Question 1

(v.) to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem; to lower physically

Accepted Answer

abase

Question 2

(v.) : to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : CONDENSE ; to reduce in scope : DIMINISH

Accepted Answer

abridge

Question 3

(v.) APPLAUD, PRAISE; to declare by acclamation (n.) the act of acclaiming

Accepted Answer

acclaim

Question 4

(v.) to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively

Accepted Answer

acquiesce

Question 5

(v.) to make (something, such as pain or suffering) more bearable; to partially remove or correct (something undesirable)

Accepted Answer

alleviate

Question 6

(v.) to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : EASE; PACIFY, QUIET; to put an end to by satisfying : APPEASE, QUENCH

Accepted Answer

assuage

Question 7

(v.) to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense; SUPPLEMENT (n.) a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time especially in Greek and Sanskrit verbs

Accepted Answer

augment

Question 8

(v.) HOODWINK; to engage the interest of by or as if by guile; to lead by deception; to while away especially by some agreeable occupation

Accepted Answer

beguile

Question 9

(v.) to attack verbally; to beat soundly; to explain or insist on excessively

Accepted Answer

belabor

Question 10

(n.) a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building; something that supports or strengthens

(v.) to give support or stability to (a wall or building) with a projecting structure of masonry or wood : to furnish or shore up with a buttress; SUPPORT, STRENGTHEN

Accepted Answer

Buttress

Question 11

(v.) to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance: COAX; to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion; to deceive with soothing words or false promises

Accepted Answer

cajole

Question 12

(v.) to surrender often after negotiation of terms; to cease resisting : ACQUIESCE; PARLEY, NEGOTIATE

Accepted Answer

capitulate

Question 13

(n.) a judgment involving condemnation; the act of blaming or condemning sternly; an official reprimand; OPINION, JUDGMENT

(v.) to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy; to formally reprimand (someone) : to express official censure of (someone); ESTIMATE, JUDGE

Accepted Answer

censure

Question 14

(v.) to constrict the range or activity of definitely and clearly; to define or mark off carefully; to draw a line around; to surround by or as if by a boundary; to construct or be constructed around (a geometrical figure) so as to touch as many points as possible

Accepted Answer

circumscribe

Question 15

(v.) to grow together; to unite into a whole : FUSE; to unite for a common end : join forces; to arise from the combination of distinct elements

Accepted Answer

coalesce

Question 16

(v.) DEVISE, PLAN; to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner; to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty : MANAGE

Accepted Answer

contrive

Question 17

(v.) to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail; to indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines; to mark the outline of

Accepted Answer

delinate

Question 18

(v.) to detect with the eyes; to detect with senses other than vision; to recognize or identify as separate and distinct : DISCRIMINATE; to come to know or recognize mentally

Accepted Answer

discern

Question 19

(n.) a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : SCORN

(v.) to look on with scorn; to refuse or abstain from because of a feeling of contempt or scorn; to treat as beneath one’s notice or dignity

Accepted Answer

disdain

Question 20

(v.) to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response); to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential)

Accepted Answer

elicit

Question 21

(v.) to belittle the importance or value of (someone or something) : to speak slightingly about (someone or something); to lower (someone or something) in rank or reputation : DEGRADE

Accepted Answer

disparage

Question 22

(v.) to withhold assent or approval; to differ in opinion (n.) difference of opinion

Accepted Answer

dissent

Question 23

(v.) to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis; to give a clarifying explanation

Accepted Answer

Elucidate

Question 24

(adj.) having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for; being, relating to, or involved in a situation in which temporary care is given to an animal (such as one that is injured or awaiting adoption) in a household or similar setting

(v.) to act as a foster parent to (a child); to provide temporary care to (an animal that is injured, homeless, etc.) in a household or similar setting; to promote the growth or development of : ENCOURAGE

Accepted Answer

foster

Question 25

(v.) to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots; to pull up by the roots

Accepted Answer

eradicate

Question 26

(v.) to show or illustrate by example; to make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal; to be an instance of or serve as an example : EMBODY

Accepted Answer

exemplify

Question 27

(v.) to do something extemporaneously : IMPROVISE, especially : to speak extemporaneously; to get along in a makeshift manner; to compose, perform, or utter extemporaneously : IMPROVISE

Accepted Answer

extemporize

Question 28

(v.) to interfere with or slow the progress of

Accepted Answer

impede

Question 29

(v.) to bring into intimate or incriminating connection; to involve in the nature or operation of something; to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference : IMPLY; to fold or twist together : ENTWINE

Accepted Answer

implicate

Question 30

(v.) to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity; ASSAIL; RESIST

Accepted Answer

impugn

Question 31

(v.) to start (a fire) burning : LIGHT; to stir up : AROUSE; to bring into being : START; to cause to glow : ILLUMINATE

Accepted Answer

Kindle

Question 32

(v.) to accustom to accept something undesirable; to become of advantage

Accepted Answer

inured

Question 33

(v.) PRAISE, EXTOL (n.) an office of solemn praise to God forming with matins the first of the canonical hours

Accepted Answer

Laud

Question 34

(v.) to treat as an object of great interest or importance

Accepted Answer

lionize

Question 35

(v.) to cause to become less harsh or hostile : MOLLIFY; to make less severe or painful : ALLEVIATE; EXTENUATE

Accepted Answer

mitigate

Question 36

(v.) to soothe in temper or disposition : APPEASE; to reduce the rigidity of : SOFTEN; to reduce in intensity : ASSUAGE, TEMPER

Accepted Answer

mollify

Question 37

(v.) to throw into shadow : DARKEN; to make obscure; CONFUSE; to be evasive, unclear, or confusing

Accepted Answer

obfuscate

Question 38

(adj.) DARK, DIM; shrouded in or hidden by darkness; not clearly seen or easily distinguished : FAINT; not readily understood or clearly expressed; relatively unknown (v.) to make dark, dim, or indistinct; to conceal or hide by or as if by covering

Accepted Answer

obscure

Question 39

(v.) to conceal or hide by or as if by covering; to adopt an air of condescension toward : treat haughtily or coolly; to be a frequent or regular customer or client of

Accepted Answer

patronize

Question 40

(v.) to set right : REMEDY; to purify especially by repeated or fractional distillation; to correct by removing errors : ADJUST; to make (an alternating current) unidirectional

Accepted Answer

rectify

vocab words Flashcards

(100 cards)