Hackers Lesson 16-20

Question 1

placid

Answer 1

calm

Question 2

inert

Answer 2

sluggish; inactive

Question 3

hibernating

Answer 3

sluggish; without energy

Question 4

quiescent

Answer 4

resting; quiet

Question 5

serene

Answer 5

tranquil; calm; placid

Question 6

static

Answer 6

stationary

Question 7

lethargic

Answer 7

lazy; sluggish’

Question 8

moratorium

Answer 8

postponement

Question 9

stagnate

Answer 9

to become inactive; to become stale

Question 10

torpor

Answer 10

lethargy; apathy

Question 11

respite

Answer 11

rest; time of relief; pause

Question 12

hiatus

Answer 12

a break in the continuity of something

Question 13

torpid

Answer 13

hibernating; dormant

Question 14

belligerent

Answer 14

warlike; quarrelsome

Question 15

irascible

Answer 15

easily angered

Question 16

volatile

Answer 16

explosive; tending to evaporate quickly

Question 17

rebuttal

Answer 17

refutation; opposing response to an argument

Question 18

refute

Answer 18

to disprove; to rebut forcefully

Question 19

incite

Answer 19

to urge into action

Question 20

pugnacious

Answer 20

quarrelsome; warlike

Question 21

bellicose

Answer 21

warlike in manner

Question 22

harass

Answer 22

to bother; to annoy

Question 23

assail

Answer 23

to attack or assault

Question 24

tumultuous

Answer 24

violently agitated

Question 25

instigate

Answer 25

to goad; to urge on

Question 26

provocative

Answer 26

tending to aggravate or stimulate

Question 27

propensity

Answer 27

a natural inclination; a tendency

Question 28

acrimony

Answer 28

bitterness of feeling; harsh word

Question 29

appalling

Answer 29

shocking; causing dismay

Question 30

cacophony

Answer 30

discord; harsh sound

Question 31

abysmal

Answer 31

extremely bad; wretched

Question 32

acrid

Answer 32

harsh smelling or tasting

Question 33

blatant

Answer 33

very conspicuous; annoyingly loud

Question 34

deplorable

Answer 34

worthy of reproach or censure

Question 35

egregious

Answer 35

conspicuously bad; flagrant

Question 36

lurid

Answer 36

shocking; sensational

Question 37

noisome

Answer 37

offensive to the senses or the health

Question 38

flagrant

Answer 38

offensively bad; reprehensible

Question 39

heinous

Answer 39

cruel; shockingly evil

Question 40

astringent

Answer 40

caustic; pungent

Question 41

ambulatory

Answer 41

capable of moving around

Question 42

deviate

Answer 42

to swerve or deflect

Question 43

influx

Answer 43

a flowing in

Question 44

meander

Answer 44

to wander aimlessly

Question 45

peripatetic

Answer 45

traveling from place to place

Question 46

impel

Answer 46

to put into motion; to urge

Question 47

expedite

Answer 47

to speed up the progress of

Question 48

itinerant

Answer 48

traveling from place to place

Question 49

nomadic

Answer 49

wandering without a permanent home

Question 50

peripheral

Answer 50

located on the outer boundary

Question 51

compel

Answer 51

to urge into action by force

Question 52

vagrant

Answer 52

wandering from place to place

Question 53

perambulate

Answer 53

to move about

Question 54

raze

Answer 54

to destroy completely

Question 55

jettison

Answer 55

to throw overboard

Question 56

abort

Answer 56

to terminate prematurely

Question 57

purge

Answer 57

to cleanse of something unwanted

Question 58

forgo

Answer 58

to give something up

Question 59

deplete

Answer 59

to decrease the supply of

Question 60

dearth

Answer 60

lack; scarcity

Question 61

rescind

Answer 61

to take back; to cancel

Question 62

efface

Answer 62

to erase by rubbing

Question 63

abdicate

Answer 63

to give up power

Question 64

renounce

Answer 64

to give up in a formal announcement

Question 65

nullify

Answer 65

to make invalid

Question 66

relinquish

Answer 66

to abandon or give up

Question 67

cathartic

Answer 67

having a purging effect; inducing the release of emotional tension