My Vocabulary Words

Question 1

Efficacious

Answer 1

(Typically of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

The vaccine has proved both efficacious and safe.

Synonyms: effective, effectual, Successful, productive, constructive, potent.

Question 2

Admiration

Answer 2

Respect and warm approval.

Something regarded as impressive or worthy of respect.

Pleasurable contemplation.

Question 3

Antithetical

Answer 3

Being in direct an unequivocal opposition.

Question 4

Auspicious

Answer 4

Conducive to success; favorable.

Question 5

Austerity

Answer 5

Severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness.

Synonyms: severity, strictness, seriousness, gravity.

Question 6

Auxiliary

Answer 6

Offering or providing help.

Functioning in a subsidiary capacity.

Constituting a reserve.

Question 7

Bedevil

Answer 7

To harass or torment.

To throw into confusion.

Question 8

Belie

Answer 8

To show to be false.

Contradict.

To misrepresent.

Question 9

Besieged

Answer 9

Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force it’s surrender; lay siege to.

Crowd around oppressively; surround and harass.

Be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints.

Question 10

Bigot

Answer 10

A person who is in tolerant towards those holding different opinions.

Question 11

Blight

Answer 11

To cause to wither or decaying; blast: frost blighted the crops.

To destroy; ruin; or frustrate.

Question 12

Brazen

Answer 12

Bold and without shame.

Endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with the apparent confidence and lack of shame.

Question 13

Hmmwv or pronounced “Humvee”

Answer 13

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

Question 14

Convoy

Answer 14

a group of vehicles or ships that are traveling together usually for protection

Question 15

EOD

Answer 15

Explosive ordnance disposal

Question 16

Insurgent

Answer 16

A person who revolts against civil authority or an established government.

One who acts contrary to the policies and decisions of one’s own political party

Question 17

Legions

Answer 17

A vast host, multitude, or number of people or things.

Question 18

Marred

Answer 18

Impair the appearance of; disfigure.

Question 19

Spearhead

Answer 19

An individual or group chosen to lead an attack or movement.

Question 20

Fortify

Answer 20

Strengthen

Question 21

Bemuse

Answer 21

to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.

Question 22

Metastasized

Answer 22

To spread throughout

Question 23

Strident

Answer 23

Loud and harsh; degrading

Question 24

Fascism

Answer 24

A way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government.

First manifested in Italy in the 1920s, then Nazi Germany, and then Imperial Japan.

It took World War II to eliminate it.

Question 25

Communism

Answer 25

A way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property.

China, Former Soviet Union

Question 26

Perverse

Answer 26

(of a person or their actions) showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences.
“Kate’s perverse decision not to cooperate”

contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice.
“in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse”

Question 27

Hawkish

Answer 27

Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

“The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.”

Question 28

Reaganite

Answer 28

A supporter of Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), and/or policies that he endorsed.

Question 29

Persecution

Answer 29

hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.

“her family fled religious persecution”

synonyms: oppression, victimization, maltreatment,
ill-treatment, mistreatment, abuse, ill-usage, discrimination, tyranny;

Question 30

Purged

Answer 30

rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition, typically giving a sense of cathartic release.
“Bob had helped purge Martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her”
synonyms: cleanse, clear, purify, wash, shrive, absolve

Question 31

Canard

Answer 31

an unfounded rumor or story.

“the old canard that LA is a cultural wasteland”

Question 32

Sow

Answer 32

plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.

“sow a thin layer of seeds on top”

Question 33

Discord

Answer 33

lack of agreement between people, ideas, etc.

Question 34

Supposition

Answer 34

An uncertain belief.

“they were working on the supposition that his death was murder”

synonyms: belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hypothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption
“her supposition is based on previous results”

Origin

Question 35

Advent

Answer 35

The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.

“the advent of television”

Question 36

Revolution

Answer 36

the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one

: a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc.

Question 37

Cornerstone

Answer 37

Something that is essential, indispensable, or basic:

“The cornerstone of democratic government is a free press.”

The chief foundation on which something is constructed or developed:

“The cornerstone of his argument was that all people are created equal.”

Question 38

Polity

Answer 38

Something (a state or country) that has a government.

Question 39

Buttressed

Answer 39

Any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.

Any prop or support.

Question 40

Bellicose

Answer 40

demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
“a group of bellicose patriots”
synonyms: belligerent, aggressive, hostile, warlike, warmongering, hawkish, antagonistic, pugnacious, truculent, confrontational, contentious, militant, combative;