Words from Tests/Activities Part III

Question 1

Sojourn / so jurn

Answer 1

Temporary stay

… during his sojourn in Alexandria

Question 2

Fortitude

Answer 2

Mental or emotional strength in facing difficulty or danger courageously

She endured illness with great fortitude

Question 3

Impart

Answer 3

To communicate information to others, make known, divulge - impart a secret

To bestow a quality on others - to impart knowledge to others

Question 4

Pantomime

Answer 4

Art of conveying emotions, actions, feelings by gestures without speech

Question 5

Chimerical / kim er ical

Answer 5

Unreal, imaginary, visionary; unrealistic, fanciful

A chimerical terrestrial paradise

Question 6

Rococo

Answer 6

Elaborately ornamental

Question 7

Garish

Answer 7

Gaudy

Question 8

Pulchritude / pulk ri tude

Answer 8

Physical beauty

Question 9

Bravura

Answer 9

Musical piece requiring great skill

Question 10

Circumvent

Answer 10

To go around or bypass - circumvent the real issue, circumvent the lake

To avoid something unpleasant by deception; overcome in a clever way

He found a way to circumvent the law

Question 11

Patsy

Answer 11

Person easily duped

Question 12

Licentious

Answer 12

Sexually unrestrained, libertine, lecherous

Question 13

Galvanize

Answer 13

To stimulate, shock, or excite someone into taking action; actuate

Question 14

Catechize / Kat ekize

Answer 14

Teach by having students ask questions

to interrogate

Question 15

Diminutive

Answer 15

Extremely small

Question 16

Nonsensical

Answer 16

Absurd

Question 17

Unprompted

Answer 17

Without being encouraged; said, done or acting without being encouraged

spontaneous

Question 18

Inane

Answer 18

Silly, stupid, not significant

Question 19

Callow

Answer 19

Inexperienced

Question 20

Vacuous

Answer 20

Mindless, having or showing a lack for thought or intelligence

Question 21

Palliate
Palliation
Palliative

Answer 21

To make less severe or unpleasant without removing cause

She’s in palliative care for her cancer

Question 22

Promulgate

Answer 22

Pronounce or make widely known; announce

Prince William and Kate Middleton promulgated their wedding all over the world

Question 23

Redact

Answer 23

Edit for publication; censor or expurgate for legal or security reasons

Question 24

Zeitgeist / z eye t g eye st

Answer 24

Defining spirit or mood of a particular period

Question 25

Propitiate

Answer 25

Win or regain favor of someone by doing something that pleases them To grain or regain the favor or goodwill of The gods were angry so he tried propitiating them.

Question 26

Embolden

Answer 26

To make bold; to give someone the courage or confidence to do something

Question 27

Bemoan

Answer 27

Mourn

Question 28

Solipsism

Answer 28

The view or theory that only one's self is sure to exist

Question 29

Profound | Profundity

Answer 29

Depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion

Question 30

Victual / vit tle

Answer 30

Food supplies, provisions To supply with victuals

Question 31

Epochal / epical

Answer 31

Relating to epoch; influential

Question 32

Epoch ; epic

Answer 32

Period, era

Question 33

Picayune / pick a yoon

Answer 33

Nugatory, trivial, inconsequential, trifling amount Exiguous

Question 34

Flout

Answer 34

To treat with disdain, scorn, contempt To scoff at, mock; OPENLY DISREGARD Israel flouts basic humanitarian rights

Question 35

Gilding

Answer 35

Process of applying layer of gold to something

Question 36

Provident | Improvident

Answer 36

Prudent | Imprudent

Question 37

Despoil

Answer 37

Steal, plunder

Question 38

Bedaub

Answer 38

To smear or daub with sticky substance

Question 39

Dank

Answer 39

Unpleasantly wet or damp

Question 40

Bleak

Answer 40

Bare, desolate Without hope or encouragement

Question 41

Rhapsodize Rhapsody Rhapsodic

Answer 41

To talk with enthusiasm Improvised music OR exuberance Feeling extremely enthusiastic

Question 42

Capitulate

Answer 42

Surrender

Question 43

Patter

Answer 43

To talk meaninglessly, prattle

Question 44

Supposition

Answer 44

Assumption

Question 45

Recidivist

Answer 45

Someone who falls back into prior habits (crime or drug use)

Question 46

Lionize

Answer 46

To treat someone as a celebrity

Question 47

Excoriate

Answer 47

1) to denounce or berate severely, scathe 2) To strip off or remove the skin of Her went into the dermatologist for her excoriated palms.

Question 48

Demagogue

Answer 48

Leader who gains power and support by arousing people's emotions

Question 49

Browbeat

Answer 49

To intimidate someone into doing something (especially by abusive words)

Question 50

Staid

Answer 50

Settled or sedate character

Question 51

Sedate

Answer 51

Calm, composed, dignified To put a person under sedation

Question 52

Waggish

Answer 52

Jocular; humorous in a playful manner

Question 53

Untoward

Answer 53

Unfavorable, unfortunate Untoward circumstances led him into bankruptcy Improper - untoward social behavior

Question 54

Reconnoiter / rekon noiter

Answer 54

Make a military observation (of region) Ariel Sharon reconnoitered Sabra and Shatila before sending in his dogs

Question 55

Dally

Answer 55

Act or move slowly; WASTE TIME; procrastinate

Question 56

Bedlam

Answer 56

A sense or state of wild uproar and confusion

Question 57

Ingenue / engine new

Answer 57

Naive girl OR an actress playing such role