TKAM vocabulary (part 1)

Question 1

Apothecary

Answer 1

a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.

Question 2

Repertoire

Answer 2

a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.

Question 3

Vexations

Answer 3

the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried; something that causes annoyance, frustration, or worry.

Question 4

Dictum

Answer 4

a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.

Question 5

Predilection

Answer 5

a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.

Question 6

Entailment

Answer 6

involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.

Question 7

Stricture

Answer 7

a restriction on a person or activity.

Question 8

Concession

Answer 8

a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded.

Question 9

Chattel

Answer 9

a personal possession.

Question 10

Foray

Answer 10

a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.

Question 11

Condescend

Answer 11

To show that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people; to do something that you usually do not do because you believe you are too important to do it.

Question 12

Hook worm

Answer 12

A parasitic worm that inhabits the intestines of humans and other animals. It has hooklike mouth parts that attach the worm to the wall of the gut, puncturing the blood vessels and feeding on the blood.

Question 13

Indigenous

Answer 13

Produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment.

Question 14

Immune

Answer 14

not being capable of being affected by a disease; not influenced or affected by something.

Question 15

Illicit

Answer 15

Not allowed by law; unlawful or illegal; involving activities that are not considered morally acceptable.

Question 16

Covey

Answer 16

A small flock of birds; a small group of people or things.

Question 17

Scrip stamps

Answer 17

Paper money of small denominations issued by government agencies for temporary emergency use; particularly common during the great depression.

Question 18

Sojourn

Answer 18

A period of time where you stay in a place as a traveler or guest.

Question 19

The crash

Answer 19

The sharp decline in U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression.

Question 20

WPA

Answer 20

Word Projects Administration: the former federal agency (1935-1943) charged with instituting and administering public works in order to relieve national unemployment.

Question 21

Assuaged

Answer 21

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Question 22

Piety

Answer 22

the quality of being religious or reverent.

Question 23

Taciturn

Answer 23

(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Question 24

Quaint

Answer 24

attractively unusual or old-fashioned.

Question 25

Malevolent

Answer 25

having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

Question 26

Domiciled

Answer 26

the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with.

Question 27

Profane

Answer 27

relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical.

Question 28

Terrain

Answer 28

a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features.

Question 29

Diminutive

Answer 29

extremely or unusually small.

Question 30

Fractious

Answer 30

(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.

Question 31

Disapprobation

Answer 31

strong disapproval, typically on moral grounds.

Question 32

Auspicious

Answer 32

conducive to success; favorable.

Question 33

Palette

Answer 33

a thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colors.

Question 34

Benevolence

Answer 34

well meaning and kindly.

Question 35

Honed

Answer 35

sharpen (a blade); refine or perfect (something) over a period of time.

Question 36

caricature

Answer 36

a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.

Question 37

Inordinately

Answer 37

unusually or disproportionately large.

Question 38

Ingenuous

Answer 38

(of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.

Question 39

Innate

Answer 39

inborn; natural.

Question 40

Guilelessness

Answer 40

devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.

Question 41

Fanatical

Answer 41

filled with excessive and single-minded zeal.

Question 42

Tentatively

Answer 42

not certain or fixed; provisional.

Question 43

Rudiments

Answer 43

(the rudiments of) the first principles of a subject.

Question 44

Articulate

Answer 44

(of a person or a person’s words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

Question 45

Melancholy

Answer 45

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Question 46

Palliation

Answer 46

make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.

Question 47

Rectitude

Answer 47

morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.

Question 48

Tranquil

Answer 48

free from disturbance; calm.

Question 49

Protruded

Answer 49

extend beyond or above a surface.

Question 50

Propensities

Answer 50

an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

Question 51

Frivolous

Answer 51

not having any serious purpose or value.

Question 52

Propelled

Answer 52

drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction, typically forward.