Vocab 1,101 - 1,120

Question 1

Perplexed

Answer 1

– adjective

1) bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind.

Question 2

Grievance

Answer 2

– noun

1) a wrong considered as grounds for complaint: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.

Question 3

Persona non grata

Answer 3

– noun, plural personae non gratae

1) a person who is not welcome: He has become persona non grata in our club since his angry outburst.

Question 4

Carte blanch

Answer 4

– noun, plural cartes blanches

1) unconditional authority; full discretionary power: The government appears to have given the military carte blanche in Afghanistan.

Question 5

Fratricide

Answer 5

– noun

1) a person who kills his or her brother.

Question 6

Retrench

Answer 6

– verb

1) to economize; reduce expenses: They retrenched by eliminating half of the workers.

Question 7

Ominous

Answer 7

– adjective

1) portending evil or harm: an ominous bank of dark clouds.

Question 8

Fidelity

Answer 8

– noun

1) Loyalty: a servant’s fidelity.

Question 9

Periphery

Answer 9

– noun

1) the external boundary of any surface or area.

Question 10

Galvanize

Answer 10

– verb

1) to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.

Question 11

Amity

Answer 11

– noun

1) friendship; peaceful harmony.

Question 12

Spector

Answer 12

– noun

1) Ghost or apparition.

Question 13

Apparition

Answer 13

– noun

1) Ghost or spector.

Question 14

Ambidextrous

Answer 14

– adjective

1) able to use both hands equally well: an ambidextrous surgeon.

Question 15

Sedentary

Answer 15

– adjective

1) characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.

Question 16

Force magnifier

Answer 16

– noun

1) Something or some action that have increased the force available to a hypothetical person or group.

Question 17

Ascribe

Answer 17

– verb

1) to attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.

Question 18

Clarion call

Answer 18

– noun

1) an urgent call to action; inspiration to act.

Question 19

Inane

Answer 19

– adjective

1) lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions.

Question 20

Kismet

Answer 20

– noun

1) fate or destiny.