ISEE Vocabulary Group 6

Question 1

abhorrent

Answer 1

inspiring disgust and loathing

Question 2

affable

Answer 2

friendly, good-natured, easy to talk to

Question 3

antagonize

Answer 3

cause someone to dislike you or feel hostile toward you

Question 4

atrocity

Answer 4

extremely wicked or cruel act

Question 5

brash

Answer 5

showing too much confidence and too little respect

self‐assertive in a rude way

Question 6

clemency

Answer 6

an act of mercy by a person toward someone who has committed a crime

usually by an authority

Question 7

convocation

Answer 7

large formal assembly of people

Question 8

delusion

Answer 8

belief in something that is not true

Question 9

divert

Answer 9

change course of or distract

Question 10

emeritus

Answer 10

retired but keeps title as an honor

ex. Emeritus Professor of Linguistics

Question 11

euphemism

Answer 11

a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word

ex. “Senior citizen” is a euphemism for “old person.”

Question 12

fickle

Answer 12

changing one’s mind frequently

Question 13

grandiose

Answer 13

excessively grand or ambitious

Question 14

idiom

Answer 14

phrase that is not self‐explanatory/not the literal meaning

ex. raining cats and dogs

Question 15

incarcerate

Answer 15

imprison or confine

Question 16

innate

Answer 16

(of a quality) which you are born with, or which is present naturally

ex. innate beauty

Question 17

jaunt

Answer 17

a short trip for pleasure

ex. a Sunday jaunt into the hills

Question 18

loquatious

Answer 18

tending to talk a lot; talkative

Question 19

misconstrue

Answer 19

interpret something wrongly; misinterpret

Question 20

oblivion

Answer 20

the state of being forgetten/destroyed

ex. the planes bombed the city into oblivion

Question 21

paramour

Answer 21

lover, usually in an affair (not married to)

Question 22

piquant

Answer 22

interesting and exciting, especially because of being mysterious/having a pleasantly sharp or spicy taste

Question 23

procure

Answer 23

obtain something with care or effort; acquire

Question 24

quash

Answer 24

reject, void, or invalidate/to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen

Question 25

reprove

Answer 25

reprimand or harshly criticize

Question 26

savant

Answer 26

a learned or intellectual person

Question 27

stance

Answer 27

attitude toward something

Question 28

suture

Answer 28

stitch together a wound or incision

Question 29

trivial

Answer 29

of little value or importance

Question 30

viable

Answer 30

able to work as intended or able to succeed; achieveable