Core Vocab 156-205 (Affix)

Question 1

Expunge

Answer 1

to erase; to destroy

Question 2

excise

Answer 2

to cut out or off from; to remove from a passage or sentence of text

Question 3

expurgate

Answer 3

to remove something considered unsuitable

Question 4

Extricate

Answer 4

to get out of a difficult situation or entanglement

Question 5

Exorbitant

Answer 5

unreasonably expensive

Question 6

repudiate

Answer 6

to refuse to accept

Question 7

reticent

Answer 7

holding back thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs; restrained or reserved

Question 8

rebuff

Answer 8

to reject ungraciously

Question 9

resurgent

Answer 9

rising again, sweeping or surging back

Question 10

deleterious

Answer 10

causing harm or damage

Question 11

decry

Answer 11

publicly denounce

Question 12

despondent

Answer 12

downcast

Question 13

morose

Answer 13

downcast and ill-tempered

Question 14

debunk

Answer 14

to put down by exposing false and exaggerated claims

Question 15

deride

Answer 15

to put down with contemptous jeering, to ridicule or laugh at

Question 16

derisive

Answer 16

expressing contempt or ridicule

Question 17

implacable

Answer 17

not capable of being placated or appeased

Question 18

inexorable

Answer 18

relentless, inevitable

Question 19

insurmountable

Answer 19

to great to be overcome

Question 20

irreverent

Answer 20

lacking proper respect or seriousness, disrespectful

Question 21

irresolute

Answer 21

uncertain how to act or proceed

Question 22

circumspect

Answer 22

cautious and careful, prudent

Question 23

circuitous

Answer 23

indirect in language, behavior, or action

Question 24

circumvent

Answer 24

to bypass, to avoid by artful maneuvering

Question 25

magnanimous

Answer 25

filled with generosity and forgiveness, forgoing resentment and revenge.

Question 26

erroneous

Answer 26

incorrect

Question 27

melliflous

Answer 27

smooth and sweet, flowing like honey

Question 28

acrimonious

Answer 28

filled with bitterness, sharpness in words, rancorous

Question 29

abstemious

Answer 29

temperate in eating and drinking

Question 30

malodorous

Answer 30

foul-smelling

Question 31

heinous

Answer 31

wicked, evil, abominable

Question 32

egregious

Answer 32

outrageously bad

Question 33

gratuitous

Answer 33

unwarranted, unnecessary