Math 2 Vocabulary-25

Question 0

Absurd

Answer 0

Ridiculous, senseless.

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

Temperate.

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

To make or become better.

Question 3

Bemused

Answer 3

Absent-minded.

Confused.

Question 4

Castigate

Answer 4

To criticize severely.

Question 5

Deceit

Answer 5

A practice of misleading.

A trick.

Question 6

Destitute

Answer 6

Poverty-stricken.

Question 7

Disparity

Answer 7

Difference.

Question 8

Endeavor

Answer 8

An attempt to achieve something.

A purposeful undertaking that requires effort

Question 9

Incremental

Answer 9

Increasing, adding on.

Question 10

Interweaving

Answer 10

To weave together.

To blend, combine.

Question 11

Macerate

Answer 11

To liquefy, soften.

Question 12

Nuance

Answer 12

Slight difference; shading.

Question 13

Obstinate

Answer 13

Stubborn, determined.

Question 14

Obstreperous

Answer 14

Noisy.

Question 15

Paradox

Answer 15

A contradiction, a puzzle.

Question 16

Parity

Answer 16

Equality, balance.

Question 17

Recant

Answer 17

To take back something said.

Question 18

Remuneration

Answer 18

A payment.

Question 19

Sanguine

Answer 19

Happy, optimistic.

Question 20

Savor

Answer 20

Taste, flavor.
A distinctive flavor.
To delight in, to enjoy.

Question 21

Skewered

Answer 21

To stab, pierce.

Question 22

Spate

Answer 22

A series.

Question 23

Vindication

Answer 23

A defense, a justification.

Question 24

Vitriolic

Answer 24

Bitter, acerbic.

Scathing.