Boot Camp Set 4

Question 0

myriad

Answer 0

n. an indefinitely large number

Question 1

feat

Answer 1

n. an act or accomplishment showing skill

Question 2

amiable

Answer 2

adj. friendly and agreeable; sociable

Question 3

bizarre

Answer 3

adj. very odd in manner; grotesque; strange

Question 4

emaciated

Answer 4

adj. made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin due to starvation
n. emaciation

Question 5

feign

Answer 5

v. to pretend; to fake

Question 6

extraneous

Answer 6

adj. not an essential part of; unimportant

Question 7

genesis

Answer 7

n. birth; beginning; origin

Question 8

harass

Answer 8

v. to bother; torment

Question 9

voluble

Answer 9

adj. talkative

n. volubility

Question 10

parochial

Answer 10

adj. restricted; limited; narrow; local

Question 11

culminate

Answer 11

v. to reach the highest point

n. culmination

Question 12

determinate

Answer 12

adj. having exact limits; final; firm in purpose

Question 13

lugubrious

Answer 13

adj. sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous

Question 14

conception

Answer 14

n. formation of an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy

v. conceive

Question 15

sloth

Answer 15

n. laziness

Question 16

martinet

Answer 16

n. one who is strict in discipline and enjoys authority too much

Question 17

fallible

Answer 17

adj. capable or error

Question 18

blunder

Answer 18

v. to move carelessly

Question 19

malleable

Answer 19

adj. able to be pounded; capable of being molded; adaptable

Question 20

obstreperous

Answer 20

adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant

Question 21

deflect

Answer 21

v. to bend or turn away

Question 22

apt

Answer 22

adj. appropriate; having a natural tendency

Question 23

exacerbate

Answer 23

v. to make more violent, bitter, or severe

Question 24

venerable

Answer 24

adj. worthy of honor and respect by reason of dignity, age, etc.

Question 25

breach

Answer 25

n. some sort of violation; a gap

Question 26

petulant

Answer 26

adj. impatient of irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance

n. petulance

Question 27

pedantic

Answer 27

adj. putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge
n. pedant

Question 28

ritual

Answer 28

n. a ceremonial act; a customary procedure

Question 29

anecdote

Answer 29

n. a brief story, often humorous

adj. anecdotal

Question 30

fauna

Answer 30

n. animals as a group, esp. of a specified region or time

Question 31

solemn

Answer 31

adj. serious; grave

n. solemnity

Question 32

undermine

Answer 32

v. to weaken

Question 33

nebulous

Answer 33

adj. unclear; vague

Question 34

concur

Answer 34

v. to agree

Question 35

maxim

Answer 35

n. a short saying expressing a general principle

Question 36

legible

Answer 36

adj. capable of being read or deciphered

Question 37

mammoth

Answer 37

adj. very large; of clumsy or unwieldy size

Question 38

baroque

Answer 38

adj. fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate

Question 39

sanguine

Answer 39

adj. optimistic, cheerful

Question 40

degenerate

Answer 40

v. to decline to an inferior state, often in mental or moral quality

Question 41

imperative

Answer 41

adj. urgently necessary; impossible to deter or evade

Question 42

intrepid

Answer 42

adj. bold; fearless

Question 43

pious

Answer 43

adj. exhibiting reverence and religious observation

adj. piety

Question 44

metamorphosis

Answer 44

n. a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function
v. metamorphose

Question 45

melancholy

Answer 45

adj. sad, esp. a lingering or habitual state of mind; n. persistent sadness

Question 46

pedestrian

Answer 46

adj. done on foot; ordinary; commonplace

Question 47

decree

Answer 47

v. to order with the force of law; n. an official order

Question 48

specious

Answer 48

adj. seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false

Question 49

apex

Answer 49

n. the highest point