English Vocab F

Question 0

Reek (v)

Answer 0

to emit bad smell

Question 1

Prude (n)

Answer 1

a person who is easily shocked by sexual depiction ; puritan

Question 2

Winnow (v)

Answer 2

to remove undesirable elements

Question 3

Trample (v)

Answer 3

to crush

Question 4

Incipient (adj)

Answer 4

beginning to develop or exist

Question 5

Ewe (n)

Answer 5

female sheep

Question 6

Propinquity (n)

Answer 6

closeness ; proximity

Question 7

Pigeonhole (v)

Answer 7

to classify

Question 8

Emaciate (v)

Answer 8

to make feeble ; to weaken

Question 9

Evince (v)

Answer 9

to display clearly ; to reveal

Question 10

Expedite (v)

Answer 10

to accelerate ; to hasten

Question 11

Wriggle (v)

Answer 11

to twist and turn with quick movements

Question 12

Squalid (adj)

Answer 12

extremely dirty and unpleasant

Question 13

Misfit (n)

Answer 13

maverick

Question 14

Coup de grace (n)

Answer 14

a final blow to kill ; a culmination of deteriorating situation

Question 15

Ascendancy (n)

Answer 15

a position of dominant power and influence

Question 16

Midden (n)

Answer 16

a heap of dung

Question 17

Abnegation (n)

Answer 17

self-denial ; renunciation

Question 18

Amity (n)

Answer 18

a feeling of friendship ; a friendly relation

Question 19

Sanctimonious (adj)

Answer 19

self-righteous

Question 20

Compunction (n)

Answer 20

a sense of guilt

Question 21

Bosom (n)

Answer 21

a person’s chest

Question 22

Scruple (n)

Answer 22

an ethical consideration

Question 23

Ensnare (v)

Answer 23

to trap

Question 24

Renounce (v)

Answer 24

to formally give up something

Question 25

Comport (v)

Answer 25

to be fitting (with a policy, norm,rule,etc)

Question 26

Gentry (n)

Answer 26

upper class but below nobility

Question 27

Scalp (n)

Answer 27

skin of a person’s head

Question 28

Pander (v)

Answer 28

to do what someone demand even though it is not right or proper

Question 29

Vapid (adj)

Answer 29

dull ; boring

Question 30

Vagrant (n)

Answer 30

Vagabond

Question 31

Recalcitrant (adj)

Answer 31

stubbornly refusing to obey rules

Question 32

Subsequent (adj)

Answer 32

coming after (something)

Question 33

Cognizant (adj)

Answer 33

aware (of something)

Question 34

Surly (adj)

Answer 34

rude and unfriendly

Question 35

Adjourn (v)

Answer 35

to end something (especially a meeting)

Question 36

Timorous (adj)

Answer 36

easily frighthened

Question 37

Pastoral (adj)

Answer 37

relating to countryside ; relating to religious group

Question 38

Pulpit (n)

Answer 38

a raised platform for speech

Question 39

Sojourn (n)

Answer 39

a temporary place to stay

Question 40

Eponymous (adj)

Answer 40

Being named after someone

Question 41

Oblique (adj)

Answer 41

not stated directly

Question 42

Impetuous (adj)

Answer 42

impulsive ; controlled by emotion rather than thought

Question 43

Hearsay (n)

Answer 43

something heard from another person

Question 44

Ardent (adj)

Answer 44

passionate

Question 45

Loin (n)

Answer 45

part of body around sexual organ

Question 46

Pusillanimous (adj)

Answer 46

coward

Question 47

Forfeit (n)

Answer 47

fine ; penalty ; something that is given up because of punishment

Question 48

Paroxysm (adj)

Answer 48

a sudden burst of something (symptom, emotion,etc)

Question 49

Deplore (v)

Answer 49

to hate intensely

Question 50

Auxiliary (adj)

Answer 50

supplementary

Question 51

Titular (adj)

Answer 51

not having real power or responsibility as in the title