Vocab 1,641 - 1,660

Question 1

Interpolate

Answer 1

– verb

1) to introduce something additional or extraneous between other things or parts: Today many singers interpolate their own words and music into classic songs to create new tunes.

Question 2

Uproarious

Answer 2

– adjective

1) expressed by or producing uproar.

Question 3

Scofflaw

Answer 3

– noun

1) a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.

Question 4

Concur

Answer 4

– verb

1) to agree: Do you concur with his statement?

Question 5

Foreground

Answer 5

– noun

1) a prominent or important position; forefront.

Question 6

Circadian

Answer 6

– adjective

1) noting or pertaining to rhythmic biological cycles recurring at approximately 24-hour intervals.

Question 7

Construe

Answer 7

– verb

1) to interpret: He construed her intentions from her gestures.

Question 8

Coincide

Answer 8

– verb

1) to occur/exist at the same time/place: The centers of concentric circles coincide. Our vacations coincided this year.

Question 9

Lambast

Answer 9

– verb

1) to reprimand/berate harshly/excoriate.

Question 10

Beaucoup

Answer 10

– adjective

1) large/significant/many/numerous: It’s a hard job, but it pays beaucoup money.

Question 11

Thrasonical

Answer 11

– adjective

1) boastful / vainglorious.

Question 12

Vainglorious

Answer 12

– adjective

1) filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.

Question 13

Rectify

Answer 13

– verb

1) to make right: He sent them a check to rectify his account.

Question 14

Shenanigan

Answer 14

– noun

1) mischief/prankishness/deceitful trick or practice.

Question 15

Sonnets

Answer 15

– noun

1) a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines.

Question 16

Compactify

Answer 16

– verb

1) to make or become compact.

Question 17

Declarative

Answer 17

– adjective

1) serving to declare or make known.

Question 18

Culpable

Answer 18

– adjective

1) deserving blame or censure / blameworthy.

Question 19

All and Sundry (idiom)

Answer 19

– idiom

1) one and all: Cold drinks were served to all and sundry.

Question 20

Humbuggery

Answer 20

– noun

1) Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.