English 2: Vocabulary 6

Question 1

Corroborate

Answer 1

v) to support or strengthen an idea or a statement; to attest to the truth of; to confirm

Question 2

Aberration

Answer 2

n) a departure from the usual course; a deviation; an abnormal development

Question 3

Herculean

Answer 3

adj) extremely demanding or difficult; requiring or having great courage or strength, like that possessed Hercules

Question 4

Retrospect

Answer 4

n) a contemplation or survey of things that happened in the past

Question 5

Dearth

Answer 5

n) a scarcity, as of food; a lack; too small a supply of something

Question 6

Salient

Answer 6

adj) standing out; easily seen or noticed; conspicuous; noticeable; prominent

Question 7

Adjudge

Answer 7

v) to decree or decide by law; to pass sentence

Question 8

Diurnal

Answer 8

adj) occurring every day; daily; occurring during the daytime

Question 9

Candor

Answer 9

n) openness; saying what one really thinks; frankness; impartiality

Question 10

Ludicrous

Answer 10

adj) amusingly absurd; ridiculous

Question 11

Artifice

Answer 11

n) a skill; clever device; a sly or artful trick; trickery

Question 12

Configuration

Answer 12

n) the position of parts or elements of something; a shape; an outline

Question 13

Scurruplous

Answer 13

adj) giving strict attention to what is right or proper; exact and careful

Question 14

Deduce

Answer 14

v) to infer by reasoning; to conclude from known facts and principles

Question 15

Refute

Answer 15

v) to prove that someone or something is false or incorrect; to disprove

Question 16

Captivate

Answer 16

v) to catch the attention of, by beauty or excellence; to enchant; to charm; to attract

Question 17

Proponent

Answer 17

n) a person who supports a cause or idea; someone who makes a proposition; an advocate

Question 18

Extant

Answer 18

adj) still in existence; not extinct, lost, or destroyed

Question 19

Chicanery

Answer 19

n) the use of clever talk or trickery to deceive or evade

Question 20

Augury

Answer 20

n) the practice of foretelling the future from signs and omens; an omen or a sign