Week 6

Question 1

Aggregate

Answer 1

To gather together

Formed by the collection of smaller parts

Question 2

Didactic

Answer 2

Designed to teach or instruct

Intended for moral education

Excessively given to lecturing or moralizing

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

To criticize or express disapproval, often formally

Question 4

Anarchy

Answer 4

A state or lawlessness, without government oversight or authority

Question 5

Incipient

Answer 5

Coming into existence or beginning to appear

Question 6

Incursion

Answer 6

An invasion, raid, or hositile entrance of anothers territory

The act of entering

Question 7

Engender

Answer 7

To give rise to, create or cause

To beget or propogate

Question 8

Autonomous

Answer 8

Independent, self governing

Existing or capabale of unctioning independently, without reliance on others

Question 9

Equanimity

Answer 9

Calmness, mental or emotional stability under stress; balance

Question 10

Indeterminate

Answer 10

Vague or uncertain; not precisely fixed or established

Having an infinite number of solutions

Question 11

Corrugated

Answer 11

Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in currogated cardboard)

Wrinkled, as in the skin or face

Question 12

Unseemly

Answer 12

Not in accordance with standards of good behavior or taste

Question 13

Indigence

Answer 13

Utter poverty, without comfort

Question 14

Sentient

Answer 14

Conscious, experiencing feeling or sensation

Question 15

Esoteric

Answer 15

Uderstood by or intended only for a select group, often people with specialized knowledge

Confidential

Question 16

Chicanery

Answer 16

Deception through subterfuge or trickery

Question 17

Estimable

Answer 17

Worthy of esteem or admiration

Capable of being estimated

Question 18

Aberrant

Answer 18

Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior

Deviating from the normal or expected type, atypical

Question 19

Crass

Answer 19

Crude, gross, and unrefined, lacking in discrimination

Excessively materialistic or base

Question 20

Ingrate

Answer 20

an ungrateful person

Question 21

Craven

Answer 21

Cowardly or contemptibly fearful

Question 22

Anomaly

Answer 22

Deviation from the norm, irregularity

Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal, or deviating from the norm

Question 23

Avid

Answer 23

Urgently, keenly desirous, the point of greed.

Marked by enthusiasm or voracious interest

Question 24

Coalesce

Answer 24

To grow or unite into one mass or body; to fuse

Question 25

Summarily

Answer 25

immediately, in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice

Question 26

Extenuating

Answer 26

Lessening or mitigating the seriousness or extent of something

Question 27

Cryptic

Answer 27

Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher

Question 28

Tirade

Answer 28

An angry, protracted, harshly censorious speech or rant

Question 29

Damp

Answer 29

To deaden, hold back, or retard the energy of; stifle, suffocate, restrain

Question 30

Tout

Answer 30

To solicit business, votes, etc. in a persistent or annoying way. To descirbe or advertise boastfully, promote or praise excessively

Question 31

Fallacious

Answer 31

Built on unsound logic; containing a fallacy (fallacy = logical mistake) Misleading or dilusive

Question 32

Pragmatic

Answer 32

Practical; dealing in facts or real-world occurrences rather than theory or ideals

Question 33

Debacle

Answer 33

An utter disaster, collapse, or failure A rout or violent downfall

Question 34

Tribute

Answer 34

A gift, service, or other demonstration of gratitude, admiration or affection Evidence or something indicating a praiseworthy quality or characteristic Payment given or extracted as a sign of submission or in exchange for protection

Question 35

Inundate

Answer 35

To cover in water, as in floor or torrential rain To overwhelm

Question 36

Turbulence

Answer 36

Violent commotion or disorder

Question 37

Inveigle

Answer 37

To lure, induce, or win over by using flattery To obtain by flattery or coaxing

Question 38

Ferment

Answer 38

1. To undergo or cause fermentation (such as yogurt or other such foods) 2. To excite or agitate; to foment A state of agitation, unrest, or tumult ("the political ferment may lead to revolt")

Question 39

Alacrity

Answer 39

Cheerful willingness or promptness

Question 40

Fetid

Answer 40

Offensive-smelling

Question 41

Decorous

Answer 41

Dignified, correct, or proper in manner or conduct

Question 42

Jabber

Answer 42

To talk rapidly, incoherantly, or nonsensically

Question 43

Jibe

Answer 43

To be in harmony, agree

Question 44

Gibe

Answer 44

To jeer, taunt, deride a mocking or sarcastic remark

Question 45

Jocular

Answer 45

Characterized by or given to playful jesting; jolly

Question 46

Cituperative

Answer 46

Characterized by tendency to censure, condemn, or verbally abuse

Question 47

Labile

Answer 47

Apt or likely to change

Question 48

Base

Answer 48

Mean-spirited, contemptible or selfish Showing a lack of values or ethics Of inferior value or quality

Question 49

Pettifogger

Answer 49

A shifty or unethical lawyer A person who bickers or quibbles over trivial matters

Question 50

Confabulate

Answer 50

Chat, talk casually To make things up; in psychology, to fill in gaps in one's memory with "fabulous" stories

Question 51

Fetter

Answer 51

Shackle, put in chains, restrict the freedom of

Question 52

Vaunt

Answer 52

Brag about

Question 53

Sophomoric

Answer 53

Immature, showing lack of judgement Pretentious and immature at the same time