English Vocab

Question 1

Evince

Answer 1

What It Means
Evince is a formal word that means “to display clearly.” Someone who evinces an attitude, emotion, quality, etc., shows it clearly.

// She evinced a fondness for animals of all kinds from an early age.

Question 2

Alexithymia

Answer 2

(n.) inability to identify and express or describe one’s feelings

Question 3

Ambivalent

Answer 3

(Adj.) Havingg mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Ex. Eg. I felt very ambivalent about leaving home; on the one hand I want to explore the world but on the other hand I am skeptical about leaving my comfort zone

Question 4

Encomium

Answer 4

(n.) Encomium refers to an expression of glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise.

// Upon achieving EGOT status, the actor was deservedly showered with encomiums from across the entertainment world.

syn. homage, eulogy, salutation

Question 5

Nexus

Answer 5

(n.) nexuses

Synonyms of nexus
1
: CONNECTION, LINK
the nexus between teachers and students
also : a causal link
the nexus between poverty and crime
2
: a connected group or series
a nexus of theories
a nexus of relationships
3
: CENTER, FOCUS
The bookstore has become something of a nexus for the downtown neighborhood.
—Jane Smiley

Question 6

Colloquial

Answer 6

adjective
(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
“colloquial and everyday language”

Question 7

Imminent

Question 8

Acquiesce

Question 9

Smoggy

Question 10

Equivocal

Question 11

Scorn

Question 12

Anatomize

Question 13

Slake

Answer 13

(V.)

meaning “to satisfy or quench.” It can also mean “to hydrate.”

*// The quest to slake his wanderlust was never-ending.

// They slaked their thirst with cold lemonade.*

Question 14

Duplicity

Answer 14

Duplicity is a formal word that refers to dishonest behavior meant to trick or deceive someone.

// The extent of his duplicity wasn’t clear until a century after his death, when documents revealing more of his many deceptions were discovered.

Question 15

Empirical

Answer 15

(adj.)
When we describe something, such as data, as empirical, we mean that it originated in, or was based on, observation or experience. Empirical can also be used to describe something that is capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment, as in “empirical laws.”

// The team of conservation biologists gathered reams of empirical data—from species inventories to soil analyses—to help them get a better understanding of the forest’s ecology.

Question 16

Quiescent

Answer 16

Quiescent is a formal word that describes things that are quiet, inactive, or in a state of peaceful rest. In medical contexts it describes a condition that is not currently developing or causing symptoms, as in “a quiescent disease/virus.”

// Volcanoes often exist for centuries in a quiescent state before their sudden, violent eruptions.

Question 17

Suffrage

Answer 17

suffrage • \SUF-rij\ • noun

Suffrage means “the right to vote in an election.”
// The Nineteenth Amendment, which granted suffrage to women, was certified on August 26, 1920, making it an official part of the Constitution of the United States.

Question 18

Callomaniac

Answer 18

1. A pathologic attraction to people or objects because of their beauty alone, without regard for other qualities.
2. The delusion by someone who thinks that she (or he) is beautiful.