Vocab 1,601 - 1,620

Question 1

Cognoscente (Kon-Yuh-Shen-tuh)

Answer 1

– noun

1) A person with superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, especially in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion.

Question 2

Placid

Answer 2

– adjective

1) pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.

Question 3

Manifest

Answer 3

– adjective

1) readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.

Question 4

Resound

Answer 4

– verb

1) to echo or ring with sound, as a place: His name resounds in the pages of history.

Question 5

Exultant

Answer 5

– adjective

1) exulting; highly elated; jubilant; triumphant.

Question 6

Praxis

Answer 6

– noun, plural praxes [prak-seez]

1) practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.

Question 7

Sup

Answer 7

– verb

1) to sip: Sup from the chalice of knowledge.

Question 8

Prudential

Answer 8

– adjective

1) exercising prudence.

Question 9

Sonorous

Answer 9

– adjective

1) giving/capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound: a sonorous cavern.

Question 10

Dichotomy

Answer 10

– noun

1) division into two mutually exclusive groups: a dichotomy between thought and action.

Question 11

Quadrangle

Answer 11

– noun

1) a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.

Question 12

Antecedent

Answer 12

– adjective

1) preceding; prior: an antecedent event.

Question 13

Panopticon

Answer 13

– noun

1.
a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.

Question 14

Gizmo

Answer 14

– noun

1) a gadget or device: What is this gismo supposed to do?

Question 15

Redact

Answer 15

– verb

1) to revise or edit.

Question 16

Titanic

Answer 16

– adjective

1) enormous, gigantic.

Question 17

(ran) Afoul

Answer 17

– adverb

1) to come into conflict/entangled with: The business had fallen afoul of the new government regulations.

Question 18

Enamored

Answer 18

– verb

1) to fill or inflame with love: to be enamored of a certain lady.

Question 19

Altruistic

Answer 19

– adjective

1) unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others.

Question 20

Atomistic

Answer 20

– adjective

1) composed of many simple elements