Vocab 1-2

Question 1

Adulterate

Answer 1

V To make impure, to contaminate

Question 2

Adventitious

Answer 2

A Accidental, nonessential

Question 3

Aegis

Answer 3

N A shield; protection, sponsorship

Question 4

Aesthetic

Answer 4

A Pertaining to beauty

Question 5

Affectation

Answer 5

N A phony attitude; pose

Question 6

Affinity

Answer 6

N An attraction to

Question 7

Affluence

Answer 7

N Wealth; richness

Question 8

Agape

Answer 8

A Open-mouthed; surprised; agog

Question 9

Aggrandize

Answer 9

V To enlarge or to expand

Question 10

Altruism

Answer 10

N A concern for others; generosity

Question 11

Ambiguous

Answer 11

A Open to more than one interpretation

Question 12

Amoral

Answer 12

A Lacking a sense of right and wrong

Question 13

Amorphous

Answer 13

A Shapeless, formless, vague

Question 14

Animosity

Answer 14

N Hatred

Question 15

Antipathy

Answer 15

N An intense dislike

Question 16

Antithesis

Answer 16

N An exact opposite; an opposite extreme

Question 17

Badinage

Answer 17

N Playful, teasing talk

Question 18

Banal

Answer 18

A Common, ordinary

Question 19

Baroque

Answer 19

A Overly decorated

Question 20

Bauble

Answer 20

N A showy but useless thing

Question 21

Bedlam

Answer 21

N A noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion

Question 22

Beguile

Answer 22

V To deceive; to charm; to enchant

Question 23

Besiege

Answer 23

V To overwhelm; to surround and attack

Question 24

Besmirch

Answer 24

V To make dirty; to stain

Question 25

Bestial

Answer 25

A Savage, brutal

Question 26

Adroit

Answer 26

A Skillful,clever

Question 27

Bilious

Answer 27

A Bad tempered,cross

Question 28

Blanch

Answer 28

V To whiten, to make pale.

Question 29

Bland

Answer 29

A Mild, tasteless, dull