princeton vocab pt. 2

Question 1

affront

Answer 1

an insult; a deliberate act of disrespect

Question 2

anomaly

Answer 2

an unusual occurence; a deviation

Question 3

burgeon

Answer 3

to expand and flourish

Question 4

candor

Answer 4

truthfulness; sincere honesty

Question 5

congenial

Answer 5

pleasant, friendly, or agreeable

Question 6

culpable

Answer 6

guilty or worthy of blame

Question 7

culpable

Answer 7

guilty or worthy of blame

Question 8

curtail

Answer 8

to reduce in extent or quality

Question 9

disparate

Answer 9

different and distinct

Question 10

disparate

Answer 10

different and distinct

Question 11

disparate

Answer 11

different and distinct

Question 12

ephemeral

Answer 12

lasting for a very short time

Question 13

evince

Answer 13

to reveal the presence of a quality or feeling

Question 14

gregarious

Answer 14

talkative and social

Question 15

invoke

Answer 15

to cite or appeal to someone or something as an authority for an action or in support of an argument

Question 16

latent

Answer 16

existing but not yet developed or manifest

Question 17

laud

Answer 17

to praise

Question 18

paucity

Answer 18

a small quantity or lack of something

Question 19

preclude

Answer 19

to make impossible

Question 20

prudent

Answer 20

having wise foresight

Question 21

repudiate

Answer 21

to refuse to accept or be associated with

Question 22

subsume

Answer 22

to absorb or overshadow

Question 23

veracity

Answer 23

the validity or truthfulness of something