Lesson 9 Definitions

Question 0

Amiable

Answer 0

Friendly, sociable, and congenial; civil and urbane

Question 1

Ambiguous

Answer 1

Having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain

Question 2

Crass

Answer 2

Coarse, crude, and unrefined

Question 3

Discursive

Answer 3

Rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly

Question 4

Docile

Answer 4

Easily managed, obedient, passive

Question 5

Estrange

Answer 5

To alienate, to separate

Question 6

Exonerate

Answer 6

To free from blame, obligation, or responsibility; to exculpate

Question 7

Gratuitous

Answer 7

Given freely, unwarranted

Question 8

Hypothesize

Answer 8

To reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven

Question 9

Indignation

Answer 9

Anger as a result of something unjust

Question 10

Induce

Answer 10

To bring on or bring about

Question 11

Intractable

Answer 11

Stubborn, difficult to manage

Question 12

Introspective

Answer 12

The quality of examining one’s own mind or thoughts

Question 13

Lucid

Answer 13

Easily understood, mentally sound

Question 14

Meticulous

Answer 14

Taking great care

Question 15

Misanthrope

Answer 15

A hater of mankind

Question 16

Munificent

Answer 16

Very generous

Question 17

Plagiarize

Answer 17

To steal and to use another’s writings as one’s own

Question 18

Profuse

Answer 18

Extravagantly abundant, flowing freely

Question 19

Recluse

Answer 19

A person who lives in solitude

Question 20

Sated

Answer 20

Satisfied fully, indulged to excess

Question 21

Stupefy

Answer 21

To dull the senses as to put into stupor

Question 22

Terse

Answer 22

Concise

Question 23

Transient

Answer 23

Quickly passing, fleeting

Question 24

Virtuoso

Answer 24

One skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant