Vocab 1,041 - 1060

Question 1

Intone

Answer 1

– verb

1) to utter in a singing voice.

Question 2

Picaresque

Answer 2

– adjective

1) relating to a style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero: a rowdy, picaresque “guys being guys” movie.

Question 3

Functionary

Answer 3

– noun

1) an official who functions in a specified capacity: civil servants, bureaucrats, and other functionaries.

Question 4

Spuriosity

Answer 4

– Noun

1) Something false, fake or illegitimate.

Question 5

Tantamount

Answer 5

– adjective

1) equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.

Question 6

Convivial

Answer 6

– adjective

1) friendly and agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.

Question 7

Sordid

Answer 7

– adjective

1) morally ignoble, vile or squalid: sordid housing.

Question 8

Aegis (ee-jis)

Answer 8

– noun

1) protection, support or sponsorship: under the imperial aegis.

Question 9

Circuitous (sir-kyoo-i-tus)

Answer 9

– adjective

1) roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route or argument.

Question 10

Decisional

Answer 10

– Adjective

1) Of or pertaining to decisions.

Question 11

Absquatulate

Answer 11

– verb

1) to flee or abscond: The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.

Question 12

Ebullient

Answer 12

– adjective

1) high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.

Question 13

Juridical

Answer 13

– adjective

1) relating to law and the administration of justice.

Question 14

Secretariat

Answer 14

– noun

1) the officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties, especially for an international organization: the secretariat of the United Nations.

Question 15

Ad valorem

Answer 15

– adjective / adverb

1) in proportion to the value: Ad valorem tax.

Question 16

Lexicon

Answer 16

– noun, plural lexica

1) the vocabulary of a particular language/field/person/etc.

Question 17

Mitigate

Answer 17

– verb

1) to make less severe: to mitigate a punishment.

Question 18

Par for the course

Answer 18

– adjective

1) what is normal or expected in any given circumstances: given the high standards of the food, the prices seem par for the course.

Question 19

Portent

Answer 19

– noun

1) a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen: they believed that wild birds in the house were portents of death.

Question 20

Plangent

Answer 20

– adjective

1) resounding loudly or reverberating as a bell.