Vocabulary List 2 Part II

Question 1

obtrude

Answer 1

(verb) to stick out

Question 2

neurotic

Answer 2

(adj.) emotionally unstable due to be fixated on an idea

Question 3

hierarchical

Answer 3

(adj.) ordered by rank in a group

Question 4

stagnant

Answer 4

(adj.) unmoving or stationary

Question 5

hurly-burly

Answer 5

(noun) an uproar

Question 6

minion

Answer 6

(noun) a servile or fawning dependent

Question 7

Thane

Answer 7

(noun) a title used in Scotland as a Lord or Baron

Question 8

dismal (adj.)

Answer 8

dreary/melancholy

Question 9

solicit

Answer 9

(verb) to entreat or beg (sometimes in a manner of sordid temptation)

Question 10

surmise

Answer 10

(verb/noun) to infer (verb)/an inference (noun)

Question 11

inversion

Answer 11

(noun) the reversal of the normally expected order (“Powerful you have become; the dark side I sense in you.” -Yoda)

Question 12

ellipsis

Answer 12

(noun) the omission of a word/words in which the reader must supply for himself (“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say someething.” -Plato) (“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.” -William Hazlitt)

Question 13

antecedent

Answer 13

(noun) the word that the pronoun replaces or refers to (If DAN sets out the supplies, then HE doesn’t have to clean up.)

Question 14

venture

Answer 14

(noun/verb) a risk or a chance (noun)/to take a risk or to take a chance (verb)