Essential Words Units 6-10

Question 1

appelation

Answer 1

name

Question 2

apposite

Answer 2

strikingly appropriate and relevant

Question 3

apprise

Answer 3

to inform

Question 4

approbation

Answer 4

praise; approval

Question 5

appropriate

Answer 5

to take possession for one’s own use; confiscate

Question 6

apropos

Answer 6

relevant

Question 7

arabesque

Answer 7

ornate design featuring intertwined curves; ballet

Question 8

archeology

Answer 8

the study of material evidence of past human life

Question 9

ardor

Answer 9

great emotion or passion

Question 10

arduous

Answer 10

extremely difficult

Question 11

argot

Answer 11

specialized vocabulary used by a group (e.g. crime writers)

Question 12

arrest

Answer 12

to stop; seize

Question 13

artifact

Answer 13

item made by human craft

Question 14

Marxist

Answer 14

concept of class struggle plays a central role -> bourgeois oppression -> classless society

Question 15

artless

Answer 15

innocent, natural, guileless

Question 16

ascetic

Answer 16

practices self-denial, self-discipline

Question 17

asperity

Answer 17

severity, harshness, irritability

Question 18

aspersion

Answer 18

slander, false rumor

Question 19

assiduous

Answer 19

diligent, hard-working

Question 20

assuage

Answer 20

to make less severe

Question 21

astringent

Answer 21

harsh; severe; e.g. astringent after-shave

Question 22

asylum

Answer 22

place of refuge

Question 23

stoic

Answer 23

philosophy emphasizing submission to divine will and freedom from emotion

Question 24

atavism

Answer 24

in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence

Question 25

attenuate

Answer 25

to weaken

Question 26

audacious

Answer 26

bold, daring

Question 27

austere

Answer 27

stern, unadorned

Question 28

deism

Answer 28

god created, then abandoned

Question 29

age of enlightenment

Answer 29

period that emphasized reason

Question 30

autonomous

Answer 30

self-governing, independent

Question 31

theory of evolution

Answer 31

origins from similar organisms then generational change

Question 32

avarice

Answer 32

greed

Question 33

aver

Answer 33

to affirm, declare to be true

Question 34

acovation

Answer 34

secondary occupation

Question 35

avuncular

Answer 35

like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant

Question 36

axiomatic

Answer 36

taken for granted

Question 37

uniformitarianism

Answer 37

geological theory; 19th century, geological processes shaped the earth and continue to do so

Question 38

catatrophism

Answer 38

rivals uniformitarianism; postulates that earth formed in an series of unique, catastrophic events

Question 39

bacchanalian

Answer 39

pertaining to riotous or drunken destivity

Question 40

banal

Answer 40

commonplace, trite

Question 41

banter

Answer 41

playful conversation

Question 42

bard

Answer 42

poet

Question 43

bawdy

Answer 43

obscene

Question 44

beatify

Answer 44

to sanctify; to bless

Question 45

bedizen

Answer 45

to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

Question 46

behemoth

Answer 46

huge creature, anything large and powerful

Question 47

belie

Answer 47

to contradict, misrepresent, give a false impression

Question 48

beneficient

Answer 48

kindly, doing good

Question 49

bifurcate

Answer 49

to divide into two parts

Question 50

blandishment

Answer 50

flattery (e.g. salesperson)

Question 51

blasé

Answer 51

border because of frequent indulgence, unconcerned

Question 52

bolster

Answer 52

prop up, boost

Question 53

bombastic

Answer 53

pompous, inflated language

Question 54

boorish

Answer 54

rude, insensitive

Question 55

bovine

Answer 55

cowlike

Question 56

brazen

Answer 56

bold, shameless

Question 57

broach

Answer 57

to mention for the first time