Midterm vocab 1

Question 1

Nonchalance

Answer 1

(n) The state or being of nonchalance (lacking concern, cool indifference)

Question 2

Subside

Answer 2

(v) To become less

Question 3

Motley

Answer 3

(adj) A mixture of different parts, colors or people

Question 4

Unkempt

Answer 4

(adj) Uncared for, neglected, messy

Question 5

Jibe

Answer 5

(v) to agree with

Question 6

Fraught

Answer 6

(adj) Filled with (mainly used when describing emotion or abstract things) ie. the hobby was fraught with disaster

Question 7

Ruse

Answer 7

(n) a trick

Question 8

Emulate

Answer 8

(v) to imitate

Question 9

Balefully

Answer 9

(adv) menacingly as if threatening harm

Question 10

Convoluted

Answer 10

(adj) twisted, complicated, intricately involved

Question 11

Deference

Answer 11

(n) respectful submission or yielding to the judgement or will of someone else

Question 12

Denizens

Answer 12

(n) an inhabitant of, or someone who frequents a place

Question 13

Commiserate

Answer 13

(v) to sympathize

Question 14

Extol

Answer 14

(v) to praise highly

Question 15

Peripheral

Answer 15

(adj) related to, or located in the outer bounds of something

Question 16

Gawk

Answer 16

(v) Stare stupidly, gape

Question 17

Tacit

Answer 17

(adj) understood without being openly expressed, implied

Question 18

Epitomize

Answer 18

(v) to contain or represent something fully, to serve as a perfect example

Question 19

Gregarious

Answer 19

(adj) sociable

Question 20

Absolve

Answer 20

(v) freed from duty, obligation, or responsibility