Units 6-10

Question 1

appellation

Answer 1

n, name

Question 2

apposite

Answer 2

adj, strikingly appropriate and relevant

Question 3

apprise

Answer 3

v, to inform

Question 4

approbation

Answer 4

n, praise; approval

Question 5

appropriate

Answer 5

v, to take possession from one’s own use; confiscate

Question 6

apropos

Answer 6

adj, relevant

Question 7

arbesque

Answer 7

n, ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the body

Question 8

archeology

Answer 8

n, the study of material evidence of past human life

Question 9

ardor

Answer 9

n, great emotion or passion

Question 10

arduous

Answer 10

adj, extremely difficult; laborious

Question 11

argot

Answer 11

n, a specialized vocabulary used by a group

Question 12

arrest

Answer 12

v, to stop; to seize

Question 13

artifact

Answer 13

n, item made by human craft

Question 14

artless

Answer 14

adj, guileless; natural

Question 15

ascetic, asceticism

Answer 15

n, one who practices self-denial adj, self-denying or austere n

Question 16

asperity

Answer 16

n, severity; harshness; irritability

Question 17

aspersion

Answer 17

n, slander; false rumor

Question 18

assiduous

Answer 18

adj, diligent; hard-working

Question 19

assuage

Answer 19

v, to make less severe

Question 20

astringent

Answer 20

adj, harsh; severe

Question 21

asylum

Answer 21

n, place of refuge or shelter

Question 22

atavism

Answer 22

n, in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generation of absence; return of a trait after a period of absence

Question 23

attenuate

Answer 23

v, to weaken

Question 24

audacious

Answer 24

adj, bold; daring

Question 25

austere

Answer 25

adj, stern; unadorned

Question 26

autonomous

Answer 26

adj, self-governing; independent

Question 27

avarice

Answer 27

n, greed

Question 28

aver

Answer 28

v, to affirm; declare to be true

Question 29

avocation

Answer 29

n, secondary occupation

Question 30

avuncular

Answer 30

adj, like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant

Question 31

axiomatic

Answer 31

adj, taken for granted

Question 32

bacchanalian

Answer 32

adj, pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry

Question 33

banal

Answer 33

adj, commonplace; trite

Question 34

banter

Answer 34

n, playful converstaion

Question 35

bard

Answer 35

n, poet

Question 36

bawdy

Answer 36

adj, obscene

Question 37

beatify, beatification

Answer 37

v, to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to n

Question 38

bedizen

Answer 38

v, to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

Question 39

behemoth

Answer 39

n, huge creature; anything very large and powerful

Question 40

belie

Answer 40

v, to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

Question 41

beneficent

Answer 41

adj, kindly; doing good

Question 42

bifurcate, bifurcation

Answer 42

v, to divide into two parts n

Question 43

blandishment, blandish

Answer 43

n, flattery v, to coax with flatter

Question 44

blase

Answer 44

adj, bored because of the frequent indulgence; unconcerned

Question 45

bolster

Answer 45

v, to give a boost to; prop up; support

Question 46

bombastic

Answer 46

adj, pompous; using inflated language

Question 47

boorish

Answer 47

adj, rude; insensitive

Question 48

bovine

Answer 48

adj, cowlike

Question 49

brazen

Answer 49

adj, bold; shameless

Question 50

broach

Answer 50

v, to mention for the first time