Vocab 1-20

Question 1

Allocation

Answer 1

Distribution
Allotment, appropriation

Question 2

Ascetic

Answer 2

Self discipline from indulging
Austere, disciplined

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

Deceive in cunning way
Deceive, entice, mislead, seduce

Question 4

Crass

Answer 4

Coarse, insensitive
Boorish, churlish, rude, stupid, vulgar

Question 5

Defray

Answer 5

Pay for
Finance, fund, settle

Question 6

Dint

Answer 6

Force or power
Drive, effort, strength

Question 7

Enjoin

Answer 7

Direct or order
Admonish, advise, adjure

Question 8

Envoy

Answer 8

Representative
Delegate, diplomat, emissary, minister

Question 9

Interloper

Answer 9

Intruder
Trespasser

Question 10

Vicarious

Answer 10

Experience through someone else
By proxy, indirect, secondhand

Question 11

Admonish

Answer 11

Express disapproval
Advise, berate, reprimand, rebuke

Question 12

Akimbo

Answer 12

Hands on hips and elbows turned out
Angular, jagged

Question 13

Lassitude

Answer 13

Lack of energy
Lethargy

Question 14

Licentious

Answer 14

Immoral
Dissolute, dissipated, debauched

Question 15

Muse

Answer 15

Become absorbed in thought
Contemplate, assent, elaborate, repose

Question 16

Pecuniary

Answer 16

Consisting of money
Financial, monetary, fiscal

Question 17

Plight

Answer 17

Dangerous or difficult situation
Predicament, trouble, difficulty

Question 18

Presumptuous

Answer 18

Failing to observe limits of what’s appropriate
Brazen, overconfident, arrogant

Question 19

Subversive

Answer 19

Intend to overthrow existing system
Disruptive, destabilize, unsettle

Question 20

Vacuous

Answer 20

Lack of thought
Blank, vacant, expressionless