Word List 2

Question 1

affected

Answer 1

not natural or genuine; assumed

e.g. He accused the literary establishment of eschewing good clean writing and advancing affected, artsy prose instead.

Question 2

affidavit

Answer 2

a written statement made under oath

Question 3

perfidy

Answer 3

the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal; treachery
an act or an instance of disloyalty

e.g. He decided to forgive his wife’s perfidy, choosing to ascribe it to a moment of uncharacteristic weakness.

Question 4

affix

Answer 4

to attach; to add something in writing
impress (imprint)
prefix or suffix

e.g. affix a stamp to a letter
affix a signature to a document
affix a seal

Question 5

afflict

Answer 5

to cause pain or suffering to

e.g. The disease afflicts an estimated two million people every year.

Question 6

affluent

Answer 6

having a generously sufficient and typically increasing supply of material possessions; rich

e.g. affluent clientele

Question 7

affront

Answer 7

to insult especially to the face by behavior or language; offend
to face in defiance; confront

e.g. I didn’t mean to affront you when I told you I didn’t need your help.

Question 8

effrontery

Answer 8

(oft. pl.) shameless boldness

e. g. He had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips.

Question 9

agglomerate

Answer 9

to gather into a cluster, mass, or ball

e.g. Breakfast cereal consisting of agglomerated clusters of wheat, rice, and nuts stays crunch in milk.

Question 10

aggrandize

Answer 10

to make great or greater
to praise highly

e.g. This grant enables the library to significantly aggrandize its collection of books.
The movie aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes.

Question 11

grandeur

Answer 11

the quality or state of being grand; magnificence
an instance or example of grandeur

e.g. His paintings capture the beauty and grandeur of the landscape

Question 12

grandiloquence

Answer 12

a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language

e.g. the predictably wearisome grandiloquence of the speeches at a political convention

Question 13

disparage

Answer 13

to depreciate by indirect means; speak slightingly about

e.g. The article disparaged polo as a game for the wealthy.

Question 14

aggravate

Answer 14

to make worse; intensify

e.g. They’re afraid that we might have aggravated an already bad situation.

Question 15

aggravating

Answer 15

arousing displeasure, impatience, or anger

e.g. There’s nothing more aggravating as a blaring car alarm.

Question 16

succor

Answer 16

to go to the aid of; relieve
relief; aid; help

e.g. We see it as our duty to give succor to those in need.

Question 17

gregarious

Answer 17

enjoying the company of other people; social

marked by or indicating a liking for companionship; sociable

Question 18

egregious

Answer 18

conspicuous, especially conspicuously bad; flagrant

e.g. an egregious example of political bias

Question 19

aggrieve

Answer 19

to give pain or trouble to; distress

e.g. a person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure

Question 20

agnostic

Answer 20

a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
a person who is unwilling to commit to an opinion about something
involving or characterized by agnosticism
noncommittal; undogmatic

e.g. politic agnostics

Question 21

agog

Answer 21

full of intense interest or excitement; eager

e.g. Kids are agog over new toys.

Question 22

demagogue

Answer 22

a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

e.g. That politician is just a demagogue who preys upon people’s fears and prejudices.

Question 23

agrarian

Answer 23

of, or related to, land

Question 24

agronomy

Answer 24

science of controlling the soil to produce crops

Question 25

alabaster

Answer 25

a white stone | translucent, smooth, and white

Question 26

alacrity

Answer 26

promptness in response; cheerful readiness e.g. Having just acquired his driver's license, the teen agreed with alacrity to drive his cousin to the airport.

Question 27

recalcitrant

Answer 27

obstinately defiant of authority or restraint difficult to manage or operate; resistant e.g. The manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority.

Question 28

dilatory

Answer 28

tending or intended to cause delay characterized by procrastination; tardy e.g. dilatory tactics The homeowner is claiming that local firefighters were dilatory in responding to the call.

Question 29

alcove

Answer 29

a small recessed section of a room; nook

Question 30

alibi

Answer 30

formal statement that a person was in another place at the time of a crime an excuse usually intended to avert blame or punishment (as for failure or negligence) e.g. She made up an alibi for why she missed the meeting.

Question 31

alimentary

Answer 31

of or relating to nourishment or nutrition

Question 32

allay

Answer 32

to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity; alleviate e.g. The new advertising campaign is an attempt to allay the public's concerns about the safety of the company's products.

Question 33

allege

Answer 33

to assert without proof or before proving e.g. He alleged that mayor has accepted bribes. The mayor is alleged to have accepted bribes.

Question 34

allegiance

Answer 34

loyalty to a person, country, group, etc. e.g. He owes allegiance to them for all the help they have given him.

Question 35

allegory

Answer 35

a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation e.g. The long poem is an allegory of love and jealousy.

Question 36

allocate

Answer 36

to apportion for specific purpose or to particular persons or things; distribute to set apart or earmark; designate e.g. allocate resources allocate a section of the building for special research purposes

Question 37

allude

Answer 37

to make indirect reference e.g. comments alluding to an earlier discussion

Question 38

alluring

Answer 38

attractive; charming

Question 39

aloft

Answer 39

at or to a great height in the air, especially in flight (as in an airplane) e.g. The ease with which he can hold a ballerina aloft with one hand is awesome. meals served aloft measuring the winds aloft

Question 40

aloof

Answer 40

removed or distant either physically or emotionally at a distance e.g. He stood aloof from worldly success.

Question 41

altruism

Answer 41

unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others; selflessness

Question 42

amalgam

Answer 42

a mixture of different elements e.g. a church that is an amalgam of traditional and modern architectural styles

Question 43

amalgamate

Answer 43

to unite in or as if in an amalgam, especially to merge into a single body e.g. amalgamating different styles of music

Question 44

ambidextrous

Answer 44

using both hands with equal ease | unusually skillfull

Question 45

dexterous

Answer 45

mentally adroit and skillful; clever | skillful and competent

Question 46

watershed

Answer 46

a region of area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water a crucial dividing point, line, or factor

Question 47

ambivalent

Answer 47

having simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action

Question 48

valiant

Answer 48

possessing or acting with bravery or boldness; courageous marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination; heroic e.g. She died last year after a valiant battle with cancer. She made a valiant attempt to fix the problem.

Question 49

valor

Answer 49

courage; bravery e.g. The absence of indecision even in the face of death is the true mark of valor.

Question 50

amble

Answer 50

to walk slowly in a free and relaxed way; saunter an easy gait a leisurely walk e.g. We ambled along as we talked. We had a lovely amble about the quaint village before continuing our drive.

Question 51

amenable

Answer 51

capable of submission (as to judgment or test); suited readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate;willing e.g. The data is amenable to analysis. a government not amenable to change I was more amenable to spending more time at home.

Question 52

inimical

Answer 52

being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence; hostile; unfriendly e.g. He received an inimical response rather than the anticipated support. laws designed to enhance national security that some regard as inimical to cherished freedoms

Question 53

obdurate

Answer 53

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing resistant to persuasion or softening influences e.g. He is known for his obdurate determination. the obdurate refusal of the crotchety old man to let the neighborhood kids retrieve their stray ball from his backyard

Question 54

ossify

Answer 54

to change into bone | to become or to make hardened or conventional and opposed to change

Question 55

amenity

Answer 55

the quality of being pleasant or agreeable (oft. pl.) something (as a conventional social gesture) that conduces to smoothness or pleasantness of social relationships something that conduces to comfort, convenience, or enjoyment e.g. hotels with modern amenities an unhappy, bickering couple who, at least in public, observe all the amenities of polite behavior

Question 56

amiable

Answer 56

good-natured; affable; genial

Question 57

amicable

Answer 57

friendly; showing good will

Question 58

amity

Answer 58

friendship, especially friendly relations between nations e.g. a youth club fostering amity among the city's many and diverse ethnic groups

Question 59

amnesia

Answer 59

loss of memory due usually to brain injury, illness, etc.

Question 60

amnesty

Answer 60

the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals

Question 61

amorphous

Answer 61

having no definite form; shapeless being without definite character or nature; lacking organization or unity e.g. an amorphous cloud mass an amorphous segment of society

Question 62

amortize

Answer 62

to pay off (as a mortgage) gradually usually by periodic payments or principal and interest to gradually reduce or write off the cost or value of (as an asset) e.g. amortize the machinery over five years

Question 63

metamorphose

Answer 63

to change into different physical form especially by supernatural means to change strikingly the appearance or character of; transform to undergo metamorphosis e.g. a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs

Question 64

amphibian

Answer 64

an amphibious organism | an amphibious vehicle, especially an airplane designed to take off from and land on either land or water

Question 65

ample

Answer 65

generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity generously sufficient to satisfy a requirement or need e.g. There was room for an ample garden. The police found ample evidence of wrongdoing.

Question 66

anachronism

Answer 66

an error in chronology, especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other e.g. He is an old-fashioned politician who is seen by many of his colleagues as an anachronism.

Question 67

anagram

Answer 67

word made by rearranging the letters of another word

Question 68

analgesia

Answer 68

insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

Question 69

analgesic

Answer 69

a drug that relieves pain | pain-relieving

Question 70

analogy

Answer 70

resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike; similarity

Question 71

anathema

Answer 71

someone or something intensely disliked or loathed a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority; a vigorous denunciation e.g. a politician who is anathema to conservatives

Question 72

panegyric

Answer 72

a eulogistic oration or writing formal or elaborate praise e.g. He wrote a panegyric on the centennial of the Nobel laureate's birth.

Question 73

ancestry

Answer 73

line of descent; lineage, especially honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent persons initiating or comprising a line of descent; ancestors e.g. be of noble ancestry

Question 74

ancillary

Answer 74

subordinate, subsidiary auxiliary, supplementary e.g. use of a drug as ancillary to surgical treatment

Question 75

anemia

Answer 75

a lack of red blood cells

Question 76

anemic

Answer 76

- anemia

Question 77

anguish

Answer 77

extreme pain, distress, or anxiety e.g. He experienced the anguish of divorce after 10 years of marriage.

Question 78

angular

Answer 78

stiff in character or manner; lacking smoothness or grace lean and having prominent bone structure e.g. The sniping hasn't been limited to his aggressive, angular fashion sense. an angular face

Question 79

magnanimous

Answer 79

showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind e.g. a magnanimous donation to the town's animal shelter She was too magnanimous to resent all the things others had said to her.

Question 80

animosity

Answer 80

ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility e.g. We put aside our personal animosities so that we could work together.

Question 81

animus

Answer 81

a strong feeling of dislike or hatred e.g. feeling no animus toward those who had wronged her

Question 82

annals

Answer 82

a record of events arranged in yearly sequence

Question 83

annex

Answer 83

``` to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition to incorporate (a country or other territory) within the domain of a state ``` e.g. The government planned to annex the islands.

Question 84

annul

Answer 84

to reduce to nothing; obliterate to make ineffective or inoperative; neutralize to declare or make legally invalid or void e.g. Unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people. He plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage.

Question 85

anonymity

Answer 85

- anonymous

Question 86

anorexia

Answer 86

a serious physical and emotional illness in which an abnormal fear of being fat leads to very poor eating habits and dangerous weight loss

Question 87

antagonize

Answer 87

to act in opposition to; counteract to incur or provoke the hostility of e.g. He didn't mean to antagonize you. His criticism antagonized his friends.

Question 88

Antarctic

Answer 88

of the regions around the South Pole

Question 89

antecedent

Answer 89

a preceding event, condition, or cause predecessor, especially a model or stimulus for later developments prior e.g. Even online chat rooms have an antecedent in the exchanges of nineteenth-century American telegraph operators. I'd like to follow up on an antecedent question from another reporter.

Question 90

antediluvian

Answer 90

of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible made, evolved, or developed a long time ago; extremely primitive or outmoded e.g. He has antediluvian notions about the role of women in the workplace.

Question 91

anterior

Answer 91

situated before or toward the front (or head) | coming before in time or development; earlier, previous