Vocab 1-50

Question 1

Shorten, abridge

Answer 1

Abbreviate

Question 2

Refraining from pleasurable activity

Answer 2

Abstinence

Question 3

High Praise

Answer 3

Adulation

Question 4

Misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events

Answer 4

adversity

Question 5

pertaining to beauty or arts

Answer 5

Aesthetic

Question 6

Friendly, agreeable

Answer 6

Amicable

Question 7

Anachronistic

Answer 7

Out of date, not attributed to the correct historical period.

Question 8

short, usually funny account of an event

Answer 8

Anecdote

Question 9

Nameless, without a disclosed identity

Answer 9

Anonymous

Question 10

Foe, opponent, adversary

Answer 10

Antagonist

Question 11

Extremely dry or deathly boring

Answer 11

arid

Question 12

persistent, hard working

Answer 12

Assiduous

Question 13

Sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge

Answer 13

Asylum

Question 14

friendly and helpful

Answer 14

Benevolent

Question 15

Trust, sociability amongst friends

Answer 15

camaraderie

Question 16

to criticize harshly

Answer 16

Censure

Question 17

Indirect, taking the longest route

Answer 17

Circuitous

Question 18

Exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future

Answer 18

clairvoyant

Question 19

Cooperate and work together

Answer 19

Collaborate

Question 20

Sympathy, helpfulness or mercy

Answer 20

Compassion

Question 21

settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides

Answer 21

compromise

Question 22

processing an attitude of superiority, patronizing

Answer 22

Condescending

Question 23

Depending on a conditition

Answer 23

Conditional

Question 24

Person who complies with accepted rules and customs

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Conformist

Question 25

crowd of people

Answer 25

congregation

Question 26

State of separate elements joining or coming together

Answer 26

convergence

Question 27

Harmful, destructive, detrimental

Answer 27

deleterious

Question 28

Leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice

Answer 28

Demagogue

Question 29

Act of turning aside, straying from the main point, especially in a speech

Answer 29

Digression

Question 30

Careful and hard working

Answer 30

Diligent

Question 31

To harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace

Answer 31

discredit

Question 32

To regard with scorn or contempt

Answer 32

Disdain

Question 33

Separating, moving in different directions from a particular point

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Divergent

Question 34

Identification with the feelings of others

Answer 34

empathy

Question 35

To imitate, follow an example

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Emulate

Question 36

Weakening, tiring

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Enervating

Question 37

Improve, bring to a greater level of intensity

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Enhance

Question 38

Momentary, transient, fleeting

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Ephemeral

Question 39

Quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image

Answer 39

Evanescent

Question 40

Irritation, frustration

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Exasperation

Question 41

Outstanding, an example to others

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Exemplary

Question 42

Excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime

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Extenuating

Question 43

red colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate

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Florid

Question 44

Happening by luck, fortune

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Fortuitous

Question 45

Thrifty, cheap

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Frugal

Question 46

Cliched, worn out by overuse

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Hackneyed

Question 47

Arrogant and condescending

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Haughty

Question 48

Person who pursues pleasure as a goal

Answer 48

Hedonist

Question 49

Assumption, theory requiring proof

Answer 49

Hypothesis

Question 50

Rash, impulsive, acting without thinking

Answer 50

Impectuous