Round 7 - Vocab.com top 1000

Question 1

diadem

Answer 1

an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

Question 2

fallow

Answer 2

undeveloped but potentially useful

ex: a fallow mind

Question 3

hubbub

Answer 3

loud confused noise from many sources

Question 4

harrowing

Answer 4

extremely painful

Question 5

askance

Answer 5

with suspicion/mistrust or disapproval

with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely

Question 6

lancet

Answer 6

a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incissions

Question 7

rankle

Answer 7

gnaw into; make resentful or angry

cranky-sounding verb that means to eat away at or aggravate to the point of causing anger

Question 8

ramify

Answer 8

become complicating; have or develop complicating consequences

to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions

Question 9

hallux

Answer 9

big toe on people or animals

Question 10

gainsay

Answer 10

take exception to; contradict/oppose/dispute or speak out against; challenge authority

students may gainsay teachers

Question 11

polity

Answer 11

a particular form or system of government:
“civil polity; ecclesiastical polity”

the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body

government or administrative regulation:
“The colonists demanded independence in matters of internal polity.”

Question 12

indemnify

Answer 12

make amends for; pay compensation for

Question 13

declivity

Answer 13

a downward slope or bend (as opposed to acclivity)

Question 14

importunate

Answer 14

expressing earnest entreaty; urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly

pertinacious, as solicitations or demands.

troublesome; annoying
“children’s importunate demands”

Question 15

pertinacious

Answer 15

holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.

stubborn or obstinate.

extremely or objectionably persistent:
“a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape.”

Question 16

passe

Answer 16

out of fashion

Question 17

repine

Answer 17

express discontent; to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

Question 18

larder

Answer 18

a small storeroom for storing foods or wines; pantry

a supply of food

Question 19

untoward

Answer 19

not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

Question 20

stanch

Answer 20

stop the flow of a liquid or blood

Question 21

revelry

Answer 21

unrestrained merrymaking

Question 22

extenuate

Answer 22

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; mollify

Question 23

polemic

Answer 23

a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

a controversial person

Question 24

virtuoso

Answer 24

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

a person who excels in musical technique or execution.

a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of art, antiques

Question 25

glower

Answer 25

look angry or sullen, wrinkle one’s forehead, as if to signal disapproval

Question 26

fatuous

Answer 26

devoid of intelligence; foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.

unreal; illusory

Question 27

incorrigible

Answer 27

impervious to correction by punishment; beyond correcting or improving

Question 28

postulate

Answer 28

maintain or assert

Question 29

vociferous

Answer 29

conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Question 30

purvey

Answer 30

supply with provisions; to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service

Question 31

gibe

Answer 31

laugh at with contempt and derision; insulting comment/ to insult

Question 32

dyspeptic

Answer 32

irritable as if suffering from indigestion or depression

Question 33

luminary

Answer 33

a celebrity who is an inspiration to others

Question 34

amenable

Answer 34

disposed or willing to comply

Question 35

dais

Answer 35

a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it (for a lectern, throne)

Question 36

enervate

Answer 36

weaken mentally or morally

to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken

Question 37

wheedle

Answer 37

flatter or sweet talk in hopes of getting what you want “try to wheedle a cop”

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Question 38

bouillon

Answer 38

a clear seasoned broth; simmer veggies and meat in water

Question 39

omniscient

Answer 39

infinitely wise: to know everything

Question 40

apostate

Answer 40

not faithful to religion or party or cause

someone who has deserted his cause

Question 41

carrion

Answer 41

the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

Question 42

emolument

Answer 42

compensation/money received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)

profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services:
“Tips are an emolument in addition to wages”

Question 43

impiety

Answer 43

unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god or for the sacred

Question 44

decadence

Answer 44

the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

luxury, indulgence with a sense of moral decline

Question 45

avocation

Answer 45

hobby; an auxiliary activity

Question 46

syllogism

Answer 46

deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

Question 47

collation

Answer 47

assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence; collection and ordering of materials

Question 48

waylay

Answer 48

wait in hiding to attack or prevent via violence or other tactic

Question 49

savant

Answer 49

super-insanely smart; someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

Question 50

unction

Answer 50

excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm