List #1

Question 1

abase (v.)

Answer 1

‐ to lower, demean( to lower in status or reputation), degrade( to break something complex down or to make the quality of something worse)

Question 2

acumen (n.)

Answer 2

‐ keen insight; the ability to think clearly and make good decisions

Question 3

ameliorate (v.)

Answer 3

‐ to improve, to make better

Question 4

austere (adj.)

Answer 4

‐ very bare, bleak, simple

Question 5

brazen (adj.)

Answer 5

‐ excessively bold, brash( confident and agressive in usually a rude or unpleasant way)

Question 6

cavort (v.)

Answer 6

‐ to frolic( to play and move about happily) , leap, prance

Question 7

complicit (adj.)

Answer 7

‐ being an accomplice( a person who works with or helps someone who is doing sometings wrong or illegal) in a wrongful act

Question 8

cursory (adj.)

Answer 8

‐ brief to the point of being superficial(not thorough or complete); done or made quickly

Question 9

dilapidated (adj.)

Answer 9

‐ in a state of disrepair( bad condition)

Question 10

elucidate (v.)

Answer 10

‐ to clarify

Question 11

exacerbate (v.)

Answer 11

‐ to make more violent, intense

Question 12

fetter (v.)

Answer 12

‐ to restrain( to prevent a person or animal from moving by using physical force), chain, tie

Question 13

fortitude (n.)

Answer 13

‐ strength, bravery

Question 14

harrowing (adj.)

Answer 14

‐ agonizing(very mentally or physically painful), distressing( suffering that affects the mid or body)

Question 15

inclement (adj.)

Answer 15

‐ stormy, bad, severe

Question 16

jubilant (adj.)

Answer 16

‐ joyful, happy

Question 17

limpid (adj.)

Answer 17

‐ clear, easily understood

Question 18

maudlin (adj.)

Answer 18

‐ sentimental( appealing to the emotions especially in an excessive way)

Question 19

mutability (n.)

Answer 19

‐ capability of change

Question 20

officious (adj.)

Answer 20

‐ offering unwanted help or service

Question 21

pertinacious (adj.)

Answer 21

‐ stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position

Question 22

portly (adj.)

Answer 22

‐ fat, chubby, round

Question 23

punctilious (adj.)

Answer 23

‐ eager to follow rules

Question 24

redress (v.)

Answer 24

‐ to set right or remedy( to solve, correct, or improve something)

Question 25

retribution (n.)

Answer 25

‐ vengeance, revenge, payback

Question 26

scurrilous (adj.)

Answer 26

‐ crude( very simple and basic: made or done in a way that does not show a lot of skill) , vulgar( relating to the common people or the speech of common people); low class

Question 27

strenuous (adj.)

Answer 27

‐ requiring tremendous strength or energy

Question 28

taciturn (adj.)

Answer 28

‐ not inclined( to cause someone to want to do something or to be likely to do something) to talk

Question 29

travesty (n.)

Answer 29

‐ a grossly(very obvious or noticeable; rude or offensive) inferior( of little or less importance or value; low or lower in rank) imitation

Question 30

veneer (n.)

Answer 30

‐ a superficial or deceptively( intended to make someone believe something that is not true) attractive appearance, façade( a way of behaving or appearing that gives other people a false idea of your true feelings or situation)