Key Terms Group 1

Question 1

aberrant (adj)

Answer 1

Deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)

Question 2

abscond (verb)

Answer 2

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Question 3

alacrity (noun)

Answer 3

eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

approbation (noun)

Answer 4

an expression of approval and praise

Question 5

censure (verb)

Answer 5

To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Question 6

chicanery (noun)

Answer 6

trickery or subterfuge

Question 7

disabuse (verb)

Answer 7

To undeceive; to set right

Question 8

effrontery (noun)

Answer 8

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Question 9

enervate (verb)

Answer 9

To weaken; to reduce in vitality

Question 10

equivocate (verb)

Answer 10

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 11

exculpate (verb)

Answer 11

To exonerate; to clear of blame

Question 12

exigent (adj)

Answer 12

Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

Question 13

Extemporaneous (adj)

Answer 13

Improvised; done without preparation

Question 14

fulminate (verb)

Answer 14

to loudly attack or denounce

Question 15

ingenuous (adj)

Answer 15

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Question 16

inured (adj)

Answer 16

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 17

irascible (adj)

Answer 17

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 18

lucid (adj)

Answer 18

clear; easily understood

Question 19

neologism (noun)

Answer 19

A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Question 20

noxious (adj)

Answer 20

Harmful; injurious

Question 21

obviate (verb)

Answer 21

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 22

paean (noun)

Answer 22

A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Question 23

perfidy (noun)

Answer 23

Intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidious)

Question 24

perspicacious (adj)

Answer 24

Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

Question 25

Precipitate (adj)

Answer 25

Acting with excessive haste or impulse

Question 26

Precipitate (verb)

Answer 26

To cause or happen before anticipated or required

Question 27

prescience (noun)

Answer 27

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj form: prescient)

Question 28

prevaricate (verb)

Answer 28

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Question 29

Solicitous (adj)

Answer 29

Concerned and attentive; eager

Question 30

Tortuous (adj)

Answer 30

Winding, twisting; excessively complicated

Question 31

Truculent (adj)

Answer 31

Fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Question 32

Veracity (noun)

Answer 32

Truthfulness, honesty

Question 33

Virulent (adj)

Answer 33

Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic