Vocab 1,821 - 1,840

Question 1

Chatoyant (Sha-toy-ant)

Answer 1

– adjective

1) Changing in luster or color: Chatoyant silk.

Question 2

Weltschmerz (Velt-shmerts)

Answer 2

– noun, German.

1) a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness.

literally, world-pain

Question 3

Nescient (Nesh-ee-uhnt)

Answer 3

– adjective

1) lacking knowledge; ignorant: I ventured into the new Korean restaurant with some equally nescient companions.

Related forms

• • Nescience, noun
• • nonnescience, noun
• • nonnescient, adjective

Question 4

Coterminous

Answer 4

– adjective

1) having the same border / covering the same area / coextensive.

Question 5

Esoterica

Answer 5

– plural noun

1) things understood by/meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.

Question 6

Cimmerian

Answer 6

– adjective

1) very dark / gloomy: deep, Cimmerian caverns.

Question 7

Bamboozle

Answer 7

– verb

1) to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink): They bamboozled us into joining the club.

Related forms

• • bamboozlement, noun
• • bamboozler, noun

Question 8

Hypostasize

Answer 8

– verb

1) to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.).

Question 9

Prefigure

Answer 9

– verb

1) to foreshadow or imagine beforehand.

Question 10

Befall

Answer 10

– verb

1) to happen to, especially by chance or fate: All real good or evil that can befall him must be from himself.

Question 11

Trajectory

Answer 11

– noun

1) the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.

Question 12

Corrosive

Answer 12

– adjective

1) harmful/destructive/harsh/erosive.

Question 13

Pro Rata

Answer 13

– adjective

1) proportionately determined: a pro-rata share of income.

Question 14

Supplant

Answer 14

– verb

1) to replace (one thing) by something else as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.

Question 15

Apoplexy

Answer 15

– noun

1) a state of extreme anger.

Question 16

Ambivalent

Answer 16

– adjective

1) having mixed feelings: She’s regarded as a morally ambivalent character in the play.

Question 17

Reticent

Answer 17

– adjective

1) disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved/reluctant/restrained.

Question 18

Onus / Onus probandi

Answer 18

– noun

1) burden of proof.

Question 19

Diametric

Answer 19

– adjective

1) in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; complete: diametrical opposites; a diametrical difference.

Question 20

Parenthetical

Answer 20

– adjective

1) of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: ignore the parenthetical remarks that pockmark every page.

Related forms

• • parentheticality, parentheticalness, noun
• • parenthetically, adverb
• • interparenthetic, adjective
• • interparenthetical, adjective
• • interparenthetically, adverb