Lesson 6 Definitions

Question 0

Arable

Answer 0

Fit for plowing, tillable

Question 1

Antiquated

Answer 1

Obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable

Question 2

Ascendancy

Answer 2

Domination; growing power

Question 3

Atrophy

Answer 3

To waste away, to wither

Question 4

Clandestine

Answer 4

Secret

Question 5

Conciliate

Answer 5

To reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

Superficial, casual, hastily done

Question 7

Derision

Answer 7

Scoffing at, mockery, ridicule

Question 8

Enmity

Answer 8

Absolute hatred

Question 9

Extricate

Answer 9

To free, to disentangle

Question 10

Forbearance

Answer 10

Patience, lenience

Question 11

Frivolous

Answer 11

Lacking in seriousness or importance

Question 12

Garrulous

Answer 12

Talkative, rambling

Question 13

Impetuous

Answer 13

Violent, hasty, rash, impulsive

Question 14

Industrious

Answer 14

Skillfully busy or occupied

Question 15

Infamous

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Having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad

Question 16

Insolence

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Insulting or contemptuous behavior

Question 17

Levity

Answer 17

Excessive frivolity, flippancy

Question 18

Oblivion

Answer 18

State of being forgotten

Question 19

Paradoxical

Answer 19

Something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct

Question 20

Perjury

Answer 20

False testimony under oath

Question 21

Rancor

Answer 21

Bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity

Question 22

Sycophant

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A self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser

Question 23

Vacillating

Answer 23

Changing, fluctuating

Question 24

Vivid

Answer 24

Bright, distinct, and clear