Humanities Vocabulary #6

Question 1

adj. involving qualities of something (features and content

Answer 1

Qualitative

Question 2

adj. involving quantities (numbers and amounts)

Answer 2

Quantitative

Question 3

n. a strange habit

Answer 3

Quirk

Question 4

v. to split into two or more branches

Answer 4

Ramify

Question 5

adj. without attention to danger or risk

Answer 5

Rash

Question 6

adj. unrefined

adj. not processed; uncooked (as in food)

Answer 6

Raw

Question 7

adv. right away and without difficulty

Answer 7

Readily

Question 8

n. thinking again about a previously made choice

Answer 8

Reconsideration

Question 9

n. a change for the better; improvement

v. to improve via change

Answer 9

Reform

Question 10

v. to prove to be untrue, unfounded, or incorrect

Answer 10

Refute

Question 11

v. to strengthen or add support to

Answer 11

Reinforce

Question 12

adv. somewhat unwillingly

Answer 12

Reluctantly

Question 13

v. to give up (usu. power or a position)

v. to cast off

Answer 13

Renounce

Question 14

v. to criticize

Answer 14

Reproach

Question 15

v. to refuse to recognize as true

v. to cast off

Answer 15

Repudiate

Question 16

n. the act of keeping something

Answer 16

Retention

Question 17

adj. satisfied (usu. in hunger)

Answer 17

Satiated

Question 18

adj. having practical intelligence or knowledge

Answer 18

Savvy

Question 19

adj. morally offensive, often causing damage to one’s reputation

Answer 19

Scandalous

Question 20

v. to look down on with disdain

Answer 20

Scorn

Question 21

adj. paying great attention to detail

Answer 21

Scrupulous

Question 22

v. to examine carefully and critically

Answer 22

Scrutinize

Question 23

v. to produce or release (a substance)

Answer 23

Secrete

Question 24

n. opinion

n. a tender or moving gesture

Answer 24

Sentiment

Question 25

adj. so thin that light can shine through

Answer 25

Sheer

Question 26

adj. easy; not complex

adj. undecorated

Answer 26

Simple

Question 27

adj. ominous, evil

Answer 27

Sinister

Question 28

n. the joining of commonalities or common purposes among a group

Answer 28

Solidarity

Question 29

adv. insufficiently, meagerly, or in a restricted manner

Answer 29

Sparingly

Question 30

adj. run-down, sordid, or sleazy

Answer 30

Squalid

Question 31

adj. very plain; devoid of any details or features

Answer 31

Stark

Question 32

adj. motionless

adj. changeless

Answer 32

Static

Question 33

adj. lower in rank
n. someone lower in rank
v. to make dependent on or put at a lower rank

Answer 33

Subordinate

Question 34

adv. happening later or after something

Answer 34

Subsequently

Question 35

adj. very large in amount or degree

Answer 35

Substantial

Question 36

v. to strengthen with new evidence or facts

Answer 36

Substantiate

Question 37

adj. hard to detect or analyze

Answer 37

Subtle

Question 38

adj. enough; just meeting a requirement

Answer 38

Sufficient

Question 39

adj. unfriendly; inclined to anger

Answer 39

Surly

Question 40

v. to get on top of or overcome

Answer 40

Surmount

Question 41

adj. to be vulnerable (to something)

Answer 41

Susceptible