Question 14

patroon

Answer 14

a base coward (noun)

Question 15

proselyte

Answer 15

a convert; a disciple

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quasi

Answer 16

resembling but not actually being

Question 17

raillery

Answer 17

good-humored ridicule; teasing

Question 18

ribald

Answer 18

irreverently mocking; coarse , vulgar, or indecent in language

Question 19

supine

Answer 19

lying flat on one’s back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

Question 20

vignette

Answer 20

a short description or sketch; a picture with edges that gradually shade off

Question 21

Aegisi

Answer 21

protection; patronage; sponsorship

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Aprise

Answer 22

it infrom of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice

Question 23

Bibulous

Answer 23

found or inclined to drink; absorbent

Question 24

claque

Answer 24

a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; an opera hat

Question 25

derecinate

Answer 25

to pull up by the roots; to root out; uproot or dislocate to eliminate all traces

Question 26

exegisis

Answer 26

an explanation or critical interpretation

Question 27

indigeneous

Answer 27

originating in the country or region where found; native; inherent

Question 28

lachrymose

Answer 28

given tears or weeping; causing to shed tears

Question 29

lexicon

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a dictionary of a language; the special vocabulary of a person, group, or subject

Question 30

meice

Answer 30

a confused struggle; a violent free for all

Question 31

micocosm

Answer 31

a miniture world or universe

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miniscule

Answer 32

very small, tiny; a lowercase letter

Question 33

obluscate

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to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder

Question 34

paternalism

Answer 34

the policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children

Question 35

polarize

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to cause to concentrate around to conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern

Question 36

purview

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to range, extent, or scope of something; in law; the scope or limit of what is provided in a statue

Question 37

sanguine

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having a ruddy complextion; or cheerfully, confident, or optimistic outlook

Question 38

solecism

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a substandard or ungrammatical usage; a breach of etiquette

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vassal

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a person under the protection of a federal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance or subordinate or dependent

Question 40

versimillute

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the quality appearing to be true, real, likely, or procable

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paen

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a song of praise, joy, or triumph

Question 42

persifiage

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light hearted joking, talk or writing

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mountebank

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a trickster or swindler: charlatan

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plethora

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overfulles; superabundance

Question 45

progamatic

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concerned with practical considerations or values; stiff in one's opinions

Question 46

quizzical

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puzzled, mocking, add, equivical

Question 47

rapacity

Answer 47

inordinate gred; the disposition to obtain one's desire; by force, exertion, or plunder

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schism

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a formal split within a religous organization; any division or speration of a group into hestile functions

Question 49

theraputic

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having the power to heal or cure

Question 50

virtuse

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a brilliant performer; a person with mastery skill or technique