Key Terms Group 1

Question 1

Aberrant

Answer 1

Deviating from the norm

Question 2

Abscond

Answer 2

To steal off and hide

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

Approbation

Answer 4

Approval or praise

Question 5

Assuage

Answer 5

To ease or lessen

Question 6

Austere

Answer 6

Without adornment

Question 7

Axiomatic

Answer 7

Taken as a given

Question 8

Canonical

Answer 8

Following traditional standards

Question 9

Capricious

Answer 9

Inclined to change one’s ind impulsively

Question 10

Censure

Answer 10

To criticize severely

Question 11

Chicanery

Answer 11

Trickery or deceit

Question 12

Convoluted

Answer 12

Complex

Question 13

Disabuse

Answer 13

To undeceive; set right

Question 14

Discordant

Answer 14

Conflicting

Question 15

Disparate

Answer 15

Fundamentally distinct

Question 16

Effrontery

Answer 16

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Question 17

Eloquent

Answer 17

Well spoken

Question 18

Enervate

Answer 18

To weaken

Question 19

Ennui

Answer 19

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 20

Equivocate

Answer 20

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 21

Erudite

Answer 21

Very learned; scholarly

Question 22

Exculpate

Answer 22

To exonerate / clear of blame

Question 23

Exigent

Answer 23

Pressing; demanding

Question 24

Extemporaneous

Answer 24

Improvised

Question 25

Filibuster

Answer 25

Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking

Question 26

Fulminate

Answer 26

To loudly attack or denounce (“fulminate against”)

Question 27

Inured

Answer 27

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 28

Irascible

Answer 28

Easily angered

Question 29

Magnanimity

Answer 29

Being generously noble in mind and heart; forgiving

Question 30

Nebulous

Answer 30

Vague; cloudy