Vocab 1,381 - 1,400

Question 1

Misapprehension

Answer 1

– noun

1) misunderstanding.

Question 2

Reportage

Answer 2

– noun

1) an account of something based on direct observation or thorough research.

Question 3

Exemplar

Answer 3

– noun

1) a model to be copied or imitated: Washington is the exemplar of patriotic virtue.

Question 4

Agape

Answer 4

– adjective

1) wide open: his mouth agape.

Question 5

Smithereens

Answer 5

– plural noun

1) small pieces; bits: broken into smithereens.

Question 6

Renascent

Answer 6

– adjective

1) being reborn; springing again into being or vigor: a renascent interest in Henry James.

Question 7

Amaranthine

Answer 7

– adjective

1) unfading; everlasting: a woman of amaranthine beauty.

Question 8

Apostasy

Answer 8

– noun

1) a total desertion of or departure from one’s religion, principles, party, cause, etc.

Related forms,
– apostate, noun

Question 9

Voracious

Answer 9

– adjective

1) craving or exceedingly eager: a voracious appetite, voracious readers

Question 10

Chrysalis

Answer 10

– noun

1) anything in the process of developing

Question 11

Avid

Answer 11

– adjective

1) showing great enthusiasm for or interest: an avid

Question 12

Ire

Answer 12

– noun

1) intense anger; wrath.

Question 13

Plenitude

Answer 13

– noun

1) abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.

Question 14

Sundry

Answer 14

– adjective

1) various or diverse: sundry persons.

Question 15

Forbearance

Answer 15

– noun

1) the act of refraining from something.

Question 16

Rigor

Answer 16

– noun

1) strictness or harsh inflexibility

Question 17

Conscript

Answer 17

– verb

1) to draft for military or naval service.

Question 18

Addlepated

Answer 18

– adjective

1) being confused or mixed up

Question 19

Cachet

Answer 19

– noun

1) a distinguishing mark/feature or stamp: Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.

Question 20

Requisition

Answer 20

– noun

1) an authoritative/formal demand for something to be done: The general issued a requisition to the townspeople for eight trucks.