TKAM vocab

Question 0

myopic

Answer 0

unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted; nearsighted (short term)

Question 1

aussage

Answer 1

to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate (applies to abstracts like emotions)

Question 2

resilient

Answer 2

springing back; rebounding

Question 3

encumber

Answer 3

to burden or weigh down

Question 4

succinct

Answer 4

expressed in few words; concise; terse

Question 5

elucidate

Answer 5

to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain; clarify

Question 6

garish

Answer 6

crudely or tastelessly colourful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration

Question 7

contentious

Answer 7

tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome

Question 8

mollify

Answer 8

to soften in feeling or temper as a person; pacify; appease (people or things)

Question 9

interdict

Answer 9

to forbid or prohibit

Question 10

exodus

Answer 10

a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people

Question 11

rectitude

Answer 11

rightness of principle or conduct; moral value

Question 12

taut

Answer 12

tightly drawn; tense; not slack

Question 13

tentative

Answer 13

unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant (a tentative deadline, smile on his face, etc)

Question 14

eccentricity

Answer 14

an oddity of peculiarity, as of conduct

Question 15

uncouth

Answer 15

awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly

lacking in good manners, refinement, or grace

Question 16

elusive

Answer 16

hard to express or define

difficult to catch or find

difficult to remember

Question 17

façade

Answer 17

the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one

a superficial appearance or illusion of something

Question 18

concede

Answer 18

to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit

Question 19

tedious

Answer 19

marked by tedium; long and tiresome; causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous

Question 20

sullen

Answer 20

showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve