Key Terms Group 1

Question 1

abscond

Answer 1

to depart clandestinely, steal off or hide

Question 2

aberrant

Answer 2

deviating from the norm

Question 3

alacrity

Answer 3

eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

anomaly

Answer 4

deviation from the norm

Question 5

approbation

Answer 5

expression of approval or praise

Question 6

arduous

Answer 6

strenuous, taxing

Question 7

assuage

Answer 7

daring and fearless

Question 8

austere

Answer 8

without adornment, bare, simple

Question 9

axiomatic

Answer 9

taken as given

Question 10

canonical

Answer 10

following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

Question 11

capricious

Answer 11

inclined to change ones mind impulsively

Question 12

censure

Answer 12

criticize severely

Question 13

chicanery

Answer 13

trickery or subterfuge

Question 14

connoisseur

Answer 14

informed and astute judge in matters of taste

Question 15

convulted

Answer 15

complex or complicated

Question 16

disabuse

Answer 16

to set right

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discordant

Answer 17

conflicting

Question 18

disparate

Answer 18

fundamentally distinct

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effontery

Answer 19

extreme boldness

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eloquent

Answer 20

well spoken

Question 21

enervate

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weaken

Question 22

ennui

Answer 22

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 23

equivocate

Answer 23

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 24

erudite

Answer 24

scholarly

Question 25

exculpate

Answer 25

exonerate

Question 26

exigent

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urgent

Question 27

extemporaneous

Answer 27

improvised

Question 28

filibuster

Answer 28

intentional obstruction

Question 29

fulminate

Answer 29

loudly attack

Question 30

INGENOUS

Answer 30

artless, frank and candid lacking sophistication

Question 31

inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 32

irascible

Answer 32

easily angered

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laud

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praise highly

Question 34

lucid

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clear

Question 35

magnanimity

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quality of being noble in mind and heart- especially in forgiving

Question 36

martial

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associated with war

Question 37

mundane

Answer 37

of the world, typical

Question 38

nascet

Answer 38

coming into being

Question 39

nebulous

Answer 39

vague

Question 40

neologism

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a new word, expression

Question 41

noxious

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harmful

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obture

Answer 42

lacking sharpness

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obviate

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to anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 44

onerous

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troublesome

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paean

Answer 45

song or hymn of praise// thanksgiving

Question 46

parody

Answer 46

humorous imitation

Question 47

perennial

Answer 47

recurrent through the year

Question 48

perfidy

Answer 48

intentional breach of faith

Question 49

perfunctory

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cursory, done without care of interest

Question 50

perspicacious

Answer 50

acutely perceptive

Question 51

prattle

Answer 51

to babble meaninglessly

Question 52

precipitate

Answer 52

acting with excessive haste or impulse

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predilection

Answer 53

the disposition in favor of something; preference

Question 54

prescience

Answer 54

foreknowledge of events

Question 55

prevaricate

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to deliberately avoid the truth

Question 56

qualms

Answer 56

misgiving, reservations

Question 57

recant

Answer 57

retract

Question 58

relegate

Answer 58

forcibly assign

Question 59

reticent

Answer 59

quiet, reserved

Question 60

solicitous

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concerned and attentive, eager

Question 61

sordid

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characterized by filth

Question 62

sporadic

Answer 62

occurring only occasionally

Question 63

squander

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waste by spending irresponsibly

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static

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not moving

Question 65

stupefy

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to stun

Question 66

stymie

Answer 66

block

Question 67

sythensis

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combination of parts that make a whole

Question 68

torque

Answer 68

a force that causes rotation

Question 69

tortous

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winding

Question 70

truculent

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fierce and cruel

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veracity

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truthfulness, honesty

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virulent

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extremely harmful or poisonous

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vorcacious

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ravenous

Question 74

waver

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to move to and fro