Vocab 1-40

Question 1

Affable

Answer 1

Adjective
* friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
“ he was affable and easy to approach”

Question 2

Indignant

Answer 2

Adjective
*to be upset or perceived about something you think is not right/ something you are angry about
-feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
“At first she was very indignant, and said the little creatures were very wrong;
But she seems pleased when I explained to her that birds and beeds. We’re hungry and did not know that it was selfish to eat all the fruit”

Question 3

Prowess

Answer 3

Noun
*great ability or skill
-skill or expertise in a particular activity or field
“Her athletic prowess, caused her to be ok a bunch of teams”

Question 4

Reproach

Answer 4

Noun
*an expression of disapproval/ disappointment OR to lightly scold
-address someone in such a way as to express disappointment or disapproval
“She looked at him with reproach”
“His conduct brought shame and reproach to his family”

Question 5

Tremulous

Answer 5

Adjective
* showing a lack of courageous confidence/ timid or nervous
Literally- shaking or quivering slightly
“She opened the letter with tremulous hands or she spoke with a tremulous voice”

Question 6

Malleable

Answer 6

Adjective
*changeable
-easily influenced/pliable
-of metal-chemistry hammered it bend out of shape
“The cult leader took advantage of the Malleable, complaint personalities of his followers”

Question 7

Commiserate

Answer 7

Verb
*express or feel sympathy or pity, sympathize
-feel, show or express pity for someone
“The players commiserated over their loss in the champion game”

Question 8

Lament

Answer 8

Verb
*openly expressing grieve or openly mourn a person’s death/loss
-noun- a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
“She lamented over the loss of her best friend”

Question 9

Haughty

Answer 9

Adjective
*snobbish or arrogant OR disdainfully proud
-arrogantly superior and disdainful
“The haughty waiter smirked when I remarked that is was odd that a French restaurant didn’t even have french fries on the menu”

Question 10

Dearth

Answer 10

Noun
*a scarcity or lack of something
“There was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite”

Question 11

Imprudent

Answer 11

Adjective
* lacking discretion, wisdom, or sound judgement
Not smart
-not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash
“It’s politically imprudent to stir up such controversy during an election year”

Question 12

Estranged

Answer 12

Adjective
*no longer associated with someone
-a person no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated
“She estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head”

Question 13

Assail

Answer 13

Verb
*To attack or criticize someone or something in a violent angry way ( usually with words)
“The movie was assailed by critics”

Question 14

Derision

Answer 14

Noun
*Scorn, ridicule, or contemptuous treatment
-the feeling that people express when they criticize and laugh at someone for something in an insulting way
“One of the students laughed in derision at my error”
“The teams awful record has made it an object of derision in the league”

Question 15

Perfunctory

Answer 15

Adjective
*something done without energy or due to force of habit
-an action or gesture carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
“The violinist delivered a perfunctory performance that displayed none of the passion and warmth he was once known for”

Question 16

Loquacious

Answer 16

Adjective
*talk a lot
-tending to talk a great deal; talkative
“The loquacious host of a radio talk show”

Question 17

Ascertain

Answer 17

verb
* to deduce; to figure out
-to learn or find out something out for certain, make sure of
“The information can be ascertained by anyone with a computer”

Question 18

Opaque

Answer 18

Adjective
* difficult to understanding explain/ figure out
-literally-not able to be seen through
“Somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics”

Question 19

Shackled

Answer 19

Verb
*to restrain or limit
-literally shackled
“The shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons”

Question 20

Melancholy

Answer 20

Noun
*great sadness or depression/ a sad mood or feeling
-a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
“The bleakness of winter sometimes gives me cause for melancholy”

Question 21

Ephemeral

Answer 21

Adjective
* lasting a very short time/ short lived
“The autumn colors is always to be treasured, all the more so because it is so ephemeral”

Question 22

Punctilio

Answer 22

Noun
*detail/ a fine point of something/ a minute detail
- a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure
“Why will you let pride and punctilio wreck your own life?”

Question 23

Perilous

Answer 23

Adjective
*full of danger or risk/ dangerous
-exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin
“A perilous journey through hostile territory”

Question 24

Excursion

Answer 24

Noun
* a short journey or trip
-especially one engaged in as a leisure activity
“They went on a brief excursion to the coast”

Question 25

Maxim

Answer 25

Noun
*a short statement expressing a general truth
- a short pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct
-a well known phrase that expresses a general truth about life or a rule about behavior
“So, too, in his great maxim “bear and forbear,” the last is a command to refrain from the external advantages”

Question 26

Retrench

Answer 26

Verb
*to cut down or reduce
-reduce or finish something in extent or quantity
-to change the way things are some in order to spend less money
“When the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench”

Question 27

Reticence

Answer 27

Noun
*restraint/ reluctance to speak
Silence
-the state of being reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint
“ the publishers reticence to make content available online for free”

Question 28

Bespoke

Answer 28

Adjective
*custom made
-made to fit a particular person
“A wealthy man can easily afford bespoke suits”

Question 29

Laden

Answer 29

Adjective
* heavily loaded or weighed down
(Could be a verb)
“Laden a ship with emergency medical supplies”

Question 30

Languor

Answer 30

Noun
* lack of energy/ weakness/ weariness
-tired and relaxed
-the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia OR an oppressive stillness of the air
“They enjoyed the languor brought on by a hot summer afternoon”

Question 31

Corollary

Answer 31

Noun
*something that follows or is the result of something
- something that follows in a natural order
Effect
“One corollary of the rise of television was a massive makeover of radios programming”

Question 32

Expose

Answer 32

Verb
*to reveal
-make something visible, typically by uncovering it
“The shingles has fallen off, exposing the wood underneath”

Question 33

Exposé

Answer 33

Noun
*something written that reveals something about somebody else
- a public reveal or exposure
“Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés”

Question 34

Guillotine

Answer 34

Noun
*a machine for beheading people
“The queen demanded that the peasant be sent to the guillotine”

Question 35

Coefficient

Answer 35

Noun
*something/ a factor derived from a variable
-a numerical or constant(number in like 2x)
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Question 36

Impunity

Answer 36

Noun
*exemption or freedom** from punishment
-freedom from punishment harm or loss
“He has impunity from the law anyway”

Question 37

Denounce

Answer 37

Verb 
*criticize publicly 
-publicly declare to be wrong or evil 
-say say it's wrong or bad 
"The film was denounced for the way it portrayed it's female characters"

Question 38

Equivocal

Answer 38

Adjective
*containing two or more interpretations/ often confusing or conflicting
-open to more than one interpretation
“He responded to the reporters with equivocal answers”

Question 39

Stentorian

Answer 39

Adjective
*very loud
-of a person’s voice-loud and powerful
“The professors stentorian voice was enough to keep even the drowsiest student awake”

Question 40

Corroborate

Answer 40

Verb
* to support with evidence
-confirm or give supper to( a statement, theory, or finding)
“The information was corroborated by diplomatic sources”

Question 41

Scornful

Answer 41

Adjective

*full of harsh criticism/ feeling or expressing contempt