bootcamp vocab 1

Question 1

undermine

Answer 1

(verb) lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of something/someone

Question 2

indifferent

Answer 2

(adj) no interest or sympathy

Question 3

exigence

Answer 3

(noun) an urgent need or demand

Question 4

contentious

Answer 4

(adj) likely to cause disagreement or argument

Question 5

reprove

Answer 5

(verb) to scold or correct someone, generally with well intentions

Question 6

profligate

Answer 6

(adj) recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

Question 7

corroborate

Answer 7

(verb) to support with evidence or authority

Question 8

expository

Answer 8

(adj) serving to set forht or explain

Question 9

aesthetic

Answer 9

(adj) concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Question 10

prodigal

Answer 10

(adj) spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant

Question 11

complacent

Answer 11

(adj) showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements

Question 12

guile

Answer 12

(noun) sly or cunning intelligence

Question 13

enigma

Answer 13

(noun) a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

Question 14

articulate

Answer 14

(adj) being able to speak fluently and coherently, or (verb) express fluently and coherently

Question 15

virulent

Answer 15

(adj) extremely severe or harmful in its effects; bitterly hostile

Question 16

servile

Answer 16

(adj) having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others (well-intentioned)

Question 17

banal

Answer 17

(adj) so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Question 18

adersary

Answer 18

(noun) one that contends with, opposes, or resists; an enemy or opponent

Question 19

censure

Answer 19

(verb) express severe disapproval as a formal statement, or (noun) the expression of formal disapproval

Question 20

assuage

Answer 20

(verb) make less intense; satisfy

Question 21

scrupulous

Answer 21

(adj) (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details; very concerned to avoid doing wrong

Question 22

hedonistic

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(adj) engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; self-indulgent

Question 23

apocryphal

Answer 23

(adj) (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

Question 24

stringent

Answer 24

(adj) tight, constricted; marked by rigor, strictness, or severity

Question 25

hackneyed

Answer 25

(adj) (of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite