Comp I | Vocab Study Guide

Question 1

What is amnesty?

Answer 1

Receiving a pardon, forgiveness, relief from a sentence.

(noun)

Question 2

What does intangible mean?

Answer 2

Abstract, incapable of being touched, not a physical thing.

(adj.)

Question 3

Define rectitude.

Answer 3

Behaving with integrity, good morals, sense of decorum.

(noun)

Question 4

What is an ordinance?

Answer 4

Rule, law, public regulation, command.

(noun)

Question 5

What does ambiguous mean?

Answer 5

Unclear, vague.

(adj.)

Question 6

What does it mean to devise?

Answer 6

To formulate, to plan, to create.

(verb)

Question 7

What is the meaning of mundane?

Answer 7

Ordinary, common, typical.

(adj.)

Question 8

Define lucid.

Answer 8

Clear, easily understood, aware, coherent.

(adj.)

Question 9

What does complicit mean?

Answer 9

Involved in, connected to in a (generally) negative way.

(adj.)

Question 10

What is the definition of surreal?

Answer 10

Unbelievable, feels unreal, foreign, odd, bizarre.

(adj.)

Question 11

What does bedlam refer to?

Answer 11

Chaos, state of uproar.

(adj.)

Question 12

What does lax mean?

Answer 12

Lenient, laid back, not strict.

(adj.)

Question 13

What does it mean to abdicate?

Answer 13

To give up, to concede a position of power.

(verb)

Question 14

What does belittle mean?

Answer 14

Undermine, to humiliate, to make someone feel less than.

(verb)

Question 15

Define belligerent.

Answer 15

Aggressive, stubborn, won’t give in, argumentative.

(adj.)

Question 16

What does benevolent mean?

Answer 16

Kind, generous, good.

(adj.)

Question 17

What is the meaning of benign?

Answer 17

Safe, harmless, gentle, good.

(adj.)

Question 18

What does candid mean?

Answer 18

Natural, straightforward, honest, unstaged.

(adj.)

Question 19

What does it mean to cajole?

Answer 19

Persuade through flattery.

(verb)

Question 20

What does capitulate mean?

Answer 20

Give in, accept defeat.

(verb)

Question 21

What does debase mean?

Answer 21

To lessen, to lower.

(verb)

Question 22

Define decorum.

Answer 22

Manners, respect, properness.

(noun)

Question 23

What does efface mean?

Answer 23

To destroy, to obliterate.

(verb)

Question 24

What does fabricate mean?

Answer 24

To create, to make up.

(verb)

Question 25

What does affluent mean?

Answer 25

Wealthy, rich, upper class.

(adj.)

Question 26

What does inherent mean?

Answer 26

Naturally, comes from within, born with it.

(adj.)

Question 27

Define gamut.

Answer 27

Spectrum, range, sequence, variety.

(noun)

Question 28

What does jovial mean?

Answer 28

Happy, cheerful.

(adj.)

Question 29

What does ostracize mean?

Answer 29

Outcasted, to separate, to shun.

(verb)

Question 30

What does vicarious mean?

Answer 30

To live through someone else’s experiences, second-hand experience, indirect experience.

(adj.)

Question 31

Define astute.

Answer 31

Smart, intelligent.

(adj.)

Question 32

What does chagrin mean?

Answer 32

Embarrassment, shame.

(noun)

Question 33

What does laudable mean?

Answer 33

Impressive recognition, commendable, praiseworthy.

(adj.)

Question 34

What does abhor mean?

Answer 34

To despise, to hate.

(verb)

Question 35

What does malevolent mean?

Answer 35

Bad, harmful, evil.

(adj.)

Question 36

Define brevity.

Answer 36

Briefness, shortness.

(noun)

Question 37

What is the epitome?

Answer 37

Definition of, example of, the standard of, ideal.

(noun)

Question 38

What does fallible mean?

Answer 38

Failing, likely to fail, have a weakness.

(adj.)

Question 39

What does exorbitant mean?

Answer 39

Large, extreme, excessive, lengthy.

(adj.)

Question 40

What does nonchalant mean?

Answer 40

Chill, casual, unconcerned.

(adj.)

Question 41

What does antiquated mean?

Answer 41

Old, outdated.

(adj.)

Question 42

Define avarice.

Answer 42

Greed.

(noun)

Question 43

What does austere mean?

Answer 43

Extremely bland, plain, simple.

(adj.)

Question 44

What does defame mean?

Answer 44

Slander, harm, to bring down.

(verb)

Question 45

What does pious mean?

Answer 45

Devoutly religious, holy.

(adj.)

Question 46

What does requisite mean?

Answer 46

Required.

(adj.)

Question 47

Define subservient.

Answer 47

Below the authority, lower ranking, obedient.

(adj.)

Question 48

What is valor?

Answer 48

Bravery, courage.

(noun)

Question 49

What does commendation mean?

Answer 49

An award, praise.

(noun)

Question 50

What does culpable mean?

Answer 50

Guilty, liable, blameworthy.

(adj.)

Question 51

What does decipher mean?

Answer 51

To decode, to determine.

(verb)

Question 52

What does abstain mean?

Answer 52

To withdraw (from), to refrain, to go without.

(verb)