Midterm Vocab

Question 1

to hasten the occurence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly. to hurl down from great height

Answer 1

precipitated

Question 2

to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke

Answer 2

elicited

Question 3

make less intense; satisfy

Answer 3

assuage

Question 4

a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

Answer 4

epitome

Question 5

a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work in such a state

Answer 5

ferment

Question 6

a natural or habitual inclination or tendency

Answer 6

proclivity

Question 7

to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Answer 7

expostulate

Question 8

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Answer 8

infringe

Question 9

to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

Answer 9

intercede

Question 10

a gap, opening, break

Answer 10

hiatus

Question 11

pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook

Answer 11

provincial

Question 12

to make oneself agreeable & thus gain favour or acceptable by others

Answer 12

ingratiate

Question 13

mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view. to hide, conceal; eclipse

Answer 13

occulted

Question 14

peevish, annoyed by triffles, easily irritated & upset (Valerie)

Answer 14

petulant

Question 15

supposing that something is true w/o having evidence to confirm it

Answer 15

surmise

Question 16

to sympathize w, to have pity or sorrow for

Answer 16

commiserate

Question 17

resulting from chance rather than from inherent cause or character; accidental

Answer 17

adventitious

Question 18

strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

Answer 18

stringent

Question 19

a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

Answer 19

millennium

Question 20

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Answer 20

permeate

Question 21

wearied, worn out, dulled

Answer 21

jaded

Question 22

to direct or order; to prescribe a coarse of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit

Answer 22

enjoined

Question 23

causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or shallow in colour

Answer 23

lurid

Question 24

to assign or refer to (as cause or source), attribute

Answer 24

ascribed

Question 25

roundabout, not direct

Answer 25

circuitous