Voca 22-24

Question 0

Inchoate

Answer 0

Adj. in an early stage; just begun.

Question 1

Akin

Answer 1

Adj. 1. Having similar qualities or character.

2. Related by blood.

Question 2

Indelible

Answer 2

Adj. impossible to erase, remove, or wash out; permanent.

Question 3

Plumb

Answer 3

V. To examine closely in order to discover the contents or facts of.

Question 4

Pristine

Answer 4

Adj. 1. Unspoiled; pure; uncorrupted.

2. Original; primitive

Question 5

Steadfast

Answer 5

Adj. 1. Firm; steady.

2. Faithful; unwavering.

Question 6

Transfigure

Answer 6

V. To change the outward appearance of.

Question 7

Unwary

Answer 7

Adj. Not cautious, careful, or watchful.

Question 8

Variable

Answer 8

Adj. Likely to change; changeable.

Question 9

Vie

Answer 9

V. To compete for superiority.

Question 10

Avarice

Answer 10

N. Greek for money or possessions

Question 11

Gluttonous

Answer 11

Adj. Given to eating much or greedily.

Question 12

Intemperate

Answer 12

Adj. Without restraint or self-control; excessive

Question 13

Inundate

Answer 13

V. 1. To cover with water, as in a flood.

2. To overwhelm.

Question 14

Obsess

Answer 14

V. To occupy or trouble the mind excessively.

Question 15

Parsimony

Answer 15

N. A tendency to be excessively careful in spending money; stinginess.

Question 16

Prodigal

Answer 16

Adj. Foolishly or wastefully extravagant.

Question 17

Profligate

Answer 17

Adj. 1. Recklessly wasteful.

2. Utterly immoral.

Question 18

Rapacity

Answer 18

N. 1. Willingness to take by force or plunder.

2. The quality of being greedy

Question 19

Replete

Answer 19

Adj. 1. Abundantly supplied

2. Filled with food.

Question 20

Amortize

Answer 20

V. To pay by making payments at periodic intervals.

Question 21

Immortalize

Answer 21

To make remembered, everlasting, or famous for the future.

Question 22

Morbid

Answer 22

Adj. 1. Overly preoccupied with death, disease, or decay.

   2. Sickly 
   3. Gruesome; grisly.

Question 23

Mordant

Answer 23

Adj. 1. Biting or sarcastic

2. Bitingly painful.

Question 24

Moribund

Answer 24

Adj. Near death; dying.

Question 25

Mortgage

Answer 25

N. 1. The pledge of property to a creditor as security for a debt.
2. The deed that give the terms of such a pledge

Question 26

Mortify

Answer 26

V. To shame, humiliate, or embarrass

Question 27

Mortuary

Answer 27

N. A place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

Question 28

Postmortem

Answer 28

Adj. Happening or done after death.

N. A medical examination of a dead body.

Question 29

Remorse

Answer 29

N. A deep, painful feeling of regret, guilt, or sorrow for wrongdoing.