ISEE practice words 3

Question 1

Foment

Answer 1

try to cause the growth of something bad or harmful

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

to make something better or less painful

Question 3

Thesis

Answer 3

a statement that a person wants to discuss or prove

Question 4

Debunk

Answer 4

to show that something is not true

Question 5

Disdain

Answer 5

a feeling of strong dislike for something you don’t think deserves respect

Question 6

Reticent

Answer 6

not willing to tell people about things

Question 7

Prevalent

Answer 7

common or widespread

Question 8

Satiate

Answer 8

to satisfy a need

Question 9

Meticulous

Answer 9

showing extreme or excessive care in thinking about or dealing with small details

Question 10

Juxtapose

Answer 10

to place together to create an interesting effect

Question 11

Congenial

Answer 11

suitable or appropriate

Question 12

Mitigate

Answer 12

to make something less harmful or painful

Question 13

admonish

Answer 13

to speak in a way that expresses criticism

Question 14

ridicule

Answer 14

the act of making fun of somebody in a cruel way

Question 15

amiable

Answer 15

friendly and pleasant

Question 16

prosaic

Answer 16

dull or ordinary

Question 17

pious

Answer 17

showing devotion to a god

Question 18

vapid

Answer 18

dull or boring

Question 19

apathetic

Answer 19

not having or showing much emotion

Question 20

frugal

Answer 20

careful in spending or using supplies, or

simple and without unnecessary things

Question 21

premonition

Answer 21

a feeling that something is going to happen

Question 22

mawkish

Answer 22

sad or romantic in an exaggerated way

Question 23

antipathy

Answer 23

a strong feeling of dislike

Question 24

fallacy

Answer 24

a wrong belief

Question 25

incite

Answer 25

to cause someone to act in an angry, harmful, and violent way.

Question 26

hackneyed

Answer 26

not interesting

Question 27

threadbare

Answer 27

in bad condition from to much use

Question 28

banal

Answer 28

boring or ordinary

Question 29

parsimonious

Answer 29

very unwilling to spend money

Question 30

penurious

Answer 30

very poor

Question 31

spendthrift

Answer 31

a person who spends money in careless ways and wasteful ways

Question 32

chagrin

Answer 32

a feeling of being annoyed by failure or disappointment

Question 33

dilettante

Answer 33

a person whose interest in an art or in an area of knowledge is not very deep or serious