AP Notes 201-220

Question 1

Verb- defamy; to characterize harshly

Answer 1

Vilify

Question 2

Adj- expressing a rigid opinion based on unproven or improvable principles

Answer 2

Dogmatic

Question 3

Adj- recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Answer 3

Perennial

Question 4

adj- lethargic; sluggish; dormant

Answer 4

Torpid

Question 5

noun- the quality of being generously noble in the mind and heart, especially in forgiving

Answer 5

Magnanimity

Question 6

adj- fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Answer 6

Truculent

Question 7

adj- complex or complicated

Answer 7

Convoluted

Question 8

adj- departing from norms or conventions

Answer 8

Eccentric

Question 9

pompous grandiloquent

Answer 9

Bombastic

Question 10

Verb- to destruct or block

Answer 10

Occlude

Question 11

adj- extremely talkative

Answer 11

Loquacious

Question 12

noun- one who hates all other humans

Answer 12

Misanthrope

Question 13

noun- devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasure of the senses.

Answer 13

Hedonism

Question 14

to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest

Answer 14

Abscond

Question 15

to mix or blend together in a homogenous body.

Answer 15

Amalgamate

Question 16

of doubtful authority or authenticity

Answer 16

Apocryphal

Question 17

omen, predicting, prognostication

Answer 17

Augury

Question 18

git to be eaten, palatable, victual

Answer 18

Comestible