Vocab U5

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

Adjective and noun
- Adjective: of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful
- appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful
- done or made to improve a person’s appearance or to correct defects in a person’s appearance
- Out of all of my friends my phone wallpaper is the least aesthetically pleasing because I’m too lazy to make a widget cover for each app.
- Noun: a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty
- a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight
- a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty
- I enjoy looking at Kehinde Wilde paintings because they have aesthetic characteristics.

Question 2

culpable

Answer 2

Adjective
-meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
-Often when an individual commits a crime they are culpable and must go through a trial in the court of law, unless of course, they are not caught

Question 3

distraught

Answer 3

adjective
- agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
exhibiting a severely disordered state of mind : not mentally sound
- Many high school students become extremely distraught during midterms because they must study everything that was learned in the semester and prepare to test in all of their classes all at once.

Question 4

Exalt

Answer 4

Verb
- to raise in rank, power, or character
- to elevate by praise or in estimation : glorify
- to raise high : elevate
- to enhance the activity of : intensify
- In Macbeth, Macbeth murders Duncan and is exalted to king of Scotland.
- At the end of Lord of the Rings, the protagonists are exalted due to their bravery and heroic actions that saved Middle Earth.

Question 5

Ethical

Answer 5

Adjective
- of or relating to ethics
- involving or expressing moral approval or disapproval
- conforming to accepted standards of conduct
- In certain movies the protagonist debates whether their questionable actions are ethical even if they are saving the lives of others.
- The heroes in superhero movies always try to express ethics when around younger individuals so that they may grow up to the “right” thing.

Question 6

Fluctuate

Answer 6

verb
- to shift back and forth uncertainly
- to rise and fall in or as if in waves
- Often in medical shows or at the doctor’s office, they say that someone’s levels fluctuate to show that their levels do not stay consistent.

Question 7

Goad

Answer 7

verb and noun
- Noun: a pointed rod used to urge on an animal
- something that urges or stimulates into action : spur
- something that pains as if by pricking : thorn
- The shepherd used the goad to guide the sheep into the valley.
- Verb: to incite or rouse as if with a goad
- to drive (an animal) with a goad
- My mom goaded me into attending a social gathering even though I dislike talking to other people.

Question 8

Incense

Answer 8

noun and verb 1 and verb 2
- Noun: material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned
- the perfume exhaled from some spices and gums when burned
- broadly : a pleasing scent
- pleasing attention : flattery
- My mom doesn’t usually like incense because the smell often gives her a headache.
- Verb 1: to apply or offer incense to
- to perfume with incense
- My friend likes to incense her room because it makes the room smell good in her opinion.
- Verb 2: to arouse the extreme anger or indignation of
- During some plot twists a character is incensed when they discover that their close friend betrayed them.

Question 9

Motley

Answer 9

adjective and noun
- Adjective: variegated in color
- made up of many different people or things
- My brother’s artwork is often a motley of colors because he just chooses random crayons and scribbles all over the page.
- Noun: a woolen fabric of mixed colors made in England between the 14th and 17th centuries
- a garment made of motley
- especially : the characteristic dress of the professional fool
- Jester, fool
- a mixture especially of incongruous elements
- In museums, you may find a motley from the 15th century hanging on the wall in the European wing.
Motleys are often characterized with black and red clothing and a hat with bells.

Question 10

Prodigious

Answer 10

Adjective
- causing amazement or wonder
- extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree : enormous
- resembling or befitting a prodigy : strange, unusual
- My brother consumes a prodigious amount of food in the summer because he doesn’t take his ADHD meds that make him lose his appetite.
- I enjoy going to the Strand in New York City because of their prodigious collection of books.