Bi-Week 14: October 2 - October 15 (REVIEW)

Question 1

Cabal (n)

Answer 1

a small group of secret plotters, usually against some type of authority

Question 2

Flout (v)

Answer 2

openly disregard

Question 3

Indigence (n)

Answer 3

a state of extreme poverty

Question 4

Clairvoyant (adj)

Answer 4

having or claiming to have the ability to perceive events in the future or beyond sensory contact

Question 5

Extemporaneous (adj)

Answer 5

spoken or done without preparation; impromptu

Question 6

Concomitant (adj)

Answer 6

naturally accompanying or associated

Question 7

Enjoin (v)

Answer 7

to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis

Question 8

Vitiate (v)

Answer 8

to impair the quality of

Question 9

Purvey (v)

Answer 9

to provide or supply usually as a business

Question 10

Congenital (adj)

Answer 10

present from birth

Question 11

Aver (v)

Answer 11

to state or assert to be the case

Question 12

Polemic (n)

Answer 12

a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

Question 13

Buttress (n/v)

Answer 13

a source of defence or support

Question 14

Artifice (n)

Answer 14

clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others

Question 15

Expedient (n)

Answer 15

a means to attaining an end, especially on considered immoral or improper

Question 16

Fecund (adj)

Answer 16

very productive or creative intellectually

Question 17

Putative (adj)

Answer 17

commonly regarded as such; reputed

Question 18

Virulent (adj)

Answer 18

(of a disease or poison) extremely harmful in it’s effects

Question 19

Inundate (v)

Answer 19

overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with

Question 20

Consternation (n)

Answer 20

feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected