Vocabulary 4.4

Question 1

Circumference

Answer 1

Distance around a circle or rounded body; perimeter

Question 2

Circumlocution

Answer 2

Roundabout way of speaking; use of excessive number of words to express an idea; verbiage; tautology

Question 3

Circumnavigate

Answer 3

Sail around

Question 4

Circumscribe

Answer 4

Draw a line around

Question 5

Circumspect

Answer 5

Looking around and paying attention to all possible consequences before acting; cautious; prudent

Question 6

Circumvent

Answer 6

Go around; get the better of; frustrate; skirt; bypass

Question 7

Coalesce

Answer 7

Grow together; unite into one; join; combine

Question 8

Coherent

Answer 8

Sticking together; logically connected; consistent; logical

Question 9

Collaborate

Answer 9

Work together with another of others, especially as a coauthor

Question 10

Collusion

Answer 10

(Literally, “playing together”) Secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose; conspiracy; plot

Question 11

Concord

Answer 11

State of being together in heart or mind; agreement; harmony

Question 12

Congenital

Answer 12

(Literally, “born with”) Existing at birth; inborn; innate

Question 13

Convene

Answer 13

Come together in a body; meet; assemble

Question 14

Correspond

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(Literally, “answer together”) Agree; be in harmony; match; tally

Question 15

Obliterate

Answer 15

(Literally, “cover over letters”) Erase; blot out; destroy; remove all traces of

Question 16

Obsess

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(Literally, “sit over”) Trouble the mind of; haunt; preoccupy

Question 17

Obstacle

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Something standing in the way; hindrance; obstruction; impediment

Question 18

Obstruct

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Be in the way of; hinder; impede; block

Question 19

Obtrude

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(Literally, “thrust against”) Thrust forward without being asked; intrude; impose

Question 20

Obviate

Answer 20

(Literally, “get in the way of”) Meet and dispose of; make unnecessary; forestall; avert

Question 21

Perennial(adj.)

Answer 21

Continuing through the years; enduring; unceasing

Question 22

Perennial(n.)

Answer 22

Plant that lives through the years

Question 23

Perforate

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(Literally, “bore through”) Make a hole or holes through; pierce; puncture

Question 24

Permeate

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Pass through; penetrate; spread through; pervade

Question 25

Perplex

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Confuse thoroughly; puzzle; bewilder

Question 26

Persist

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(Literally, "stand to the end")

Question 27

Pertinent

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(Literally, "reaching through to") connected with the matter under consideration; to the point; related; relevant

Question 28

Perturb

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Disturb thoroughly or considerably; make uneasy; agitate; upset

Question 29

Precede

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Go before; come before

Question 30

Preclude

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Put a barrier before; impede; prevent; make impossible

Question 31

Precocious

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(Literally, "cooked or ripened before its time") Showing mature characteristics at an early age

Question 32

Preconceive

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Form an opinion of beforehand, without adequate

Question 33

Prefabricated

Answer 33

Constructed beforehand

Question 34

Preface

Answer 34

Foreword; preliminary remarks; author's introduction to a book

Question 35

Premature

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Before the proper or usual time; early; untimely

Question 36

Premeditate

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Consider beforehand

Question 37

Presume

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(Literally, "take beforehand") Take for granted without proof; assume; suppose

Question 38

Preview

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View of something before it is shown to the public

Question 39

Procrastinate

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(Literally, "move forward to tomorrow") Put things off from day to day; delay; dawdle

Question 40

Proficient

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(Literally, "going forward") Well advanced in any subject or occupation; skilled; adept; expert

Question 41

Profuse

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Pouring forth freely; exceedingly generous; extravagant; lavish

Question 42

Project

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Throw or cast forward

Question 43

Prominent

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(Literally, "jutting forward") Standing out; notable; important; conspicuous

Question 44

Propel

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Impel forward; drive onward; force ahead; push; thrust

Question 45

Proponent

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Person who puts forth a proposal or argues in favor of something; advocate; supporter

Question 46

Prospect

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Thing looked forward to; expectation; vision

Question 47

Prospects

Answer 47

Chances

Question 48

Protract

Answer 48

(Literally, "drag forward") Draw out; lengthen; extend; prolong

Question 49

Protrude

Answer 49

Thrust forth; stick out; bulge; jut

Question 50

Provoke

Answer 50

Call forth; bring on; cause