Humanities Vocabulary #1

Question 1

n. a noisy argument or confrontation

Answer 1

Altercation

Question 2

v. to make a secretive mention of something

Answer 2

Allude

Question 3

adj. unclear or vague in meaning

Answer 3

Ambiguous

Question 4

adj. relating to hostile opposition

Answer 4

Adversarial

Question 5

adj. having sufficient qualifications to meet a specific task or purpose

Answer 5

Adequate

Question 6

n. someone who promotes or defends something / v. to defend or promote something (a belief, theory, opinion, etc.)

Answer 6

Advocate

Question 7

adj. extremely bad

Answer 7

Abysmal

Question 8

v. to permit or consent to

Answer 8

Allow

Question 9

adj. having a powerful desire for success or achievement

Answer 9

Ambitious

Question 10

n. the act of gaining a skill or possession of something

Answer 10

Acquisition

Question 11

n. the arrival or creation of something (historic)

Answer 11

Advent

Question 12

adj. having knowledge or skill (in a particular area)

Answer 12

Adept

Question 13

adj. relating to beauty or refined taste

Answer 13

Aesthetic

Question 14

adj. existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality

Answer 14

Abstract

Question 15

adv. in accordance with

Answer 15

Accordingly

Question 16

v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount

Answer 16

Abate

Question 17

v. to make suit a new purpose / v. to accommodate oneself to a new condition, setting, or situation

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Adapt

Question 18

v. to be able to buy / v. to be able to spare

Answer 18

Afford

Question 19

n. something different from the norm

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Anomaly

Question 20

n. an intangible path or approach to something

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Avenue

Question 21

adj. something made; not occurring naturally

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Artificial

Question 22

n. fearful expectation of something

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Apprehension

Question 23

adj. actively interested in or enthusiastic about something

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Avid

Question 24

v. to destroy or cause devastating destruction

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Annihilate

Question 25

n. the quality of being real and true instead of fake and contrived

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Authenticity

Question 26

n. the highest point of something

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Apex

Question 27

n. the state of being uncertain or stuck between two or more options

Answer 27

Ambivalence

Question 28

v. assume to be likely to happen

Answer 28

Anticipate

Question 29

n. a strong declaration

Answer 29

Assertion

Question 30

v. to clearly express in words

Answer 30

Articulate

Question 31

adj. extremely plain / adj. stern and forbidding / adj. relating to self-denial

Answer 31

Austere

Question 32

n. a strong feeling of dislike

Answer 32

Antipathy

Question 33

adj. similar but not identical

Answer 33

Analogous