Lessons 15-16

Question 1

accentuate

Answer 1

v. emphasize or stress

Question 2

aficionado

Answer 2

n. enthusiastic follower; support or fan

Question 3

antecedent

Answer 3

n. 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; complicated; intricate

Question 6

decapitate

Answer 6

v. 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

masochistic

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

obsolescent

Answer 12

adj. going out of use; becoming obsolete

Question 13

potential

Answer 13

adj. having possibility or capability

n. capacity for growth or development

Question 14

viscera

Answer 14

n. pl. internal organs of the body

(visceral) adj. felt strongly, as if in the viscera

Question 15

volition

Answer 15

n. act of consciously choosing or deciding

Question 16

belated

Answer 16

adj. done too late; having been delayed beyond the usual time

Question 17

caliber

Answer 17

n. degree of importance or excellence; diameter of a bullet or inside of a gun barrel

Question 18

chagrin

Answer 18

n. feeling of embarrassment or annoyance caused by having failed or being disappointed; cause to feel unease

Question 19

contravene

Answer 19

v. act against or be counter to

Question 20

default

Answer 20

n. failure to do what is required by duty or law; automatic selection made according to a computer program when the user does not make a choice
v. fail to pay what or when one should

Question 21

doldrums

Answer 21

n. pl. condition of feeling sad, bored, or sluggish

Question 22

emblazon

Answer 22

v. inscribe or decorate conspicuously

Question 23

eminent

Answer 23

adj. standing above others in worth, rank, or fame

Question 24

expend

Answer 24

v. use up; consume

Question 25

expire

Answer 25

v. come to an end; die

Question 26

exponent

Answer 26

n. person who explains, interprets, or works to make something popular

Question 27

novice

Answer 27

n. person new at something; beginner

Question 28

spry

Answer 28

adj. moving with quickness and ease; lively

Question 29

tenuous

Answer 29

adj. lacking substance, flimsy; not thick; slender; lacking density; thin

Question 30

truism

Answer 30

n. truth that is so well known that it is almost unnecessary to say it