Humanities Vocabulary #5

Question 1

adj. capable of making a lot of money: profitable

Answer 1

Lucrative

Question 2

n. the beginning or early stages

Answer 2

Onset

Question 3

adj. extravagant or exaggerated (as of a melodrama)

Answer 3

Melodramatic

Question 4

adj. simple and humble/small in size or amount

Answer 4

Modest

Question 5

adj. almighty and all powerful

Answer 5

Omnipotent

Question 6

v. to feel sorrow for; to mourn

Answer 6

Lament

Question 7

v. to change, alter, or tweak

Answer 7

Modify

Question 8

adj. no longer used; rare or uncommon

Answer 8

Obsolete

Question 9

adj. harmful, spiteful

Answer 9

Malicious

Question 10

adj. highly detailed and decorated

Answer 10

Ornate

Question 11

adj. superficial; focus on material possessions

Answer 11

Materialistic

Question 12

n. a subtle difference in meaning

Answer 12

Nuance

Question 13

n. movement

Answer 13

Locomotion

Question 14

adj. new, innovative

Answer 14

Novel

Question 15

adj. legally void and ineffective

Answer 15

Null

Question 16

adj. historically significant

Answer 16

Momentous

Question 17

n. judgment based on observations instead of emotions or opinions

Answer 17

Objectivity

Question 18

v. to remove or force out of (usu. a position or office)

Answer 18

Oust

Question 19

adj. capable of being molded or changed

Answer 19

Mailable

Question 20

v. to openly express an opinion

Answer 20

Opine

Question 21

adj. predominant, superior, most important

Answer 21

Paramount

Question 22

adj. strange, bizarre

Answer 22

Peculiar

Question 23

v. to die; to pass away

Answer 23

Perish

Question 24

v. to cause suffering to

Answer 24

Persecute

Question 25

adj. cranky, pouty, irritable

Answer 25

Petulant

Question 26

n. highest level or degree

Answer 26

Pinnacle

Question 27

adj. deserving pity

Answer 27

Pitiable

Question 28

adj. reasonable and possibly true

Answer 28

Plausible

Question 29

v. to assert

Answer 29

Postulate

Question 30

adj. having great influence | adj. having a strong, chemical effect

Answer 30

Potent

Question 31

adj. practical, useful

Answer 31

Pragmatic

Question 32

n. an example or subject from earlier in time

Answer 32

Precedent

Question 33

n. someone who comes before you (usu. in position or office)

Answer 33

Predecessor

Question 34

v. to command orders | v. to issue authorization for medications

Answer 34

Prescribe

Question 35

n. basic truth, assumption, or rule

Answer 35

Principle

Question 36

v. to command against, to outlaw

Answer 36

Prohibit

Question 37

adj. punctual, on time n. a cue to begin something; instructions v. to incite, propel, or cause to act

Answer 37

Prompt

Question 38

v. to put into law or formally declare

Answer 38

Promulgate

Question 39

v. to bring criminal action against someone (in a trial)

Answer 39

Prosecute