Vocab1

Question 1

(verb - transitive verb)
1. to actively second and encourage (as an activity or plan)

2. to assist or support in the achievement of a purpose
3. (legal def.) to assist, encourage, instigate, or support with criminal intent in attempting or carrying out a crime

Answer 1

abet

variations:

noun: abetment
noun: abettor or abetter

Question 2

(noun)

1. a: clever or artful skill; ingenuity
2. b: an ingenious device or expedient
3. a: an artful stratagem; trick
4. b: false or insincere behavior

Answer 2

artifice

Question 3

(noun)

1. peasant
2. a rude or insensitive person; rude and rough

Answer 3

boor

Question 4

(noun)

1. a: lavish or wasteful spending thought to enhance social prestige
2. b: the act or practice of spending money on expensive things that are not necessary in order to impress other people

Answer 4

conspicuous consumption

Question 5

(noun)
1. (obsolete): verbal description

2. choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
3. a: vocal expression (enunciation)
4. b: pronunciation and enunciation of words in singing
5. c: the ability to say words

Answer 5

diction

variations:

adjective: dictional
adverb: dictionally

Question 6

(verb - transitive verb)

1. a: to make a definite or systematic statement of
2. b: announce, proclaim
3. articluate, pronounce

(intransitive verb)
- to utter articulate sounds

Answer 6

enunciate

variations:

adjective: enunciable
noun: enunciation
noun: enunciator

Question 7

• a type of verb
• has two characteristics
  a. it is an action verb, expressing a doable activity like arrive, go, lie, sneeze, site, die, etc.
  b. it will not have a direct object receiving the action

ie:

• James went to the campus cafe.
• to escape the midday sun, the cats lie in the shade under our cars.

Answer 7

intransitive verb

realize that some verbs can be intransitive and transitive

• intransitive ie: Because of blood sugar problems, Rosa always eats before leaving for school.
• transitive ie: If there is no leftover pizza, Rosa usually eats whole-grain cereal.

Question 8

(adjective)

1. lasting one day only
2. lasting a very short time

(noun)
- something that lasts for a very short time : such as a plant that grows, flowers, and dies in a few days

Answer 8

ephemeral

variations:
adverb: ephemerally

Question 9

(adjective)

1. a: having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish
2. b: of or relating to the upper class
3. c: elegant or graceful in manner, appearance, or shape
4. d: free from vulgarity or rudeness : polite
5. a: maintaining or striving to maintain the appearance of superior or middle-class social status or respectability
6. b: (1) marked by false delicacy, prudery, or affectation (2) conventionally or insipidly pretty

Answer 9

genteel

variations:
adverb - genteelly
noun - genteelness

Question 10

(noun)

- exemption or freedom from punishment, harm or loss

Answer 10

impunity

Question 11

(verb - intransitive)

1. to talk idly
2. to quarrel verbally
3. to make a harsh or discordant often ringing sound

(verb - transitive)

1. to utter or sound in a discordant, babbling, or chattering way
2. a: to cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously
3. b: to excite to tense in irritation

(noun)

1. idle talk
2. noisy quarreling
3. a discordant often ringing sound

Answer 11

jangle

variations:
adjective: jangly