Vocab 1,841 - 1,860

Question 1

Entangle

Answer 1

– verb

1) to make tangled / ensnarl.

Question 2

Clandestine

Answer 2

– adjective

1) characterized/done/executed surreptitiously: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.

Question 3

Accede

Answer 3

– verb

1) to give consent/agree/assume an office/title/dignity: to accede to the throne.

Question 4

put the kibosh on

Answer 4

– Idioms

1) to put an end to: Another such injury may put the kibosh on her athletic career.

Question 5

Reluctant

Answer 5

– adjective

1) unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.

Question 6

Impede

Answer 6

– verb

1) to obstruct/hinder.

Question 7

Erroneous

Answer 7

– adjective

1) incorrect/wrong/straying from what is moral: an erroneous answer.

Question 8

Apprehensive

Answer 8

– adjective

1) uneasy /fearful: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.

Question 9

Repudiate

Answer 9

– verb

1) to reject/disown/condemn: to repudiate a claim.

Question 10

Apposite (uh-poz-it)

Answer 10

– adjective

1) suitable/well-adapted/pertinent/apt: an apposite reply.

Question 11

Stricture

Answer 11

– noun

1) a remark/comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author’s style.

Question 12

Skirmish

Answer 12

– noun

1) any brisk conflict or encounter: She had a skirmish with her landlord about the rent.

Question 13

Marginalia

Answer 13

– plural noun

1) marginal notes.

Question 14

Unconscionable

Answer 14

– adjective

1) not guided by conscience/extortionate/not reasonable: unconscionable behavior.

Question 15

Quell

Answer 15

– verb

1) to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.

Question 16

Eviscerate

Answer 16

– verb

1) to disembowel: to eviscerate a chicken.

Question 17

Aforementioned

Answer 17

– adjective

1) cited/mentioned previously.

Question 18

Hitherto

Answer 18

– adverb

1) up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.

Question 19

Patheticism

Answer 19

– noun

1) pathetic behaviour.

Question 20

Relitigate

Answer 20

– noun

1) to re-contest something.