20 Vocab Words Part 5

Question 1

: filled with excitement, activity, or confusion : wild or frantic

Answer 1

Frenetic

Question 2

1
a : to claim or seize without justification
b : to make undue claims to having : assume
2
: to claim on behalf of another : ascribe

Answer 2

Arrogates

Question 3

to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb

Answer 3

Inter

Question 4

1
: to permeate or influence as if by dyeing
2
: to tinge or dye deeply

Answer 4

Imbue

Question 5

: a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water —sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a numbe

Answer 5

Fathom

Question 6

: the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth; also : the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting i

Answer 6

Apogee

Question 7

a : tending to evade grasp or pursuit
b : hard to comprehend or define
c : hard to isolate or identify

Answer 7

Elusive

Question 8

: to encroach on the rights (as in trade) of others

Answer 8

Interlope

Question 9

the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings : exuberance

Answer 9

Ebullience

Question 10

1
: depending on the will or pleasure of another
2
: dependent on uncertain premises : dubious
3
a : dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
b : characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger

Answer 10

Precarious

Question 11

1
: unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
2
: behavior by an animal that is not beneficial to or may be harmful to itself but that benefits others of its species

Answer 11

Altruistism

Question 12

marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry

Answer 12

Vociferous

Question 13

a state of bafflement or perplexity

Answer 13

Nonplus

Question 14

1
: to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
2
: pacify, quiet
3
: to put an end to by satisfying : appease, quench

Answer 14

Assuage

Question 15

1
: deliberately affected : theatrical
2
: of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater

Answer 15

Histrionic

Question 16

1
: of doubtful authenticity : spurious
2
often capitalized :

Answer 16

Apocryphal

Question 17

: being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence

Answer 17

Inimical

Question 18

1
: to put in writing : frame
2
: to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release; broadly : edit
3
: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release

Answer 18

Redact

Question 19

a : dark, dim
b : shrouded in or hidden by darkness
c : not clearly seen or easily distinguished

Answer 19

Obscure

Question 20

incapable of error

Answer 20

Infallible