English Vocab 4

Question 1

Animated (adj.)

Answer 1

full of life; lively, vigorous, active, seeming to be alive

Question 2

Magnanimous (adj.)

Answer 2

showing a lofty and courageous spirit; generous and forgiving

Question 3

Animosity (n)

Answer 3

ill will or resentment

Question 4

Inanimate (adj.)

Answer 4

(1) not alive; lifeless (2) not lively; dull

Question 5

Figurative (adj.)

Answer 5

saying one thing in terms normally meaning or describing another thing; representing form or figure in art

Question 6

Configuration (n)

Answer 6

an arrangement of parts or elements; shape, design

Question 7

Effigy *n)

Answer 7

an image of a person, especially a crude representation of a hated person

Question 8

Figment (n)

Answer 8

something made up or imagined

Question 9

superannuated (adj.)

Answer 9

(1) outwork, old-fashioned, or out-of-date (2) forced to retire because of old age or infirmity

Question 10

Annuity (n)

Answer 10

money that is payable yearly or on some regular basis, or contract providing for such payment

Question 11

Millennium (n)

Answer 11

(1) a period of time lasting 1,000 years, or the celebration (2) a period of great happiness and perfection on earth

Question 12

Perennial (adj.)

Answer 12

continuing to grow; enduring or continuing without interruption

Question 13

Coeval (adj.

Answer 13

having the same age or lasting the same amount of time; contemporary

Question 14

Longevity (n)

Answer 14

a long duration of life; long continuance

Question 15

medieval (adj.)

Answer 15

extremely out-of-date; relating to the Middle Ages of European history, from about A.D. 500 to 1500

Question 16

Primeval (adj.)

Answer 16

having to do with the earliest ages; existing from the beginning

Question 17

Corporeal (adj.)

Answer 17

having or relating to a physical body; substantial

Question 18

Corpulent (adj.)

Answer 18

having a large, bulky body; obese

Question 19

Corporal- adj.

Answer 19

Relating to or affecting the body

Question 20

Incorporate (v)

Answer 20

(1) To blend or combine into something already existing to form one whole (2) To form into a corporation

Question 21

Tact (n)

Answer 21

the ability to deal with others without offending them

Question 22

Tactile- adj.

Answer 22

Able to be perceived by touching; relating to the sense of touch

Question 23

tangential (adj.)

Answer 23

touching lightly, incidental

Question 24

Tangible- adj.

Answer 24

Able to be perceived, especially by touch; physical, substantial

Question 25

Codex (n)

Answer 25

A book in handwritten form, especially a book of Scripture, classics, or ancient texts

Question 26

Codicil (n)

Answer 26

An amendment or addition to a will; an appendix or supplement

Question 27

codify (v)

Answer 27

to arrange according to a system; classify

Question 28

decode (v)

Answer 28

to find the underlying meaning of; decipher

Question 29

Signify- v.

Answer 29

To be a sign of something; to mean something

Question 30

Insignia- n.

Answer 30

A badge of authority or honor; a distinguishing sign or mark

Question 31

Signatory- n.

Answer 31

A person or government that signs an agreement with others; especially a government that agrees with others to abide by a signed agreement

Question 32

Signet- n.

Answer 32

A seal used instead of a signature to give personal or official authority to a document

Question 33

Quadrant- n.

Answer 33

Any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two lines of intersecting right angles

Question 34

Quadrille- n.

Answer 34

A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th century, made up of five or six patterns for four couples

Question 35

Quadriplegic- n

Answer 35

Paralyzed in both arms and both legs

Question 36

Quartile- adj.

Answer 36

One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population

Question 37

Tetracycline- n.

Answer 37

A yellow broad-spectrum antibiotic

Question 38

Tetrahedron- n.

Answer 38

A solid shape formed by four flat faces

Question 39

Tetralogy- n.

Answer 39

A set of four connected literary, artistic, or musical works

Question 40

Tetrapod- n.

Answer 40

A vertebrate with two pairs of limbs