Exam Vocab

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

To lessen in violence or intensity

Question 2

Decorum

Answer 2

Conformity to accepted standards of conduct; proper behavior

Question 3

Abhor

Answer 3

To Detest; To hate strongly

Question 4

Extrovert

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One who is outgoing;one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others

Question 5

Effigy

Answer 5

A crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group

Question 6

Emulate

Answer 6

To strive to be equal to; to imitate

Question 7

Enhance

Answer 7

To increase the value or beauty of something

Question 8

Enunciate

Answer 8

To state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce

Question 9

Evoke

Answer 9

To summon forth

Question 10

Heinous

Answer 10

Hatefully or shockingly evil

Question 11

Expound

Answer 11

To explain in detail; to clarify

Question 12

Balk

Answer 12

To refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on

Question 13

Dour

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Stern and Ill humored

Question 14

Feasible

Answer 14

Reasonable; capable of being carried out

Question 15

Fluctuate

Answer 15

To rise and fall

Question 16

Epistle

Answer 16

A letter or literary composition in letter form

Question 17

Humility

Answer 17

Absence of vanity; humbleness

Question 18

Grandiloquent

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Pompous or high-flown in speech

Question 19

Sycophant

Answer 19

A flatterer; one who fawns on others in order to gain favor

Question 20

Galvanize

Answer 20

To startle into sudden activity

Question 21

Hyperbole

Answer 21

Extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally

Question 22

Audacity

Answer 22

Rude boldness; Nerve

Question 23

Incisive

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Sharp; Keen; Cutting straight to the heart of the matter

Question 24

Pertinent

Answer 24

Important; A necessary part of a larger thing

Question 25

Circumvent

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To get around; to bypass

Question 26

Deprecate

Answer 26

To express strong disapproval of

Question 27

Culinary

Answer 27

Having to do with the kitchen or cooking

Question 28

Myriad

Answer 28

A very large number; to numerous to count

Question 29

Connive

Answer 29

To cooperate secretly in wrong doing

Question 30

Odium

Answer 30

Hatred

Question 31

Liege

Answer 31

A lord; master or sovereign

Question 32

Verbose

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Using more words than are needed

Question 33

Precocious

Answer 33

Showing early development

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Prowess

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Superior skill

Question 35

Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

Question 36

Raconteur

Answer 36

A person skilled at telling stories

Question 37

Circumspect

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Careful; Heedful; Attentive to all points

Question 38

Renegade

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One who deserts one side in favor of another; Traitor; Outlaw

Question 39

Taciturn

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Not found of talking; usually silent

Question 40

Terse

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Brief and to the point

Question 41

Impregnable

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Not able to be conquered; impenetrable

Question 42

Irreverent

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Disrespectful

Question 43

Pristine

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Pure; Completely clean and uncontaminated

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Pithy

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Meaningful

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Tenuous

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Difficult

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Mellifluous

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Having a rich, smoothly flowing sound

Question 47

Attrition

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Wearing down over time

Question 48

Archetype

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A prototype or original model

Question 49

Commensurate

Answer 49

An equal measure; corresponding in size and measurement

Question 50

Coup

Answer 50

A surprising, brilliant and usually successful act.