Vocab Week 4

Question 1

abeyance

Answer 1

postponement, stop in an activity

Question 2

adjunct

Answer 2

attached, in a subordinate or auxiliary

capacity

Question 3

aggrandize

Answer 3

make more powerful, increase in importance

Question 4

ambiance

Answer 4

surroundings, environment, atmosphere

Question 5

anomaly

Answer 5

abnormality, irregularity., deviation

Question 6

blithe

Answer 6

cheerful

Question 7

breach

Answer 7

open up, break through

Question 8

caucus

Answer 8

a political conference or to call such a

gathering

Question 9

conjecture

Answer 9

guess, surmise

Question 10

deprecate

Answer 10

denounce, censure

Question 11

discursive

Answer 11

digressive, rambling

Question 12

duplicity

Answer 12

cunning, fraud, trickery

Question 13

effigy

Answer 13

likeness, image

Question 14

embroil

Answer 14

enmesh, involve

Question 15

ennui

Answer 15

dullness, boredom, monotony

Question 16

enthrall

Answer 16

mesmerize, captivate, enslave

Question 17

entrench

Answer 17

dig in, ensconce

Question 18

ethereal

Answer 18

delicate, unearthly

Question 19

etymology

Answer 19

study of language’s origins, origin and

historical developments of linguistics

Question 20

expatriate

Answer 20

one living in a foreign country or in exile

from his native land

Question 21

expurgate

Answer 21

remove erroneous or objectionable material

Question 22

facsimile

Answer 22

copy, reproduction

Question 23

fallible

Answer 23

faulty, imperfect

Question 24

fallow

Answer 24

idle, dormant

Question 25

fawn

Answer 25

bow before, grovel

Question 26

feckless

Answer 26

careless, aimless, lacking purpose

Question 27

fetid

Answer 27

malodorous, slinking, foul, noisome

Question 28

fetter

Answer 28

restrain, chain

Question 29

foible

Answer 29

weakness, frailty

Question 30

forswear

Answer 30

repudiate, forsake, eschew

Question 31

gainsay

Answer 31

deny, dispute

Question 32

gambol

Answer 32

play, frolic

Question 33

garish

Answer 33

gaudy, ostentatious, excessive

Question 34

glean

Answer 34

harvest, collect

Question 35

grovel

Answer 35

cringe, act in a servile way

Question 36

hallow

Answer 36

make holy, consecrate, sanctify

Question 37

hearten

Answer 37

encourage, support

Question 38

hiatus

Answer 38

interruption, pause, gap

Question 39

histrionic

Answer 39

melodramatic

Question 40

hyperbole

Answer 40

exaggeration, enhancement, fanciful | statement

Question 41

inimical

Answer 41

antagonistic, harmful, hurtful, adverse

Question 42

inscrutable

Answer 42

mysterious, unknowable

Question 43

insolvent

Answer 43

bankrupt, unable to pay debts

Question 44

languish

Answer 44

become weak or downcast, waste/pine away | in longing, remain ignored and neglected

Question 45

lassitude

Answer 45

fatigue, weariness, debility

Question 46

lugubrious

Answer 46

mournful, somber

Question 47

mettle

Answer 47

stamina, bravery, courage

Question 48

mire

Answer 48

mud, slime, muck

Question 49

mordant

Answer 49

cutting, bitter

Question 50

motley

Answer 50

mixed, multicolored, spotted

Question 51

mull

Answer 51

study, think, ponder

Question 52

munificent

Answer 52

generous, extravagant philanthropic

Question 53

pillory

Answer 53

expose to abuse and ridicule

Question 54

progeny

Answer 54

heirs, descendant, offspring

Question 55

protean

Answer 55

variable, changeable

Question 56

rescind

Answer 56

cancel, veto, repeal

Question 57

resilient

Answer 57

able to recover quickly

Question 58

savant

Answer 58

intellectual, philosopher, scholar

Question 59

scoff

Answer 59

mock, ridicule

Question 60

spurn

Answer 60

defy, reject

Question 61

strife

Answer 61

conflict, turmoil, struggle

Question 62

supple

Answer 62

flexible, lithe

Question 63

svelte

Answer 63

graceful, slim

Question 64

sybarite

Answer 64

pleasure seeker, one devoted to luxury

Question 65

temporal

Answer 65

secular, worldly, not eternal

Question 66

turpitude

Answer 66

depravity, baseness, shamefulness

Question 67

ubiquitous

Answer 67

everywhere, ever-present

Question 68

undulate

Answer 68

move in a wave-like fashion

Question 69

unscathed

Answer 69

unhurt, uninjured

Question 70

unwieldy

Answer 70

awkward, unmanageable

Question 71

vagary

Answer 71

impulsive/erratic idea or action