Vocab 1,541 - 1,560

Question 1

Cavalier

Answer 1

– adjective

1) haughty, disdainful, or supercilious: an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others.

Question 2

Substantiate

Answer 2

– verb

1) to establish by proof or competent evidence:
to substantiate a charge.

Question 3

Revelatory

Answer 3

– adjective

1) of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.

Question 4

Idiolect

Answer 4

– noun

1) a person’s individual speech pattern.

Question 5

Bereave

Answer 5

– verb

1) to deprive and make desolate, especially by death: Illness bereaved them of their mother.

Question 6

Halcyon

Answer 6

– adjective

1) calm / peaceful / tranquil: halcyon weather.

Question 7

Variegation

Answer 7

— noun

1) varied coloration / the state or condition of being variegated.

Question 8

Bedraggled

Answer 8

– adjective

1) limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.

Question 9

Troglodyte

Answer 9

– noun

1) a prehistoric cave dweller.

Question 10

Genteel

Answer 10

– adjective

1) refined / elegant / stylish.

Question 11

Voracious

Answer 11

– adjective

1) eager / avid / craving in large quantities: a voracious reader.

Question 12

Lawyerly

Answer 12

• • adjective

1) Characteristic of a lawyer: She rewrote the letter to make it sound more lawyerly.

Question 13

Exfiltrate

Answer 13

– verb

1) to smuggle out of an area under enemy control.

Question 14

Intemperate

Answer 14

– adjective

1) unrestrained / unbridled.

Question 15

Punctuate

Answer 15

– verb

1) to interrupt or give emphasis at intervals: Cheers punctuated the mayor’s speech.

Question 16

Arcana (pl.)

Answer 16

– noun

1) a supposed great secret of nature that the alchemists sought to discover.

Question 17

Confabulate

Answer 17

– verb

1) to converse informally / chat.

Question 18

Deracinate

Answer 18

– verb

1) to pull up by the roots.

Question 19

Conduit

Answer 19

– noun

1) a pipe, tube, or similar natural passage.

Question 20

Reprehensible

Answer 20

– adjective

1) deserving of reproof / censure or blame.