Boot Camp Set 9

Question 0

bias

Answer 0

n. a mental inclination or leaning; prejudice

Question 1

impasse

Answer 1

n. a dead-end

adj. impassable

Question 2

prescient

Answer 2

adj. knowing things before they occur

n. prescience

Question 3

tarry

Answer 3

v. to delay; to linger

Question 4

urbane

Answer 4

adj. sophisticated

n. urbanity

Question 5

charisma

Answer 5

n. a quality of leadership that inspires great devotion in one’s followers; personal magnetism or charm
adj. charismatic

Question 6

diaphanous

Answer 6

adj. of transparent or translucently fine texture; delicate and insubstantial

Question 7

bondage

Answer 7

n. slavery; servitude

Question 8

devious

Answer 8

adj. cunning or deceptive

Question 9

garish

Answer 9

adj. marked by unpleasantly bright colors or excessive ornamentation

Question 10

dolor

Answer 10

n. sorrow, grief

adj. dolorous

Question 11

unruly

Answer 11

adj. difficult to control; disobedient

Question 12

idiosyncrasy

Answer 12

n. a particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait

adj. idiosyncratic

Question 13

concoct

Answer 13

v. to invent; to create by combining ingredients, as in cooking
n. concoction

Question 14

dejected

Answer 14

adj. in low spirits; depressed

n. dejection

Question 15

platitude

Answer 15

n. a commonplace remark delivered as if it were important

Question 16

scintillate

Answer 16

v. to give off sparks; to be animated or brilliant

adj. scintillating

Question 17

loiter

Answer 17

v. to stand about without purpose; to delay

Question 18

unctuous

Answer 18

adj. oily; showing insincere earnestness

Question 19

exclude

Answer 19

v. to refuse to admit or include; to shut out

adj. exclusive

Question 20

feckless

Answer 20

adj. careless; irresponsible

Question 21

recur

Answer 21

v. to repeat; to occur again

adj. recursive

Question 22

score

Answer 22

v. to make cuts or lines on

Question 23

conjecture

Answer 23

n. an interference or conclusion based in incomplete evidence

Question 24

woebegone

Answer 24

adj. affected with great sadness, esp. as reflected in one’s appearance

Question 25

lumber

Answer 25

v. to move clumsily

Question 26

fashion

Answer 26

v. to make

Question 27

conscientious

Answer 27

adj. showing care and precision; painstaking

Question 28

behemoth

Answer 28

n. an enormous animal or person

Question 29

jar

Answer 29

v. to make a harsh sound; to shake by sudden impact

Question 30

interject

Answer 30

v. to insert between other things

Question 31

squander

Answer 31

v. to spend wastefully

Question 32

luxuriant

Answer 32

adj. very productive; fertile; characterized by richness and extravagance
n. luxuriance

Question 33

abhor

Answer 33

v. to detest; to shrink from in disgust

adj. abhorrent

Question 34

assimilate

Answer 34

v. to take in as one’s own; to absorb; to adapt or adjust to the customs, etc. of a group
n. assimilation

Question 35

reminisce

Answer 35

v. to recall the past, esp. fondly

n. reminiscence; adj. reminiscent

Question 36

seethe

Answer 36

v. to be violently excited; to boil

Question 37

vigilant

Answer 37

adj. alert and watchful, esp. for what is dangerous

n. vigilance

Question 38

vestige

Answer 38

n. a trace if something that once existed but has disappeared

Question 39

tenet

Answer 39

n. a belief

Question 40

distort

Answer 40

v. to alter; to change into an unusual form

n. distortion

Question 41

Herculean

Answer 41

adj. of unusual size, power, or difficulty

Question 42

saunter

Answer 42

v. to walk in a leisurely manner

Question 43

inhibit

Answer 43

v. to hold back

n. inhibition

Question 44

prod

Answer 44

v. to poke or stab at

Question 45

waver

Answer 45

v. to be uncertain of something; to sway

Question 46

indulgent

Answer 46

adj. lenient; giving in to the desires of others

v. indulge; n. indulgence

Question 47

altruistic

Answer 47

adj. unselfish; benevolent; caring more for others than oneself
n. altruist; n. altruism

Question 48

tacit

Answer 48

adj. unspoken but understood; silent

Question 49

concave

Answer 49

adj. hollowed out; curved inward