4th 9 Weeks Test Vocab

Question 1

camaraderie

Answer 1

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

Question 2

conformist

Answer 2

someone who confirms to established standards of conduct

Question 3

asylum

Answer 3

a shelter from danger or hardship; a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Question 4

censure

Answer 4

a judgement involving condemnation; the act of blaming of condemning sternly

Question 5

demagogue

Answer 5

a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

Question 6

discredit

Answer 6

the state of being held in low esteem

Question 7

divergent

Answer 7

tending to move apart in different directions

Question 8

empathy

Answer 8

understanding and entering into another’s feelings

Question 9

enhance

Answer 9

to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness

Question 10

evanescent

Answer 10

passing quickly out of sight; tending to banish like vapor

Question 11

exemplary

Answer 11

serving as a model; representing the best of it’s kind; worthy of imitation

Question 12

exetenuating

Answer 12

partially excusing or justifying

Question 13

hackneyed

Answer 13

repeated too often; over familiar through overuse

Question 14

hypothesis

Answer 14

a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain facts or phenomena

Question 15

impute

Answer 15

attribute or credit to

Question 16

intuitive

Answer 16

spontaneously derived from it promoted by natural tendency

Question 17

jubilation

Answer 17

a feeling of extreme joy

Question 18

lobbyist

Answer 18

someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyists employer

Question 19

nonchalant

Answer 19

marked by blithe concern

Question 20

opulent

Answer 20

rich and superior in quality

Question 21

precocious

Answer 21

characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)

Question 22

pretentious

Answer 22

makings claim or creating an appearance of (often observed) importance of distinction

Question 23

provocative

Answer 23

serving to provoke, excite, or stimulate

Question 24

reconciliation

Answer 24

the reestablishing of cordial relations

Question 25

resilient

Answer 25

capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture; tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change

Question 26

reverence

Answer 26

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

Question 27

spontaneous

Answer 27

said or done without being planned in advance

Question 28

submissive

Answer 28

inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

Question 29

substantiate

Answer 29

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Question 30

suppress

Answer 30

to put down by authority or force

Question 31

tenacious

Answer 31

stubbornly unyielding

Question 32

vindicate

Answer 32

show to be right by providing justification or proof