Thompson: 540 Vocabulary Words

Question 1

apochryphal

Answer 1

mythical/doubtful authenticity

Question 2

aphorism

Answer 2

short, pithy maxim or principle

Question 3

paradigm

Answer 3

example or pattern

Question 4

oxymoron

Answer 4

apparently contradictory terms appearing in conjunction

Question 5

incandescent

Answer 5

shining brightly, glowing with light

Question 6

vicarious

Answer 6

experienced in the mind thru the actions/experiences of others

Question 7

nomenclature

Answer 7

individual and arbitrary system for naming things

Question 8

sophistry

Answer 8

use of false argument intending to deceive

Question 9

visceral

Answer 9

relating to feeling rather than conscious reasoning

Question 10

malevolent

Answer 10

wishing evil to others

Question 11

extemporaneous

Answer 11

spoken or done without preparation

Question 12

exogamy

Answer 12

marriage outside ones own ethnic group

Question 13

ancillary

Answer 13

supportive

Question 14

grandiloquent

Answer 14

pompous or inflated in language

Question 15

magniloquent

Answer 15

boastful

Question 16

impedimenta

Answer 16

encumbrances or that which holds one back

Question 17

incumbent

Answer 17

resting as in a duty

Question 18

technocracy

Answer 18

government by the expert

Question 19

oligarchy

Answer 19

goevernment by a small group of people

Question 20

verisimilitude

Answer 20

the semblance of truth or reality