IB Lang/Lit 1984 Vocab 9/28/24

Question 1

Interminable

Answer 1

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

Question 2

Unorthodox

Answer 2

breaking with tradition or typical norms

Question 3

Mutable

Answer 3

capable of/or tending to change in form, quality, or nature

Question 4

Inexorable

Answer 4

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 5

Sordid

Answer 5

foul, run-down and repulsive

Question 6

Contrived

Answer 6

showing effects of planning or manipulation

Question 7

Dissemble

Answer 7

to behave unnaturally or affectedly

Question 8

Repudiate

Answer 8

to refuse to acknowledge; ratify, or recognize as valid

Question 9

Inscrutable

Answer 9

difficult or impossible to understand

Question 10

Vapid

Answer 10

lacking significance of liveliness, spirit, or zest

Question 11

Obsolete

Answer 11

no longer in use

Question 12

Venerate

Answer 12

to regard with feelings of respect and reverence

Question 13

Proliferate

Answer 13

to grow rapidly

Question 14

Martial

Answer 14

suggesting war or military life

Question 15

Abject

Answer 15

most unfortunate or miserable

Question 16

Tacitly

Answer 16

by unexpressed, subtle, implied agreement

Question 17

Strident

Answer 17

unpleasantly loud and harsh

Question 18

Superfluous

Answer 18

more than is needed, desired, or required

Question 19

Avert

Answer 19

turn away or aside

Question 20

Folly

Answer 20

foolish or senseless behavior

Question 21

Subside

Answer 21

wear off or die down

Question 22

Inviolate

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treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism

Question 23

Equivocal

Answer 23

open to two or more interpretations

Question 24

Deprive

Answer 24

to take away

Question 25

Remonstrance

Answer 25

the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

Question 26

Lurid

Answer 26

glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

Question 27

Respite

Answer 27

a pause from doing something

Question 27

Infallible

Answer 27

incapable of failure or error

Question 28

Surly

Answer 28

unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation

Question 29

Ebb

Answer 29

flow back or recede

Question 30

Wanton

Answer 30

unprovoked or without motive or justification

Question 31

Relinquish

Answer 31

to part with or give up a possession or right

Question 32

Contemptible

Answer 32

deserving of scorn or disrespect

Question 33

Solipsism

Answer 33

the philosophical theory that the self, and nothing else, is all that exists

Question 34

Digression

Answer 34

a message that departs from the main subject