Brainscape's 1000: Set 3 Review (300/1000)

Question 1

Mawkish (adj.)

Answer 1

very sentimental

SYN: maudlin; bathetic

Question 2

Perdition (noun)

Answer 2

state of damnation; state of final spiritual ruin

Poor moral choices, the preacher said, led Huckleberry down the road to PERDITION.

Question 3

Canny (adj.)

Answer 3

careful; shrewd

SYN: providential; prudent

Question 4

Adroit (adj.)

Answer 4

very skilled

Question 5

Cagey (adj.)

Answer 5

cautious; wary; shrewd

She gave a cagey reply to the probing question

Question 6

Seminal (adj.)

Answer 6

original and influential

I’ve never listened to FOB’s seminal album, but they definitely moved forward from there nicely.

Question 7

Sinuous (adj.)

Answer 7

twisting; not direct; winding

Question 8

Solicitude (noun)

Answer 8

caring about others’ well-being

Question 9

Cajole (verb)

Answer 9

to manipulate into action by flattery or promises

Question 10

Solvent (adj./noun.)

Answer 10

adj. ) able to meet financial obligations

noun) substance within which a material is dissolved

Question 11

Dour (adj.)

Answer 11

gloomy, forbidding, or harsh; humorless and stern

Question 12

Insouciant (adj.)

Answer 12

lighthearted, unconcerned

Michael’s insouciant attitude toward schoolwork led to poor test grades.

SYN: nonchalant

Question 13

Evince (verb)

Answer 13

to clearly prove; to indicate

Question 14

Filigree (noun/verb)

Answer 14

noun) ornamentation in lace-like pattern

verb) to adorn

Question 15

Aesthete (noun)

Answer 15

one with artistic sensibilities

Question 16

Estimable (adj.)

Answer 16

worthy; formidable

Question 17

Enmity (noun)

Answer 17

strong mutual hatred

Question 18

Enthrall (verb)

Answer 18

to captivate; to enslave

Question 19

Extirpate (verb)

Answer 19

to destroy or annihilate totally; to cut out by the roots

I extirpated the weeds in the front tree box of our house.

Question 20

Internecine (noun)

Answer 20

1) mutually destructive
2) incurring carnage and bloodshed
3) relating to an intra-group struggle

Question 21

Prognostic (adj./noun)

Answer 21

adj. ) indicating future events

noun) a prediction

Question 22

Prodigious (adj.)

Answer 22

having great power or size; extreme

Question 23

Remit (verb)

Answer 23

to pay; to desist; to refrain from exacting pardon

Rather than pie her in the face in return, I chose to remit.

Question 24

Asperity (adj.)

Answer 24

harshness; irritability; acrimony

The asperity of a northern winter can certainly lead to seasonal depression.
Professor McGonagall ran her classroom with a sense of asperity.

Question 25

Puissant (adj.)

Answer 25

powerful; mighty

Question 26

Ineffable (adj.)

Answer 26

incapable of being described in words

Question 27

Propitious (adj.)

Answer 27

favorable

Question 28

Propound (verb)

Answer 28

to propose; to offer for consideration

Question 29

Precipitate (verb)

Answer 29

to happen abruptly; occuring without forethought

Question 30

Prosaic (adj.)

Answer 30

common; unimaginative

Question 31

Advert (verb)

Answer 31

to draw attention towards

Question 32

Excorciate (verb)

Answer 32

to condemn scathingly; to more than vituperate

Question 33

Sublimate (verb)

Answer 33

1) DUH

2) to channel one’s impulsive (often sexual) thoughts in a socially acceptable manner; to purify or cleanse; to refine

Question 34

Expatiate (verb)

Answer 34

to elaborate

Question 35

Truculent (adj.)

Answer 35

cruel; ferocious; savage

Question 36

Dissipated (verb)

Answer 36

hedonistic