Key Terms Group 3

Question 1

acumen

Answer 1

keen, accurate judgment or insight

Question 2

adulterate

Answer 2

reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 3

amalgamate

Answer 3

combine several elements into a whole

Question 4

aver

Answer 4

state as a fact

Question 5

bolster

Answer 5

provide support

Question 6

bombastic

Answer 6

pompous

Question 7

diatribe

Answer 7

harsh deduction

Question 8

endemic

Answer 8

characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

Question 9

evanescent

Answer 9

tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing

Question 10

exacerbate

Answer 10

make worse

Question 11

fervent

Answer 11

greatly emotional or zealous

Question 12

fortuitous

Answer 12

happening by accident or chance

Question 13

german

Answer 13

relevant to the subject at hand

Question 14

grandiloquence

Answer 14

pompous speech or expression

Question 15

hackneyed

Answer 15

renewed trite or commonplace

Question 16

halcyon

Answer 16

calm and peaceful

Question 17

hedonism

Answer 17

devotion to pleasurable pursuits

Question 18

hegemony

Answer 18

consistent dominance of one state or group over others

Question 19

iconoclast

Answer 19

one who attacks or undermines tradition conventions or institutions

Question 20

idolatrous

Answer 20

given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Question 21

impassive

Answer 21

revealing no emotions

Question 22

imperturbable

Answer 22

marked by extreme calm

Question 23

implacable

Answer 23

not capable of being appeased

Question 24

impunity

Answer 24

immunity from punishment

Question 25

inchoate

Answer 25

in an initial stage, not fully formed

Question 26

infelicitous

Answer 26

unfortunate

Question 27

insipid

Answer 27

lacking in qualities of that interest

Question 28

loquacious

Answer 28

extremely talkative

Question 29

malevolent

Answer 29

having or showing ill will

Question 30

mendacity

Answer 30

condition of being untruthful

Question 31

misanthrope

Answer 31

one who hates all other humans

Question 32

mitigate

Answer 32

to moderate

Question 33

obdurate

Answer 33

unyielding

Question 34

obsequious

Answer 34

exhibiting a fading attentiveness

Question 35

occlude

Answer 35

obstruct or block

Question 36

opprobrium

Answer 36

disgrace

Question 37

pedagogy

Answer 37

profession of teaching

Question 38

pedantice

Answer 38

overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education

Question 39

penury

Answer 39

poverty

Question 40

pervasive

Answer 40

permeate

Question 41

pine

Answer 41

yearn intensely

Question 42

pirate

Answer 42

illegally use

Question 43

pith

Answer 43

essential or central part

Question 44

pithy

Answer 44

precise and brief

Question 45

placate

Answer 45

appease, calm by making concession

Question 46

platitude

Answer 46

superficial remark

Question 47

plummet

Answer 47

plunge or drop

Question 48

polemical

Answer 48

controversial

Question 49

profuse

Answer 49

given or coming forth abundantly

Question 50

queries

Answer 50

questions

Question 51

querulous

Answer 51

prone to complaining

Question 52

rancorous

Answer 52

characterized by bitter long lasting resentment

Question 53

recalcitrant

Answer 53

difficult to manage

Question 54

repudiate

Answer 54

to disown

Question 55

rescind

Answer 55

retract, repeal, invalidate

Question 56

reverent

Answer 56

marked by feeling or expressing a felling of profound awe

Question 57

rhetoric

Answer 57

study of active use of language for use of persuasion

Question 58

salubrious

Answer 58

promoting health or well being

Question 59

solvent

Answer 59

able to meet financial obligations

Question 60

specious

Answer 60

seeming true but actually being false

Question 61

spurious

Answer 61

lacking authenticity

Question 62

subpoena

Answer 62

court order requiring appearance

Question 63

succinct

Answer 63

brief, concise

Question 64

superfluous

Answer 64

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Question 65

surfeit

Answer 65

overabundant supply

Question 66

tenacity

Answer 66

quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

Question 67

tenuous

Answer 67

having little substance, weak

Question 68

tirade

Answer 68

long and extremely critical speech

Question 69

transient

Answer 69

fleeting

Question 70

zealous

Answer 70

impassioned, devout to a cause