Lesson 15

Question 1

Accentuate

Answer 1

v. to emphasize or stress

Question 2

Aficionado

Answer 2

n. an enthusiastic follower; a supporter or fan

Question 3

Antecedent

Answer 3

n. a thing or event that precedes another

adj. going before; preceding

Question 4

Centrifugal

Answer 4

adj. moving or tending away from the center

Question 5

Convoluted

Answer 5

adj. having numerous coils or folds

adj. complicated; intricate

Question 6

Decapitate

Answer 6

v. to kill by cutting off the head

Question 7

Disingenuous

Answer 7

adj. not straightforward; insincere

Question 8

Indubitable

Answer 8

adj. too evident to be doubted; unquestionable

Question 9

Jaded

Answer 9

adj. dulled or wearied by excess or overindulgence

Question 10

Masochist

Answer 10

adj. deriving pleasure from being mistreated mentally or physically

Question 11

Momentum

Answer 11

n. force or speed of movement; force or energy that keeps something moving

Question 12

Obsolescence

Answer 12

adj. going out of use; becoming obsolete

Question 13

Potential

Answer 13

adj. having possibility or capability

n. the capacity for growth or development

Question 14

Viscera

Answer 14

n. pl. the internal organs of the body

Question 15

Volition

Answer 15

n. an act of consciously choosing or deciding; free will