Vocab 1,301 - 1,320

Question 1

Leviathan

Answer 1

– noun

1) Any huge marine animal, as the whale.

Question 2

Derelict

Answer 2

– adjective

1) abandoned: a derelict ship.

– noun

2) a vagrant / bum.

Question 3

Voluptuary

Answer 3

– noun

1) a person devoted to the pursuit / enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.

– adjective

2) characterized by preoccupation with luxury and sensual pleasure: voluptuary tastes.

Question 4

Circumferential

Answer 4

– adjective

1) circuitous or indirect: a circumferential manner of speech.

Question 5

Predicate

Answer 5

– verb

1) to base: He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.

Question 6

Babelize

Answer 6

– verb

1) to make a confusion of or confound.

Question 7

Vitiate

Answer 7

– verb

1) to invalidate or weaken the effectiveness of: to vitiate a claim.

Question 8

Coruscate

Answer 8

– verb

1) to emit vivid flashes of light, gleam or sparkle.

Question 9

Sedate

Answer 9

– adjective

1) calm, quiet or composed: a sedate party.

Question 10

Vomitous

Answer 10

– adjective

1) repugnant / disgusting / nauseating: vomitous business methods.

Question 11

Unputdownable

Answer 11

– adjective

1) so interesting / suspenseful as to compel reading.

Question 12

Offing

Answer 12

– noun

1) the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore.

Question 13

Cineaste

Answer 13

– noun

1) any person professionally associated with filmmaking.

Question 14

Inveigle

Answer 14

– verb

1) to entice / lure / obtain by flattery, artful or beguiling talk or inducements: to inveigle a person into playing bridge. to inveigle a theater pass from a person.

Question 15

Bellwether

Answer 15

– noun

1) a person or thing that assumes the leadership or forefront, as of a profession or industry: Paris is a bellwether of the fashion industry.

Question 16

Hebetude

Answer 16

– noun

1) the state of being dull or lethargy.

Question 17

Reify

Answer 17

– verb

1) to convert into or regard as a concrete thing: to reify a concept.

Question 18

Lacustrine

Answer 18

– adjective

1) of / relating to a lake.

Question 19

Ludic

Answer 19

– adjective

1) playful in an aimless way: the ludic behavior of kittens.

Question 20

Aeonian

Answer 20

– adjective

1) eternal / everlasting.