Practive Test Vocab

Question 1

Vexation

Answer 1

The state of being annoyed

Question 2

Augmented

Answer 2

Having been made greater in size or value

Question 3

Meliorate

Answer 3

Ameliorate: to make something bad better

Question 4

Truncate

Answer 4

Shorten

Question 5

Contend

Answer 5

Assert or come to terms with struggle to surmount

Question 6

Surmount

Answer 6

To overcome, to be placed on top

Question 7

Promulgate

Answer 7

Promote or make wildly known

Question 8

Discern

Answer 8

Perceive or recognize

Question 9

Arbitrate

Answer 9

To reach an authoritative judgment

Question 10

Pathogens

Answer 10

A bacterium or virus

Question 11

Incursion

Answer 11

A invasion or attack

Question 12

Exigent

Answer 12

Pressing and/or demanding

Question 13

Specious

Answer 13

Superficially possible but actually wrong

Question 14

Ineffable

Answer 14

To great or extreme to be described in words

Question 15

Foment

Answer 15

Instigate or stir up

Question 16

Ferment

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Stir up, experience fermentation

Question 17

Obloquy

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Strong public criticism or verbal abuse

Question 18

Diaphanous

Answer 18

Light, delicate, translucent

Question 19

Amorphous

Answer 19

Without a clearly defined shape or form

Question 20

Ingenious

Answer 20

Clever, original, intelligent

Question 21

Ubiquitous

Answer 21

Present, appearing, or found everywhere

Question 22

Insoluble

Answer 22

Impossible to solve

Question 23

Esoteric

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Likely to be understood by a small number of people

Question 24

Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

Question 25

Contumacious

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Stubbornly disobedient to authority

Question 26

Estimable

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Worthy of great respect

Question 27

Irresolute

Answer 27

Showing or feeling uncertainty

Question 28

Seditious

Answer 28

Inciting or causing people to rebel

Question 29

Cabal

Answer 29

Secret political faction

Question 30

Artifice

Answer 30

Clever devises or expedients

Question 31

Expedients

Answer 31

Convenient and/or practical

Question 32

Hegemony

Answer 32

Leadership or dominance

Question 33

Imprecation

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A spoken curse

Question 34

Plucky

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Having or showing determination and/or courage

Question 35

Conciliatory

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Intended or likely to placate or pacify

Question 36

Despondent

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In low spirits

Question 37

Diffident

Answer 37

Modest or shy because a lack of self confidence

Question 38

Recompense

Answer 38

Make amends to