Vocab 1

Question 1

ambiguity / ambiguous / ambiguously

Answer 1

uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language ; a lack of decisiveness of commitment resulting from a failure to make a choice between alternatives
EX: there were some ambiguities in her letter

Question 2

capitulate / capitulation / capitulator

Answer 2

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender; the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand
EX: Management finally capitulated to the union’s demands.

Question 3

enhance / enhancement / enhancer

Answer 3

Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of something (synonyms are improve or boost)
EX: We’re using technology to enhance our levels of service.

Question 4

expedite / expediter

Answer 4

make an action or process happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly (synonym is accelerate; antonym is obstruct)
EX: More money would, of course, expedite the construction.

Question 5

extricate / extricable / extrication

Answer 5

free someone or something from constraint or difficulty (synonym is rescue)
EX: The woman spent more than $57,000 extricating her husband from jail.

Question 6

innocuous / innocuously / innocuousness

Answer 6

not harmful or offensive

EX: an innocuous but boring movie

Question 7

emanate / emanative / emanator / emanation

Answer 7

something abstract but perceptible that issues or spreads out from a source (sound, light, smells); originate from; be produced by; give out or emit something (synonym is originate)

Question 8

solicit / solicitor / solicitation / soliciting

Answer 8

ask for or try to obtain something from someone; ask someone for something; accost someone and offer one’s or someone else’s services as a prostitute; someone who tries to obtain business orders, advertising, etc. (synonyms are beg, implore)

Question 9

squander / squanderer

Answer 9

Waste something, especially time or money in a reckless and foolish manner; allow an opportunity to pass or be lost (synonym is waste)

Question 10

tentative / tentatively / tentativeness

Answer 10

not certain or fixed; provisional; done without confidence; hesitant

Question 11

undermine / underminer

Answer 11

erode the base or foundation of a rock formation; dig or excavate beneath a building so as to make it collapse; to damage or weaken someone or something, especially gradually or insidiously (antonyms are strengthen & fortify)

Question 12

emulate / emulation / emulator / emulative

Answer 12

match or surpass a person or an achievement, typically by imitation; imitate; reproduce the function or the action of a different computer or software system;

Question 13

indifference / indifferent / indifferently

Answer 13

lack of interest, concern, or sympathy; unimportance; unconcerned; neither good nor bad; mediocre; not especially good; fairly bad; neutral in respect of some specified physical property

Question 14

relegate / relegation

Answer 14

dismiss to an inferior rank or position

Question 15

repudiate / repudiation / repudiator

Answer 15

refuse to accept or to associate with; deny the truth or validity of; refute; refuse to fulfill or discharge an agreement, obligation, or debt

Question 16

rescind / rescindable

Answer 16

Revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement (antonym is reinstate)

Question 17

languor, n.; languorous, adj.; languid, adj.

languorously, adv.

Answer 17

the state or feeling, often pleasant, of

tiredness or inertia; an oppressive stillness

of the air

Another couple began turning in

languorous circles on the tiny dance floor.

Question 18

lethargic, adj.; lethargically, adv.; lethargy,

n.

Answer 18

sluggish and apathetic; a lack of energy

and enthusiasm

Problems at home were making me feel

lethargic.

Question 19

fluctuate, v.; fluctuation, n.; fluctuating,

adj.

Answer 19

rise and fall irregularly in number and

amount;

The state’s income from sales fluctuates

with the economy.

Question 20

stagnant, adj.; stagnating, adj.; stagnate, v.;

stagnation, n.;

Answer 20

a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined

space having no current flow and often having an

unpleasant smell as a consequence; water or air that

ceases to flow or move; figuratively, cease

developing; become inactive or dull

Steel production has stayed stagnant.

Question 21

hamper, v.; hamper, n.

Answer 21

hinder or impede the movement or progress of; a

basket with a lid for carrying food or laundry

The sailor’s expedition was hampered by bad

weather.

Question 22

defer, v.; deferment, n.; deferrable, adj.;

deferral, n.; deference, n.

Answer 22

delay or put off an action or event until a later

time; postpone; submit humbly to or respect

for a person or a person’s wishes or qualities

College loan payments are deferred until

students finish their degrees.

Question 23

ambivalent, adj.; ambivalently, adv.;

ambivalence, n.

Answer 23

having mixed feelings or contradictory

ideas about something or someone

Many members of the parish were

profoundly ambivalent about the protest.

Question 24

dubious, adj.; dubiously, adv.;

dubiousness, n.

Answer 24

hesitating or doubting; not to be relied

upon; suspect or suspicious; morally

suspect or suspicious; of questionable

value

Newsome refused to explain his dubious

personal finances.