Vocab 1

Question 1

abstain

Answer 1

to voluntary refrain from something

Question 2

accountable

Answer 2

to be responsible

Question 3

acute

Answer 3

sudden, intense

Question 4

adhere

Answer 4

to hold fast or stick together

Question 5

adverse

Answer 5

undesired, possibly harmful

Question 6

aegis

Answer 6

control, protection

Question 7

ambivalent

Answer 7

uncertain, having contradictory feelings

Question 8

apply

Answer 8

to play, put on, or spread something

Question 9

assent

Answer 9

to give consent, to agree

Question 10

audible

Answer 10

able to be heard

Question 11

bacteria

Answer 11

single-celled, microscopic organisms

Question 12

bilateral

Answer 12

present on two sides

Question 13

cavity

Answer 13

an opening or an empty area

Question 14

cease

Answer 14

come to an end or bring to an end

Question 15

chronology

Answer 15

order of events as they occurred; timeline

Question 16

compensatory

Answer 16

offsetting or making up for something

Question 17

concave

Answer 17

rounded inward

Question 18

concise

Answer 18

brief, to the point

Question 19

consistency

Answer 19

degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows

Question 20

constrict

Answer 20

to draw together or become smaller

Question 21

contingent

Answer 21

dependent

Question 22

contraindication

Answer 22

a reason something is not advisable or should not be done

Question 23

convulsive

Answer 23

having or causing convulsions, violent shaking of the body

Question 24

cursory

Answer 24

quick, perfunctory, not thorough