English Vocabulary

Question 0

pernicious

Answer 0

very destructive or harmful. deadly. baneful. detrimental

Question 1

partisan

Answer 1

a weapon having a blade with lateral projections mounted on the end of a long shaft. used chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries: one who exhibits extreme or possible blind allegiance to a group

Question 2

covert

Answer 2

secret, concealed. clandestine. furtive. stealthy, derivates:covertly. convertness

Question 3

portent

Answer 3

a sign of forewarning:omen, warning: portentous

adj. momentous, having great significance

Question 4

galling

Answer 4

very irritating, vexing, bitter: gall n. bile. an irritant impudence. something bitter

Question 5

accord

Answer 5

agreement, state of harmony. concur: according adj. harmonious. agreeable

Question 6

wanton

Answer 6

immoral. lewd. licentious; wanton n. someone who is immoral or lewd

Question 7

virtuous

Answer 7

having excellent morals. righteous, ethical. noble

Question 8

disparage

Answer 8

to degrade. to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner. to belittle. disparagement n. the act of disparaging. something that casts a bad light

Question 9

profane

Answer 9

showing contempt toward sacred things; to violate. desecrate or defame

Question 10

entreaty

Answer 10

a plea, an earnest request, appeal: entreat v. the act of appealing or earnestly requesting

Question 11

utter

Answer 11

to express by speaking. to speak, emit, pronounce: utterance n. something spoken or pronounced

Question 12

idolatry

Answer 12

worship of idols, excessive devotion, obsession, mania

Question 13

repose

Answer 13

to lie or to be at rest: repose n. the state of being at rest. absence of movement, calm, peacefullness

Question 14

air

Answer 14

to make a public utterance, to verbalize or speak: airy adj. something that verbalizes of speaks

Question 15

baleful

Answer 15

destructive, deadly, malign, sinister, harmful

Question 16

intercede

Answer 16

to intervene and to act as a mediator, to arbitrate or interpose: intercession n. the act of intervening or mediating

Question 17

forsake

Answer 17

to quit or to leave entirely, to depart or to withdraw from; leave, desert, abandon; forsaken adj. something that has been deserted or abandoned

Question 18

chide

Answer 18

to voice disapproval, to scold, admonish, chasten, chastise,

Question 19

rancor

Answer 19

bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity, animosity, or antagonism

Question 20

discord

Answer 20

lack of agreement, tension, strife, contention, dissension

Question 21

submissive

Answer 21

yelling or surrendering oneself to the will of another: pliant, compliant amenable, obedient: submission an act or instance of submitting, yielding, or surrendering

Question 22

feint

Answer 22

a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow, a trick; feign to give a false appearance, to throw a fake punch

Question 23

dexerous

Answer 23

skillful and active with the hands: manually skillful, handy, dexterity n. skill or cleverness in using the hands or body

Question 24

disemble

Answer 24

to disguise, pretend to disguise the truth, give a false appearance, feign: dissembler n. someone who disguises or hides the truth

Question 25

beguile

Answer 25

to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm, to delude

Question 26

calamity

Answer 26

a serious event causing distress or misfortune, cataclysm, catastrophe

Question 27

perjury

Answer 27

false testimony under oath, bearing false witness, lying under oath

Question 28

ascend

Answer 28

to move upward to rise from a lower station, climb advance

Question 29

vexation

Answer 29

discomfort or distress: annoyance, nuisance, irritation. vex. to discomfort, annoy or irritate

Question 30

innundate

Answer 30

to cover with water, to flood, to overflow, to overwhelm. inundation. an overflow, a flood

Question 31

pensive

Answer 31

deeply thoughtful,meditative, reflective

Question 32

resolute

Answer 32

characterized by a decided purpose, staunch, steadfast, determined; resolution a formal expression of opinion or intention

Question 33

treachery

Answer 33

violation of faith: betrayal of trust, treason, disloyalty: treacherous adj. faithless, disloyal, treasonous

Question 34

supple

Answer 34

easily bent, elastic, pliable, resilient

Question 35

stark

Answer 35

harsh, grim or desolate, extremely simple or severe, dreary

Question 36

postration

Answer 36

a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome: prostrate adj. completely overcome, falling down in submission

Question 37

lament

Answer 37

to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner, to bemoan, to bewail; lamentable adj.,, mournful or sorrowful

Question 38

melancholy

Answer 38

depression or spirits, soberly thoughtful, pensive, despondent

Question 39

dirge

Answer 39

funeral hymn, lament, a slow mournful musical composition

Question 40

presage

Answer 40

something that foreshadows a future event. foreknowledge of the future. v. to predict, to foreshadow

Question 41

penury

Answer 41

extreme poverty, destitution, indigence, want

Question 42

dispatch

Answer 42

to send away with promptness or speed; quickness, haste, expediency

Question 43

cordial

Answer 43

courteous and gracious, friendly; n. strong, sweetened aromatic medicine, liqueur

Question 44

peruse

Answer 44

to read or to examine, to read with thoroughness or carem to observe careufully

Question 45

interred

Answer 45

placed in a grave or tomb, buried, buried hastily

Question 46

inauspicious

Answer 46

unfavorable, unfortunate, iill predictions, ill omen, contrary to your welfare

Question 47

engrossing

Answer 47

something that completely occupies or absorbs

preoccupies

Question 48

thwart

Answer 48

to effectively oppose or stop, to prevent the occurrence of, to frustrate baffle, foil

Question 49

rigor

Answer 49

strictness, severity, or harshness in dealing with people, full severity of the law