RA (Random ass) Vocab I

Question 1

Meritocracy

Answer 1

noun
government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.
“progress towards meritocracy was slow”
a society governed by meritocracy.
plural noun: meritocracies
“Britain is a meritocracy, and everyone with skill and imagination may aspire to reach the highest level”
a ruling or influential class of educated or skilled people.
“the relentless advance of the meritocracy”

Question 2

Apropos

Answer 2

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Question 3

Extemporaneous

Answer 3

Spoken or done without preparation

“An extemporaneous speech”

Question 4

Unassuming

Answer 4

Not pretentious or arrogant; modest

“He was an unassuming and kindly man”

Question 5

Discernment

Answer 5

The ability to judge well

“An astonishing lack if discernment”

Question 6

Vindicated

Answer 6

Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion
“Hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict”

Show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified
“More sober views were vindicated by events”
Similar: justify, warrant

Question 7

Fatalistic

Answer 7

Relating to characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable
“Many have an almost fatalistic attitude toward their own health”

Question 8

Credulous

Answer 8

Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things

“A ceremony staged for credulous tourists”

Question 9

Ingenuous

Answer 9

(Of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting
“He eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes”

Vs disingenuous (not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does)

Question 10

Candor

Answer 10

The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness
“A man of refreshing candor”
Similar: frankness, openness, honesty, sincerity

Candid

Question 11

Duplicitous

Answer 11

Deceitful, intentionally misleading, especially by saying different things to different people
“Treacherous, duplicitous behavior”

Question 12

Etiolated

Ee-tee-olated

Answer 12

(Of a plant) pale and drawn out due to lack of light
“Etiolated mung bean seedlings”

Having lost vigor or substance; feeble
“A tone of etiolated nostalgia”

Question 13

Laconic

Answer 13

using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

Question 14

aphorism

Answer 14

1 : a concise statement of a principle
2 : a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : ADAGE
the high-minded aphorism, “Let us value the quality of life, not the quantity”
3 : an ingeniously terse style of expression : aphoristic language
These are dazzling chapters, packed with perfectly chosen anecdotes and pithy with aphorism.
— John Keegan

Question 15

Pithy

Answer 15

Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief

brief, but meaningful and forceful.

Question 16

Iconoclast

Answer 16

adjective
adjective: iconoclastic
characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions.
“a fresh, even an iconoclastic, influence could work wonders”
Similar:
critical
skeptical
questioning
heretical
irreverent
nonconformi

Question 17

Immolation

Answer 17

Immolation is a noun that means the act of killing or destroying something, usually by burning, or the act of offering something as a sacrifice:

Literal meaning
Immolation can refer to the act of killing someone or oneself by burning, or the destruction of something by fire. For example, “A woman attempt