Group 6 Vocab

Question 1

admonish

Answer 1

1. scold someone seriously
2. give someone urgent advice

Question 2

aesthetic

Answer 2

pertaining to beauty or the appreciation thereof

Question 3

affectation

Answer 3

a pretense or show meant to impress others

Question 4

alleviate

Answer 4

lessen the intensity or severity of something negative

Question 5

analogous

Answer 5

comparable or similar to

Question 6

bolster

Answer 6

lend support or boost

Question 7

chauvinistic

Answer 7

excessively patriotic or biased in favor of a group or cause

Question 8

connoisseur

Answer 8

a discerning expert in matters of taste

Question 9

dissemble

Answer 9

hide or misrepresent one’s true feelings or beliefs

Question 10

dogged

Answer 10

demonstrating tenacity and an unwillingness to give up

Question 11

dupe

Answer 11

trick or fool someone

Question 12

empirical

Answer 12

based on observation or experience rather than conjecture

Question 13

engender

Answer 13

produce or stimulate the development of something

Question 14

entitled

Answer 14

assuming oneself to be deserving of special rights or privileges

Question 15

pertinacious

Answer 15

stubbornly holding onto a belief or course of action

Question 16

presumptuous

Answer 16

overstepping boundaries, often in an overconfident way

Question 17

probity

Answer 17

the characteristic of having strong ethical standards

Question 18

proliferate

Answer 18

rapidly increase or multiply in number

Question 19

specious

Answer 19

seemingly reasonable but actually wrong

Question 20

spurious

Answer 20

not genuine; bogus

Question 21

subjective

Answer 21

pertaining to personal feelings rather than objective reality

Question 22

subvert

Answer 22

undermine or weaken, typically an authority of some sort

Question 23

timorous

Answer 23

displaying nervousness; lacking confidence

Question 24

tortuous

Answer 24

1. marked by numerous twists or turn
2. overly complicated and long

Question 25

tractable

Answer 25

1. easily managed or controlled 2. (of a situation) easy to solve or handle

Question 26

transient

Answer 26

not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory

Question 27

ubiquitous

Answer 27

being everywhere at once

Question 28

underscore

Answer 28

emphasize or show the importance of somethingv

Question 29

venal

Answer 29

open to bribery or corruption

Question 30

venerate

Answer 30

regard with deep respect or reverence