Round 12 - Vocab.com top 1000

Question 1

foist

Answer 1

to force onto another

Question 2

forebear

Answer 2

ancestor

Question 3

cadaverous

Answer 3

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Question 4

dotage

Answer 4

mental decline/infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

Question 5

nexus

Answer 5

a connected series or group; right in the middle

Question 6

choleric

Answer 6

characterized by anger; testy and irritable

Question 7

garble

Answer 7

warp or distort; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Question 8

bucolic

Answer 8

(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

Question 9

denouement

Answer 9

the outcome of a complex sequence of events

Question 10

animus

Answer 10

a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility; hate their guts

Question 11

overweening

Answer 11

unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; arrogant or excessive

Question 12

tyro

Answer 12

beginner; new recruit; someone new to a field or activity

Question 13

preen

Answer 13

dress or groom with elaborate care; primp and pay careful attention to how you’re dressed and groomed, as if you’re inviting the whole world to watch you

Question 14

largesse

Answer 14

extreme generosity; liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit

Question 15

retentive

Answer 15

good at remembering

Question 16

badinage

Answer 16

frivolous banter; playful conversation

Question 17

insensate

Answer 17

devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation

Question 18

beatific

Answer 18

marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint

projects a peaceful sense of joy

Question 19

bemuse

Answer 19

to confuse or bewilder; cause to be confused emotionally

Question 20

microcosm

Answer 20

a miniature model of something

Question 21

factitious

Answer 21

not produced by natural forces

Question 22

gestate

Answer 22

to think of and develop in the mind; developing “in the womb”

Question 23

traduce

Answer 23

speak unfavorably about; badmouth

Question 24

sextant

Answer 24

a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant

navigational tool at sea

Question 25

coiffure

Answer 25

hairdo; the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair)

Question 26

malleable

Answer 26

easily influenced

A malleable personality is capable of being changed or trained, and a malleable metal is able to be pounded or pressed into various shapes.

Question 27

rococo

Answer 27

very ornate style with tons of decor and fancy details; having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation

Question 28

fructify

Answer 28

become productive or fruitful

Question 29

nihilist

Answer 29

someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief

If you reject all moral beliefs and take the view that life has no meaning, you could be called a nihilist.

Question 30

ellipsis

Answer 30

the … in a quote; omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

An ellipsis is punctuation that is used to show where words have been left out. The ellipsis is usually formed by three periods (four if the ellipsis comes at the end of a sentence).

Question 31

codicil

Answer 31

a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will

Question 32

roil

Answer 32

to churn, stir up, be agitated

Question 33

grandiloquent

Answer 33

fancy or lofty; pretentious;

Question 34

effervescence

Answer 34

the property of giving off bubbles

Question 35

stultify

Answer 35

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; drains you of your energy, enthusiasm, or pleasure

Question 36

tureen

Answer 36

large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews

Question 37

pellucid

Answer 37

(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

Question 38

euphony

Answer 38

any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds

Question 39

apocryphal

Answer 39

being of questionable authenticity

Question 40

pendulous

Answer 40

having branches or flower heads that bend downward

Question 41

exegesis

Answer 41

an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

Question 42

effluvium

Answer 42

a smelly gas, vapor, or an exhalation; a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)

Question 43

apposite

Answer 43

fitting or relevant; being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

Question 44

viscous

Answer 44

having the sticky properties of an adhesive

Question 45

misanthrope (mis-anth-ROPE)

Answer 45

someone who dislikes/mistrusts people in general

Question 46

vintner

Answer 46

someone who makes wine; wine merchant

Question 47

halcyon

Answer 47

idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity

Question 48

turgid

Answer 48

swollen; inflated; ostentatiously lofty in style

Question 49

malaise

Answer 49

physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

a slump-not feeling your best mentally or physically

Question 50

polemical

Answer 50

of or involving dispute or controversy

Question 51

gadfly

Answer 51

a persistently annoying person; irritating nuisance

Question 52

atavism

Answer 52

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

a return to a previous way of doing, saying, or seeing things. It can be casual, like wearing retro clothing and listening to vinyl records, or committed, like living in a straw hut without electricity.

Question 53

contusion

Answer 53

bad bruise; an injury that doesn’t break the skin but results in some discoloration

Question 54

parsimonious

Answer 54

cheap; excessively unwilling to spend

Question 55

dulcet

Answer 55

pleasing to the ear

Question 56

anodyne

Answer 56

painkiller; capable of relieving pain

Question 57

bemused

Answer 57

muddled or preoccupied; perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment