Core Vocab II: 51 - 100

Question 1

Diminutive

Answer 1

very small

Question 2

Minutiae

Answer 2

minor everyday details

Question 3

Exhort

Answer 3

to encourage, to urge

Question 4

Antipathy

Answer 4

strong dislike, ill will, enmity, rancorr

Question 5

digress

Answer 5

to depart from the subject

Question 6

Polarize

Answer 6

to create disunity, to create dissention

Question 7

nebulous

Answer 7

vague, cloudy, misty

Question 8

Ephemeral, Evanescent

Answer 8

brief, lasting for a short time

Question 9

predilection, propensity

Answer 9

a liking or preference for something, an inclinaiton

Question 10

capricious, mercurial

Answer 10

very changeable, volatile

Question 11

Boorish, uncouth, crass

Answer 11

vulgar, characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners, unrefined

Question 12

inuendo

Answer 12

a veiled reference

Question 13

stymie

Answer 13

to stop, to frustrate, to prevent

Question 14

adroit

Answer 14

having great skill, dexterous

Question 15

admonish

Answer 15

to earnestly caution

Question 16

incontrovertible

Answer 16

impossible to deny or disprove

Question 17

voracious, ravenous, rapacious

Answer 17

having a huge apetite

Question 18

intrepid

Answer 18

courageous, resolute

Question 19

itinerant

Answer 19

migrating from place to place, not sedentary

Question 20

poignant

Answer 20

moving, touching,

Question 21

impetus

Answer 21

a stimulus or encouragement that results in increased activity

Question 22

bucolic, pastoral

Answer 22

characteristic of a charming, unspoiled countryside, and simple rural life

Question 23

equanimity

Answer 23

calmness, composure

Question 24

panache, verve, flamboyance, elan

Answer 24

great vigor and energy, dash, especially in artistic performance

Question 25

fortuitous

Answer 25

of accidental but fortunate occurrence, having unexpected good fortune

Question 26

amalgam

Answer 26

a mixture, a blend of different elements

Question 27

intemperate

Answer 27

lacking restraint

Question 28

laud, extol, tout

Answer 28

to praise, appluad

Question 29

disparage

Answer 29

to speak of in a disrespectful way, to belittle

Question 30

curtail

Answer 30

to cut short

Question 31

innocuous

Answer 31

harmless, unlikely to give offense

Question 32

diatribe, tirade, harangue

Answer 32

a bitter abusive denunciation, a verbal attack