Vocab 1,441 - 1,460

Question 1

Villatic

Answer 1

– adjective

1) of or relating to the country or to a farm / rural.

Question 2

Pierian (pahy-eer-ee-uh n)

Answer 2

– adjective

1) of or relating to poetry or poetic inspiration.

Question 3

Tickety-boo (British Informal)

Answer 3

– adjective

1) fine; OK: Everything is: Tickety-boo

Question 4

Pièce de résistance

Answer 4

– adjective

1) the most noteworthy or prized feature/aspect/etc. of something.

Question 5

Remedial

Answer 5

– adjective

1) intended to correct or improve something: remedial math.

Question 6

Ballyhoo

Answer 6

– noun

1) clamor or blatant advertising.

– verb

2) to advertise or push by ballyhoo.

Question 7

Pestilence

Answer 7

– noun

1) disease or something that is considered harmful/destructive/evil.

Question 8

Surrogate

Answer 8

– noun / adjective

1) a substitute.

Question 9

Heinous

Answer 9

– adjective

1) hateful/odious/abominable/reprehensible: a heinous offense.

Question 10

Amiss

Answer 10

– adjective /adverb

1) improper; wrong; faulty:
- - I think something is amiss in your calculations.

– Did I speak amiss?

Question 11

Presumptuous

Answer 11

– adjective

1) showing presumption or unwarrantedly/impertinently bold.

Question 12

Messianic

Answer 12

– adjective

1) relating to or having the qualities of a messiah.

Question 13

Dialectic / Dialectical

Answer 13

– adjective

1) relating to logical argumentation.

– related forms
dialectically, adverb
nondialectic, adjective, noun

Question 14

Reprobate

Answer 14

– noun / adjective

1) a depraved/unprincipled/wicked: a drunken reprobate.

– verb

1) to disapprove, condemn, or censure.

Question 15

Ergo

Answer 15

– conjunction

1) Therefore

Question 16

Postulate

Answer 16

– verb

1) to claim/assume as a basis for reasoning or arguing.

Question 17

Sophisticate

Answer 17

– verb

1) to alter or pervert something (as in sophistry): to sophisticate a meaning beyond recognition.

Question 18

Bewilder

Answer 18

– verb

1) to confuse or perplex: These shifting attitudes bewilder me.

Question 19

Requisition

Answer 19

– noun

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

Question 20

Wax poetic

Answer 20

– verb

1) speak in an increasingly enthusiastic and poetic manner.