Maeve Vocab Week 1

Question 1

Abbreviate, v.

Answer 1

To shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase.

Question 2

Abdomen, n.

Answer 2

The part of the body that lies between the thorax and the pelvis and encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas.

Question 3

Ability, n.

Answer 3

Power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.

Question 4

Abrasive, adj.

Answer 4

Wearing, grinding or rubbing away by friction; rough.

Question 5

Abruptly, adv.

Answer 5

In a manner that produces the effect of a sudden ending.

Question 6

Absence, n.

Answer 6

State of being away or not being present.

Question 7

Abstinence, n.

Answer 7

The act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite.

Question 8

Academic, adj.

Answer 8

Relating to a school, especially an institution of higher education.

Question 9

Accelerate, v.

Answer 9

To add to the speed of or quicken the motion of.

Question 10

Accessible, adj.

Answer 10

Easily approached, entered or obtained.

Question 11

Accidental, adj.

Answer 11

Happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected.

Question 12

Accomplice, n.

Answer 12

One that participates with another in a crime either as principal or accessory.

Question 13

Accurate, adj.

Answer 13

Correct, exact, precise.

Question 14

Acre, n.

Answer 14

A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet.

Question 15

Adequate, adj.

Answer 15

Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.

Question 16

Admire, v.

Answer 16

To regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.

Question 17

Adolescence, n.

Answer 17

The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity.

Question 18

Advantageous, adj.

Answer 18

Affording advantage; beneficial.

Question 19

Adversary, n.

Answer 19

An opponent; an enemy.

Question 20

Advisory, n.

Answer 20

A report giving information (as one issued by a weather bureau on the progress of a hurricane).

Question 21

Affiliation, n.

Answer 21

The state or relation of being attached as a member or branch.

Question 22

Aggravate, v.

Answer 22

To make worse, more serious, or more severe.

Question 23

Alibi, n.

Answer 23

The plea of having been elsewhere at the time an act was committed.

Question 24

Alliance, n.

Answer 24

Union or connection especially between families, states, parties, or individuals.

Question 25

Allocation, n.

Answer 25

An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.

Question 26

Aloof, adj.

Answer 26

Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote.

Question 27

Altogether, adv.

Answer 27

Wholly, completely, thoroughly.

Question 28

Amateur, n.

Answer 28

A person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.

Question 29

Ambivalent, adj.

Answer 29

Characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes.