Vobab day 2

Question 1

Acquit

Answer 1

to find not guilty; to behave oneself

Question 2

Adduce

Answer 2

to bring forward as example; to cite

Question 3

advent

Answer 3

arrival; coming

Question 4

absolve

Answer 4

to forgive or to free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

Question 5

advocate

Answer 5

person who argues in favor of a position

Question 6

bane

Answer 6

poison; torment; cause of harm

Question 7

bastion

Answer 7

stronghold; fortress; fortified place

Question 8

belittle

Answer 8

to make to seem little; to put someone down

Question 9

belabor

Answer 9

to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

Question 10

beleaguer

Answer 10

to surround; to besiege; to harass

Question 11

chaste

Answer 11

pure and unadorned; abstaining from sex

Question 12

clandestine

Answer 12

concealed or secret, usually for an evil or subversive purpose

Question 13

cavil

Answer 13

to quibble, to raise trivial objections; unnecessary objections

Question 14

covert

Answer 14

secret; hidden

Question 15

contiguous

Answer 15

side by side; adjourning

Question 16

dogmatic

Answer 16

arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas

Question 17

duplicity

Answer 17

the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception

Question 18

dubious

Answer 18

full of doubt; uncertain

Question 19

defame

Answer 19

to libel or slander; to ruin the good name of

Question 20

droll

Answer 20

humorous; amusing in and odd often understated way

Question 21

duress

Answer 21

coercion; compulsion by force

Question 22

effusion

Answer 22

a pouring forth

Question 23

egalitarian

Answer 23

believing in the social and economic equality of all people

Question 24

egocentric

Answer 24

selfish; believing that one is the center of everything

Question 25

facile

Answer 25

fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy

Question 26

facetious

Answer 26

humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous

Question 27

glut

Answer 27

surplus; overabundance

Question 28

hapless

Answer 28

unlucky

Question 29

impartial

Answer 29

fair; not favoring one side or the other; unbiased

Question 30

impeccable

Answer 30

flawless; entirely without sin

Question 31

imperial

Answer 31

like an emperor or an empire

Question 32

impervious

Answer 32

not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable

Question 33

karma

Answer 33

good or bad emanations from someone or something

Question 34

lament

Answer 34

to mourn

Question 35

malaise

Answer 35

a feeling of depression, uneasiness, or queasiness

Question 36

malinger

Answer 36

to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work

Question 37

obtrusive

Answer 37

interfering; meddlesome; having a tendency to butt in

Question 38

portent

Answer 38

a sign of something coming in the future

Question 39

paradigm

Answer 39

a model or an example

Question 40

paradox

Answer 40

a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself

Question 41

pervade

Answer 41

to spread throughout

Question 42

reciprocal

Answer 42

mutual, shared; interchangeable

Question 43

recrimination

Answer 43

a bitter counteraccusation, or the act of making a bitter counteraccusation

Question 44

redolent

Answer 44

fragrant; smelling

Question 45

sagacious

Answer 45

discerning; shrewd; keen in judgment; wise

Question 46

squalor

Answer 46

filth; wretched, degraded, or repulsive living conditions

Question 47

staunch

Answer 47

firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast

Question 48

temperate

Answer 48

mild; moderate; restrained

Question 49

trepidation

Answer 49

fear; apprehension; nervous trembling

Question 50

vehement

Answer 50

intense; forceful; violent