Module 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

concede

Answer 1

1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit: conceded that we made a mistake.
   2.
   a. To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
   b. To acknowledge defeat in: concede an election; concede a chess match.
   3.
   a. To yield or surrender (something owned or disputed, such as land): conceded the region when signing the treaty.
   b. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
   c. Sports To allow (a goal or point, for example) to be scored by the opposing team or player.

Question 2

concur

Answer 2

1. To be of the same opinion; agree: concurred on the issue of preventing crime. See Synonyms at assent.
2. To combine in bringing something about; act together: factors that concurred to prevent a meeting of the leaders.
3. To occur at the same time; coincide: icy sleet that concurred with a forceful wind.
4. Obsolete To converge; meet.

Question 3

congenial

Answer 3

1. Having the same tastes, habits, or temperament; sympathetic.
2. Of a pleasant disposition; friendly and sociable: a congenial host.
3. Suited to one’s needs or nature; agreeable: congenial surroundings.

Question 4

conundrum

Answer 4

1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: “the conundrum … of achieving full employment without inflation” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

Question 5

convene

Answer 5

v.intr.
To come together usually for an official or public purpose; assemble formally.
v.tr.
1. To cause to come together formally; convoke: convene a special session of Congress. See Synonyms at call.
2. To summon to appear, as before a tribunal.

Question 6

disbar

Answer 6

To prohibit (an attorney) from the practice of law by official action or procedure.

Question 7

disconcerting

Answer 7

1. To cause to lose composure; embarrass or confuse: He was disconcerted by the teacher’s angry tone. See Synonyms at embarrass.
2. To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.

Question 8

disengaged

Answer 8

v.tr.
1. To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles. See Synonyms at extricate.
2. To release (oneself) from an engagement, pledge, or obligation.
v.intr.
To free or detach oneself; withdraw.

Question 9

dishearten

Answer 9

To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit. See Synonyms at discourage.

Question 10

disinclined

Answer 10

Unwilling or reluctant: They were usually disinclined to socialize.

Question 11

dispassionate

Answer 11

Not influenced by strong feelings or emotions; impartial: a dispassionate reporter.

Question 12

disseminate

Answer 12

1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.
2. To spread abroad; promulgate: disseminate news.

Question 13

epigram

Answer 13

1. A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.
2. A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement.
3. Epigrammatic discourse or expression.

Question 14

epigraph

Answer 14

1. An inscription, as on a statue or building.
2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.

Question 15

epithet

Answer 15

1.
a. A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
b. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
2. A disparaging or abusive word or phrase.

Question 16

expatriate

Answer 16

v.tr.
1. To send into exile: They were expatriated because of their political beliefs.
2. To remove (oneself) from residence in one’s native land.
v.intr.
1. To give up residence in one’s homeland.
2. To renounce allegiance to one’s homeland.
n. (-ĭt, -āt′)
1. One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.
2. One who has renounced one’s native land.

Question 17

expound

Answer 17

1. To explain in detail; elucidate: She expounded her theory on the origin of the conflict.
2. To make known or set forth; present: “In the 1956 campaign he cheerfully expounded views that had gravely disturbed him four years earlier” (Helen Sasson).

Question 18

expunge

Answer 18

1. To erase, delete, or strike out: expunged their names from the list.
2. To eliminate completely; wipe out: a government’s attempt to expunge dissidents. See Synonyms at erase.

Question 19

extradite

Answer 19

1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.
2. To obtain the extradition of.

Question 20

importune

Answer 20

1. To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly: “A dozen reporters importuned every passing ambassador to speak to them” (Felicity Barringer).
2. Archaic
   a. To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
   b. To annoy; vex.

Question 21

imposing

Answer 21

Impressive, as in size, power, or accomplishment: an imposing mansion; an imposing array of skills. See Synonyms at grand.

Question 22

impromptu

Answer 22

im·por·tune (ĭm′pôr-tn, -tyn, ĭm-pôrchən)
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v. im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing, im·por·tunes
v.tr.
1. To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly: “A dozen reporters importuned every passing ambassador to speak to them” (Felicity Barringer).
2. Archaic
a. To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
b. To annoy; vex.

Question 23

improvident

Answer 23

1. Not providing for the future; thriftless.
2. Rash; incautious.

Question 24

incarcerate

Answer 24

1. To put in a prison or jail.
2. To shut in; confine.

Question 25

indecorous

Answer 25

Lacking propriety or decorum. See Synonyms at unseemly.

Question 26

indict

Answer 26

1. Law To charge (a party) by indictment.
2. To accuse of wrongdoing or criticize severely: “[He] managed to indict the country’s smug, liberal establishment whose lip service throttled the struggle for civil rights” (Bob Spitz).

Question 27

ingratiate

Answer 27

To bring (oneself, for example) into the favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort: She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration.

Question 28

intransigent

Answer 28

Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.