List #2

Question 1

Benevolence-

Answer 1

1. Disposition to do good
2. a) an act of kindness b) a generous gift
   Because of the teacher’s benevolent nature, she allowed unfinished work to be turned in the next day.

Question 2

Calculation-

Answer 2

1. a) the process or an act of calculating b) the result of an act of calculating
2. a) studied care in analyzing or planning b) cold heartless planning to promote self interest rate
   The seasoned archer look into account wind, gravity, and humidity, and even from a distance, it was obvious his calculation was precise.

Question 3

Deduce-

Answer 3

1. to determine by deduction; specifically : to infer from a general principle
2. to trace the course of
   It did not take long for the master sleuth to deduce the killer from a scarce amount of clues.

Question 4

Elegy-

Answer 4

1. a poem in elegiac couplets
2. a) a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead b) something (as a speech) resembling such a song or poem
3. a) a pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholy b) a short pensive musical composition
   The depressed poet decided to write an elegy so that the world could feel his pain.

Question 5

Falter-

Answer 5

1. a) to walk unsteadily b) to give way c) to move waveringly or hesitatingly
2. a) to hesitate in purpose or action b) to lose drive or effectiveness
   The falter in every other step gave way that he was drunk.

Question 6

Gaudy-

Answer 6

1. ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
2. marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness
3. brilliantly or excessively showy
   The girl’s dress was especially gaudy at the party because the boy she liked was there.

Question 7

Haven-

Answer 7

1. a harbor or port
2. any place of shelter and safety
3. to shelter, as in a haven
   Every land in this world has a safe haven if you look hard enough.

Question 8

Imbibe-

Answer 8

1. to soak or steep
2. a) to receive into the mind and retain b) to assimilate or take into solution
3. a) drink b) to take in or up
   The name brand advertised that their products have aptitude to imbibe and eliminate odors.

Question 9

Larceny-

Answer 9

1. the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
   The mother’s child had committed a larceny when he stole from their own family’s jewelry store.

Question 10

Manifest-

Answer 10

1. readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
2. easily understood or recognized by the mind
   Math was manifest to the boy who spent his whole life studying the subject.

Question 11

Nether-

Answer 11

1. situated down or below
2. situated or believed to be situated beneath the Earth’s surface
   The model plane was suspended from its nether end at the museum.

Question 12

Obtuse-

Answer 12

1. a) not pointed or acute b) an angle that exceeds 90 degrees, but it is less than 180 c) a triangle that has an obtuse angle d) rounded at the free end
2. a) lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect b) difficult to comprehend; not clear or precise in thought or expression
3. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain, sound
   The obtuse man did not even notice the very obvious hints the boss was giving him. He was fired the next day.

Question 13

Abject

Answer 13

1. utterly hopeless, humiliating or wretched
2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited
3. shamelessly servile
   The abject child threw away all of his books after he realized he will never be able to pass any of his tests.

Question 14

Panorama-

Answer 14

1. an obstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions
2. an extended pictorial representation or a cyclorama of a landscape or other scene, often exhibited a part at a time and made to pass continually before the spectators
3. a building for exhibiting such a pictorial representation
   The panorama was gorgeous at the top of the observatory

Question 15

Rapt-

Answer 15

1. lifted up and carried away
2. transported with emotion
3. wholly absorbed; engrossed
   Every single mink watched as his abbot performed the sacred ceremony. Their rapt spirits were enlightened once again.

Question 16

Concerted-

Answer 16

1. a) mutually contrived or agreed on b) performed in unison
2. arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
   The two factions planned a concert plot against a rising third faction. There was not enough room for two factions in the country, much less three.

Question 17

Corroborative-

Answer 17

1. supported with evidence or authority
2. to have been made strong
   Phoenix Wright always has corroborative arguments to defend his witness.

Question 18

Discern-

Answer 18

1. a) to detect with the eyes. b) to detect with senses other than vision
2. to recognize or identify as separate and distinct; discriminate
   It was hard to discern who approached me in the darkness of night.

Question 19

Disclosure-

Answer 19

1. the act or instance of disclosing; exposure
2. something disclosed; revelation
   The disclosure of the truth behind the catastrophic event shocked the entire nation.

Question 20

Divergence-

Answer 20

1. a) a drawing apart (as of lines extending from a common center) b) difference, disagreement c) the acquisition of dissimilar characters by related organisms in unlike environments
2. a deviation from a course or standard
3. the condition of being mathematically divergent
   There was no obvious divergence in the theorems posted by the two mathematicians, and it was clear that one had plagiarized the other and wrote it in his own words.

Question 21

Diversity-

Answer 21

1. the condition of having or being composed of differing elements : variety; especially: the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization
2. an instance of being composed of differing elements or qualities; an instance of being diverse
   Many people cannot conceive the concept of diversity, and they still treat people unequally based on skin color, religion, or position.

Question 22

Ensuing-

Answer 22

1. to strive to attain; pursue
   2 (vi.). to take place afterward or as a result
   The ensuing aftershocks were much weaker than the earthquake itself.

Question 23

Explicitly-

Answer 23

1. a) fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity; leaving no question as to meaning or intent b) open in the depiction of nudity or sexuality
2. fully developed or formulated
3. unambiguous in expression
   The instructions were explicitly states on the paper, and it is not my problem of you could not understand them.

Question 24

Feasible-

Answer 24

1. capable of being done or carried out
2. capable of being used or dealt with successful; suitable
3. reasonable, likely
   Whenever you see a feasible solution to a math problem, you should not be afraid to pursue it further.

Question 25

Flux-

Answer 25

1. a flowing fluid from the body either as diarrhea or dysentery
2. a continuous moving on or passing by (as of a stream)
3. a continued flow
   There was no end to the flux of strange liquid that ran through the forest.