Vocabulary in School - Part 7

Question 1

ambiguous

Answer 1

open to more than one interpretation

Question 2

ample

Answer 2

describes a large amount of something

Question 3

anachronism

Answer 3

something out of place in time or sequence

Question 4

arbiter

Answer 4

judge who settles a disputed case

Question 5

burgeoning

Answer 5

expanding or growing wildly

Question 6

capacious

Answer 6

roomy; spacious

Question 7

chiasmus

Answer 7

an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

Question 8

copious

Answer 8

plentiful; having a large quantity

Question 9

discourse

Answer 9

verbal expression or exchange

Question 10

gesticulating

Answer 10

making gestures while speaking

Question 11

harbinger

Answer 11

one that indicates to come; forerunner

Question 12

impromptu

Answer 12

not planned in advanced; spur in the moment

Question 13

inconsequential

Answer 13

unimportant

Question 14

integrity

Answer 14

trustworthiness; completeness

Question 15

itinerate

Answer 15

traveling from place to place

Question 16

ominous

Answer 16

menacing; threatening

Question 17

paradigm

Answer 17

an example or model of

Question 18

permeated

Answer 18

spread or flowing throughout

Question 19

portend

Answer 19

to serve as an omen or a warning of

Question 20

prophetic

Answer 20

foretelling the future

Question 21

remote

Answer 21

located far away

Question 22

replete

Answer 22

absolutely supplied; filled to capacity

Question 23

theoretical

Answer 23

lacking application or practical use

Question 24

transitory

Answer 24

short or temporary

Question 25

prodigious

Answer 25

enormous