Word List 2

Question 1

Adulation

Answer 1

n. flattery, admiration

Question 2

Adulterate

Answer 2

v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

Question 3

advent

Answer 3

n. arrival

Question 4

adversary

Answer 4

n. opponent

Question 5

adverse

Answer 5

adj., unfavorable, hostile

Question 6

adversity

Answer 6

n. unfavorable fortune

Question 7

advocacy

Answer 7

v. urge, plead for

Question 8

aerie

Answer 8

n. nest of a large bird of prey, eagle, hawk

Question 9

aesthetic

Answer 9

adj. artistic, dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful

Question 10

affable

Answer 10

adj. easily approachable, warmly friendly.

Question 11

affected

Answer 11

adj. artificial, pretend, assumed in order to impress

Question 12

affidavit

Question 13

affinity

Answer 13

n. kinship

Question 14

affirmation

Answer 14

n. positive assertion, confermation

Question 15

affix

Answer 15

v. fasten, attach, add on

Question 16

Affliction

Answer 16

n. state of distress, cause of suffering

Question 17

affluence

Answer 17

n. abundance, wealth

Question 18

affront

Answer 18

n. insult, offense. intentional act of disrespect

Question 19

aftermath

Answer 19

n. consequences

Question 20

agenda

Answer 20

n. items of businesses

Question 21

agent

Answer 21

n. means of instrument, personal representative. person acting in official capcity

Question 22

aggandize

Answer 22

v. increase or intensify

Question 23

aggregate

Answer 23

v. gather accumulate

Question 24

aggressor

Answer 24

n. attacker

Question 25

aghast

Answer 25

adj, horrified

Question 26

agility

Answer 26

n. nimbleness

Question 27

agitate

Answer 27

v. stir up, disturb

Question 28

agnostic

Question 29

aclarity

Answer 29

n. cheerful promptness

Question 30

alchemy

Answer 30

n. medieval chemistry

Question 31

alcove

Answer 31

n. nook, small recessed section of a room

Question 32

alias

Answer 32

n. an assumed name

Question 33

alienate

Answer 33

v. to make hostile, separate

Question 34

alimentary

Answer 34

adj. supplying nourishment

Question 35

alimony

Answer 35

n. payments made to an ex spouse after divorce

Question 36

allay

Answer 36

v. calm, pacify

Question 37

allege

Answer 37

v. state without proof

Question 38

allegiance

Answer 38

n. loyalty

Question 39

allegory

Answer 39

n. story in which characters are used as symbols,fable

Question 40

alleviate

Answer 40

v. relieve

Question 41

alliteration

Answer 41

n. repetition of beginning sound in poetry

Question 42

allocate

Question 43

alloy

Answer 43

n. mixture of metals

Question 44

allude

Answer 44

v. refer indirectly

Question 45

alloy

Answer 45

v. mix, make less pure, lessen or moderate

Question 46

allure

Answer 46

v. entice, attract

Question 47

allusion

Answer 47

n. indirect reference

Question 48

aloft

Answer 48

adj. upward

Question 49

aloof

Answer 49

adj. apart, reserved. Shy by nature

Question 50

altercation

Answer 50

n. noisy quarrel, heated dispute

Question 51

altruistic

Answer 51

adj. unselfishly generous, concerned for others,

Question 52

amalgamate

Answer 52

v. combine, untie in one body

Question 53

amass

Answer 53

v.collect

Question 54

ambidextrous

Answer 54

adj. capable of using either hand with equal ease

Question 55

ambience

Answer 55

n. environment, atmosphere

Question 56

ambiguous

Answer 56

adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning

Question 57

ambivalence

Answer 57

v. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

Question 58

ambie

Answer 58

n. moving at an easy pace.

Question 59

ambulatory

Answer 59

adj. able to walk, not bed ridden

Question 60

a,e;;prate

Answer 60

v. improve

Question 61

amenable

Answer 61

adj. readily managed, willing to be led

Question 62

a,emd

Answer 62

v. cprrect cjamge