Vocab Units 1-6

Question 1

Fetish

Answer 1

An inanimate object believed to have inherent magical powers, and therefore worshiped

Anything irrationally reverenced; obsession

Question 2

Verdant

Answer 2

Green with growing plants or grass; green in color

Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated

Question 3

JUR

Answer 3

to swear

Question 4

Emanate

Answer 4

To flow forth or originate from a source

Question 5

Exorbitant antonym

Answer 5

Insufficient

Question 6

Insipid

Answer 6

Without excitement or appeal

Question 7

Intrepid

Answer 7

Fearless

Question 8

Inundate

Answer 8

To cover with water; to overwhelm as if with a flood

Question 9

PED

Answer 9

Foot

Question 10

Augment antonym

Answer 10

Diminish

Question 11

Penitent

Answer 11

Feeling sorrow for one’s sins and being willing to repent

Question 12

Procrastinate

Answer 12

To put off doing something until a future time; to postpone habitually

Question 13

Vulnerable

Answer 13

Susceptible to wounds; open to attack

Question 14

hypo-

Answer 14

Below, under

Question 15

Pro-

Answer 15

For, before, forward

Question 16

-able

Answer 16

Able to (be)

Question 17

Cadence

Answer 17

Intonation of the voice

Measured movement, such as in music and writing

Question 18

Frugality antonym

Answer 18

Wastefulness

Question 19

Hiatus

Answer 19

A break or interruption in something; a gap; a pause

Question 20

Hiatus antonym

Answer 20

Continuation, continuity

Question 21

Precursor

Answer 21

A person or thing that goes before and heralds the coming of another person or thing; one who precedes another in a course or office

Question 22

Sanction

Answer 22

Authoritative permission for an action

Penalty imposed to encourage compliance to law

Question 23

Agnostic

Answer 23

One who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable; one who asserts that all claims to knowledge are uncertain

Question 24

Anathema antonym

Answer 24

Blessing

Question 25

Criterion

Answer 25

A test, rule, or standard by which something is judged

Question 26

Epithet

Answer 26

A name or title used to describe or characterize a person or thing

Question 27

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 27

A temperament peculiar to an individual; any personal peculiarity or mannerism

Question 28

Panacea

Answer 28

A supposed remedy for all diseases or ills

Question 29

Plethora

Answer 29

Excess; superabundance

Question 30

Pseudonym

Answer 30

A fictitious name, as one assumed by an author

Question 31

Sporadic antonym

Answer 31

Regular

Question 32

ANTHROP

Answer 32

Man, human, being

Question 33

PHIL

Answer 33

To love

Question 34

RUPTURE

Answer 34

To break

Question 35

Coerce

Answer 35

To force someone to comply or obey, as by pressure, threats, or intimidation; to effect by force

Question 36

Corroborate

Answer 36

To strengthen or confirm by agreeing statements or new evidence

Question 37

Discomfit

Answer 37

To cause uneasiness, embarrassment, or confusion To thwart the plans or purpose of

Question 38

Recumbent

Answer 38

Reclining, lying down; resting

Question 39

Renunciation

Answer 39

The act of formally or voluntarily giving up a claim or title

Question 40

Replete

Answer 40

Abundantly supplied; well-filled

Question 41

Replete antonym

Answer 41

Empty

Question 42

Reprehensible

Answer 42

Deserving of blame, rebuke, or censure

Question 43

Reprisal

Answer 43

Forcible seizure in retaliation for injuries received; injury done in return for injury received

Question 44

Respite

Answer 44

An interval of relief or rest; a delay of punishment

Question 45

Reticence

Answer 45

Inclination to be silent

Question 46

Reticence antonym

Answer 46

Talkativeness

Question 47

Retribution

Answer 47

Punishment for offenses; compensation

Question 48

Com- (co-, col-, con-, cor-)

Answer 48

With, together

Question 49

Hyper-

Answer 49

Over, above, beyond

Question 50

ARCH

Answer 50

Chief, first, to rule

Question 51

-age

Answer 51

State, quality, act of