Vocabulary Day 23-24

Question 1

Auspicious

Answer 1

favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

Question 2

assuage

Answer 2

to soothe; to pacify

Question 3

austere

Answer 3

unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess

Question 4

abomination

Answer 4

something despised or abhorred; extreme loathing

Question 5

abound

Answer 5

to be very numerous

Question 6

abeyance

Answer 6

suspension; temporary cessation

Question 7

botch

Answer 7

to bungle; to ruin through poor or clumsy effort

Question 8

bracing

Answer 8

invigorating

Question 9

circumlocution

Answer 9

an indirect expression

Question 10

circumspect

Answer 10

cautious

Question 11

cajole

Answer 11

to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to do

Question 12

desist

Answer 12

to stop doing (something)

Question 13

devout

Answer 13

deeply religious; fervent

Question 14

dichotomy

Answer 14

division into two parts

Question 15

dilate

Answer 15

to make larger

Question 16

enfranchise

Answer 16

to grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote

Question 17

encroach

Answer 17

to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to tressespass

Question 18

entail

Answer 18

to have a necessary consequence; to involve

Question 19

flippant

Answer 19

frivolously disrespectful; saucy

Question 20

florid

Answer 20

ruddy; flushed; red-faced

Question 21

heinous

Answer 21

shockingly evil; abominable; atrocious

Question 22

impending

Answer 22

approaching; imminent; looming

Question 23

impenetrable

Answer 23

incapable of being penetrated

Question 24

implication

Answer 24

something implied or suggested

Question 25

importune

Answer 25

to urge with annoying persistence

Question 26

lax

Answer 26

negligent; lazy; irresponsible

Question 27

medium

Answer 27

materials

Question 28

menagerie

Answer 28

a collection of animals

Question 29

nullify

Answer 29

to repeal; to cancel; to void

Question 30

occult

Answer 30

supernatural; magic; mystical

Question 31

override

Answer 31

to overrule; to prevail over

Question 32

putative

Answer 32

commonly accepted; supposed; reputed

Question 33

propriety

Answer 33

properness; good manners

Question 34

purported

Answer 34

rumored; claimed

Question 35

pastoral

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rural; rustic; peaceful and calm; like the country

Question 36

prattle

Answer 36

to chatter on and on

Question 37

prudent

Answer 37

careful; having foresight

Question 38

predicament

Answer 38

a dangerous or unpleasant situation

Question 39

pregnant

Answer 39

highly significant; overflowing

Question 40

querulous

Answer 40

complaining; grumbling; whining

Question 41

surrogate

Answer 41

substitute

Question 42

surreptitious

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sneaky; secret

Question 43

surfeit

Answer 43

excess; an excessive amount

Question 44

static

Answer 44

stationary; not changing or moving

Question 45

suffice

Answer 45

to be sufficient; to be enough

Question 46

suffrage

Answer 46

the right to vote

Question 47

subterfuge

Answer 47

artifice; a trick or stratagem; a ruse

Question 48

subsidize

Answer 48

to provide financial aid; to make a financial contribution

Question 49

tedium

Answer 49

dullness; monotony; boredom

Question 50

woe

Answer 50

suffering; affliction; distress

Question 51

accede

Answer 51

to give in; to yield, to agree

Question 52

access

Answer 52

the right or ability to approach, enter, or use

Question 53

accord

Answer 53

to agree; to be in harmony; to grant or bestow

Question 54

accouterments

Answer 54

personal clothing, accessories, or equipment; trappings

Question 55

accrue

Answer 55

to accumulate over time

Question 56

acquisitive

Answer 56

seeking or tending to acquire; greedy

Question 57

brink

Answer 57

edge

Question 58

breach

Answer 58

a violation; a gap or break

Question 59

correlation

Answer 59

a mutual relation between two ore more things

Question 60

corrugated

Answer 60

shaped with folds or waves

Question 61

coterie

Answer 61

a group of close associated

Question 62

crescendo

Answer 62

a gradual increase in the intensity of anything

Question 63

crux

Answer 63

the central point

Question 64

dilemma

Answer 64

any problem or predicament

Question 65

dire

Answer 65

disastrous; desperate

Question 66

dirge

Answer 66

a funeral song

Question 67

discomfit

Answer 67

to frustrate; to confuse

Question 68

entreat

Answer 68

to ask earnestly; to beg; to plead

Question 69

engaging

Answer 69

charming; pleasing; attractive

Question 70

endear

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to make dear; to make beloved

Question 71

expunge

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to erase; to eliminate any trace of

Question 72

extant

Answer 72

still in existence

Question 73

enumerate

Answer 73

to name one buy one; to list

Question 74

fodder

Answer 74

coarse food for livestock; raw material

Question 75

folly

Answer 75

foolishness; insanity; imprudence

Question 76

herald

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a royal proclaimer; a harbinger

Question 77

impregnable

Answer 77

unconquerable; able to withstand attack

Question 78

improvise

Answer 78

to perform without preparation

Question 79

impunity

Answer 79

freedom from punishment or harm

Question 80

inalienable

Answer 80

sacred; incapable of being transferred, lost, or taken away

Question 81

layman

Answer 81

a nonprofessional; a person who is not a member of the clergy

Question 82

millennium

Answer 82

a period of 1,000 years

Question 83

mire

Answer 83

marshy mucky ground

Question 84

odious

Answer 84

hateful; evil; vile

Question 85

pathos

Answer 85

that which makes people feel pity or sorrow

Question 86

prosaic

Answer 86

dull; unimaginative; like a prose (as opposed to poetry)

Question 87

pallor

Answer 87

paleness; whiteness

Question 88

proscribe

Answer 88

to outlaw; to prohibit

Question 89

protocol

Answer 89

diplomatic etiquette and customs

Question 90

predecessor

Answer 90

someone, something that precedes in time

Question 91

proclaim

Answer 91

to announce; declare; make known

Question 92

resurrection

Answer 92

return to life; revival

Question 93

strife

Answer 93

bitter conflict, discord; a struggle or clash

Question 94

stratum

Answer 94

a layer; a level

Question 95

stricture

Answer 95

a restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism

Question 96

turpitude

Answer 96

shameful wickedness; depravity

Question 97

visionary

Answer 97

a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideals about the future

Question 98

viscous

Answer 98

thick; gluey; sticky

Question 99

waft

Answer 99

to float; to drift; to blow

Question 100

wane

Answer 100

to decrease in strength or intensity; to fade away; to decline in power