Semester 2 - Vocab 6

Question 0

Soporific

Answer 0

adjective
: causing a person to become tired and ready to fall asleep
Full Definition
1 a : causing or tending to cause sleep
b : tending to dull awareness or alertness
2 : of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy
Synonyms: drowsy, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somniferous, somnolent, hypnotic
Antonyms: stimulant

Question 1

Sordid

Answer 1

adjective
: very bad or dishonest
: very dirty
Full Definition
1 : marked by baseness or grossness : vile
2 a : dirty, filthy
b : wretched, squalid
3 : meanly avaricious : covetous
4 : of a dull or muddy color
Examples
he managed to rise above the sordid streets upon which he grew up
a sordid affair involving bribery and corruption in high places
Synonyms: bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, dirty, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly
Antonyms: clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied

Question 2

Spurn

Answer 2

: to refuse to accept (someone or something that you do not think deserves your respect, attention, affection, etc.)
Full Definition
intransitive verb
1 obsolete
a : stumble
b : kick 1a
2 archaic : to reject something disdainfullytransitive verb
1 : to tread sharply or heavily upon : trample
2 : to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
Synonyms: balk (at), deselect, disapprove, negative, nix, pass, pass up, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, decline, throw out, throw over, turn down
Antonyms: accept, agree (to), approve

noun
1 a : kick 1a
b obsolete : stumble
2 a : disdainful rejection
b : contemptuous treatment

Question 3

Stringent

Answer 3

adjective
: very strict or severe
Full Definition
1 : tight, constricted
2 : marked by rigor, strictness, or severity especially with regard to rule or standard
3 : marked by money scarcity and credit strictness <a>
Examples
stringent rules against unauthorized persons being in the building
Synonyms: brassbound, cast-iron, exacting, hard-line, inflexible, rigorous, strict, rigid, uncompromising
Antonyms: flexible, lax, loose, relaxed, slack</a>

Question 4

Stupendous

Answer 4

adjective
: so large or great that it amazes you
Full Definition
1 : causing astonishment or wonder : awesome, marvelous
2 : of amazing size or greatness : tremendous
synonyms see monstrous
Examples
the stupendous engineering feats achieved by the ancient Romans
Synonyms: amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening, fabulous, miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stunning, marvelous, sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous

Question 5

Sultry

Answer 5

adjective
: very hot and humid
: attractive in a way that suggests or causes feelings of sexual desire
Full Definition
1 a : very hot and humid : sweltering <a>
b : burning hot : torrid <a>
2 a : hot with passion or anger
b : exciting or capable of exciting strong sexual desire
Examples
on really sultry days we go to the mall to hang out and cool off
the incredibly dry, sultry desert air
Synonyms: damp, muggy, sticky, humid
Antonyms: dry</a></a>

Question 6

Supine

Answer 6

noun
1 : a Latin verbal noun having an accusative of purpose in -um and an ablative of specification in -u
2 : an English infinitive with to

adjective
: lying on your back with your face upward
: willing to be controlled by others : weak or passive
Full Definition
1 a : lying on the back or with the face upward
b : marked by supination
2 : exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity; especially : mentally or morally slack
3 archaic : leaning or sloping backward
synonyms see prone, inactive

Question 7

Tantamount

Answer 7

adjective
: equal tosomething in value, meaning, or effect
Full Definition
: equivalent in value, significance, or effect <a></a>

Question 8

Teeming

Answer 8

transitive verb archaic
: bring forth,: give birth to : produce
intransitive verb
1 obsolete : to become pregnant : conceive
2 a : to become filled to overflowing : abound
b : to be present in large quantity

transitive verb
: empty, pour

Question 9

Temerity

Answer 9

noun
: the quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment especially in a way that seems rude or foolish
Full Definition
1 : unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness, recklessness
2 : a rash or reckless act
Examples
she had the temerity to ask my boyfriend if she could go out with him should he and I ever break up
Synonyms: audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa), crust, face, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, effrontery

Question 10

Tenet

Answer 10

noun
: a belief or idea that is very important to a group
Full Definition
: a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true; especially : one held in common by members of an organization, movement, or profession

Question 11

Tenuous

Answer 11

adjective
\: not certain, definite, or strong : flimsy, weak, or uncertain
\: very thin
Full Definition
1 : not dense : rare <a>
2 : not thick : slender <a>
3 a : having little substance or strength : flimsy, weak 
b : shaky 2a 
synonyms see thin

Question 12

Transgress

Answer 12

: to do something that is not allowed : to disobey a command or law
Full Definition
intransitive verb
1 : to violate a command or law : sin
2 : to go beyond a boundary or limittransitive verb
1 : to go beyond limits set or prescribed by : violate
2 : to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary)
Examples
I didn’t realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight
don’t even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there’s nothing that our government can do to intervene
Synonyms: err, fall, sin, stray, offend, trespass, wander

Question 13

Truculent

Answer 13

adjective
: easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue
Full Definition
1 : feeling or displaying ferocity : cruel, savage
2 : deadly, destructive
3 : scathingly harsh : vitriolic
4 : aggressively self-assertive : belligerent
Examples
die-hard fans who became truculent and violent after their team’s loss
a theater critic who was notorious for his titanically truculent reviews
truculent warlords who spared not even the children
Synonyms: aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, belligerent, warlike
Antonyms: nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative, uncontentious

Question 14

Turgid

Answer 14

adjective
: very complicated and difficult to understand
: larger or fuller than normal because of swelling
Full Definition
1 : being in a state of distension : swollen, tumid ; especially : exhibiting turgor
2 : excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic, pompous
Examples
turgid leeches having had their fill of blood
Synonyms: blown, distended, overinflated, puffed, swollen, tumescent, tumid, bloated, varicose (also varicosed)

Question 15

Ubiquitous

Answer 15

adjective
: seeming to be seen everywhere
Full Definition
: existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread <a>
Examples
by that time cell phones had become ubiquitous, and people had long ceased to be impressed by the sight of one
was weary of the ubiquitous noise of the big city and longed for the quiet of the country
Synonyms: common or garden [chiefly British], commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, garden-variety, household, ordinary, quotidian, routine, common, usual
Antonyms: extraordinary, infrequent, rare, seldom, uncommon, unfamiliar, unusual</a>

Question 16

Untenable

Answer 16

adjective
\: not capable of being defended against attack or criticism : not tenable
Full Definition
1 : not able to be defended 
2 : not able to be occupied

Question 17

Utilitarian

Answer 17

noun
: an advocate or adherent of utilitarianism

adjective
: made to be useful rather than to be decorative or comfortable
philosophy : of or relating to utilitarianism
Full Definition
1 : of or relating to or advocating utilitarianism
2 : marked by utilitarian views or practices
3 a : of, relating to, or aiming at utility
b : exhibiting or preferring mere utility

Question 18

Vaunt

Answer 18

intransitive verb
: to make a vain display of one’s own worth or attainments : brag
transitive verb
: to call attention to pridefully and often boastfully <people who vaunt their ingenuity
Synonyms: blow, brag, bull [slang], crow, gasconade, swagger, vapor, boast

noun
1 : a vainglorious display of what one is or has or has done
2 : a bragging assertive statement

Question 19

Veneer

Answer 19

noun
: a thin layer of wood or other material that is attached to the surface of something in order to make it look better
: a way of behaving or appearing that gives other people a false idea of your true feelings or situation
Full Definition
1 : a thin sheet of a material: as
a : a layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to be glued to an inferior wood
b : any of the thin layers bonded together to form plywood
c : a plastic or porcelain coating bonded to the surface of a cosmetically imperfect tooth
2 : a protective or ornamental facing (as of brick or stone)
3 : a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, display, or effect : facade, gloss <a>
Synonyms: facade (also façade), gloss, window dressing
Antonyms: inside, interior</a>

transitive verb
: to cover (something) with a veneer
Full Definition
1 : to overlay or plate (as a common wood) with a thin layer of finer wood for outer finish or decoration; broadly : to face with a material giving a superior surface
2 : to cover over with a veneer; especially : to conceal (as a defect of character) under a superficial and deceptive attractiveness
Examples
The cabinet was veneered in oak.