Vocabulary 1

Question 1

poverty, scarcity

Answer 1

paucity

Question 2

to cause (someone) to take a course of action

Answer 2

prompt

Question 3

deep respect for someone or something

Answer 3

reverence

Question 4

a great difference

Answer 4

disparity

Question 5

not influenced by strong emotion, fair-minded

Answer 5

dispassionate

Question 6

a noteworthy occurence or situation

Answer 6

phenomenom

Question 7

to brag, show off

Answer 7

boast

Question 8

irritation, annoying

Answer 8

irksome

Question 9

to suggest or call attention to indirectly, to make a reference to something

Answer 9

allude

Question 10

having unlimited or great power

Answer 10

omnipotence

Question 11

to cause a reaction or emotion (usually anger); to trigger

Answer 11

provoke

Question 12

to allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of

Answer 12

indulge

Question 13

firmly established and unlikely to change

Answer 13

entrenched

Question 14

built-in, existing in something as a permanent or essential characteristic

Answer 14

inherent

Question 15

everyday informal language, local dialect

Answer 15

vernacular

Question 16

interrogation, questioning

Answer 16

inquisition

Question 17

a short personal story

Answer 17

anecdote

Question 18

evil in nature, harmful

Answer 18

malign

Question 19

oddity, something that is not normal

Answer 19

anomaly

Question 20

to hold someone or something back, to suppress, to prevent

Answer 20

inhibit

Question 21

changeable

Answer 21

mutable

Question 22

1) of little importance

2) caring too much about trivial matters

Answer 22

petty

Question 23

passionate about something

Answer 23

avid

Question 24

to call on or refer to something

Answer 24

invoke

Question 25

foolish, reckless

Answer 25

imprudent

Question 26

persistence, determination

Answer 26

tenacity

Question 27

respected

Answer 27

venerable

Question 28

enforcing strict obedience to authority

Answer 28

authoritarian

Question 29

an angry argument or disagreement

Answer 29

quarrel

Question 30

1) to produce or generate (a result) 2) to surrender

Answer 30

yield

Question 31

having mixed feelings

Answer 31

ambivalent

Question 32

temporary, short-lived

Answer 32

ephemeral

Question 33

to try hard to do something

Answer 33

endeavor

Question 34

a violent uprising or rebellion

Answer 34

insurrection

Question 35

to think about for along time

Answer 35

contemplate

Question 36

to force someone to do somethign

Answer 36

compel

Question 37

possible to do easily or conveniently

Answer 37

feasible

Question 38

an opinion or conclusion that is unproven, a guess

Answer 38

conjecture

Question 39

based on random choice or personal impulse, rather than any reason or system

Answer 39

arbitrary

Question 40

to make stronger

Answer 40

reinforce