Set 1 vocab (wk 1.1-1.3)

Question 1

deleterious

Answer 1

(adj) - harmful in a subtle/unexpected way

Question 2

sanctimonious

Answer 2

(adj) - hypocritically devout

Question 3

indigenous (2 meanings)

Answer 3

(adj)
1. produced/living/grown naturally in region
2. earliest known inhabitants that was colonized

Question 4

parsimonious

Answer 4

(adj) stingy

Question 5

exacerbate

Answer 5

(verb) to make more violent/bitter/severe

Question 6

imperative

Answer 6

(noun) a command/order/duty

Question 7

abscond

Answer 7

(verb) to depart secretly and hide oneself

Question 8

achromatic

Answer 8

(adj) black, gray, white

Question 9

acquiesce

Answer 9

(verb) to accept/comply/submit tacitly/quietly

Question 10

inchoate

Answer 10

(adj) being only partly in existence/operation; imperfectly formed or formulated

Question 11

ineffable

Answer 11

(adj) incapable of being expressed in words, not to be uttered (describes situation)

Question 12

ingenuous

Answer 12

(adj) showing innocent/childlike simplicity

Question 13

aphorism

Answer 13

(noun) a concise statement of a principle; a tense formulation of a truth or sentiment

Question 14

anathema

Answer 14

(noun) someone who is intensely disliked or loathed (usually used as a predicative nominative)

Question 15

anachronism

Answer 15

(noun) error in chronology, something chronologically out of place

Question 16

prosaic

Answer 16

(adj) a characteristic of a prose as distinguished from poetry; everyday or ordinary

Question 17

pernicious

Answer 17

(adj) highly injurious/destructive/deadly

Question 18

perambulate

Answer 18

(v) to travel over or through, especially on foot WITH PURPOSE