vocab 10

Question 1

Vitriol

Answer 1

1. sulfuric acid.
   “it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face”
2. cruel and bitter criticism.
   “her mother’s sudden gush of fury and vitriol

Question 2

Penchant

Answer 2

1. a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.
   “he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs”

Question 3

Errant

Answer 3

1. erring or straying from the proper course or standards.
   “he could never forgive his daughter’s errant ways”
2. traveling in search of adventure.
   “that same lady errant”

Question 4

analogue

Answer 4

1. a person or thing seen as comparable to another.
   “an interior analogue of the exterior world”
2. A clock with hands instead of digits.

Question 5

cash advance

Answer 5

Taking money from an ATM (your bank) when your card doesn’t have enough funds. Your account goes into the negatives, and if you don’t pay back the bank in time, you get interest, eventually leading to debt.

Question 6

nebulous

Answer 6

1. in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
   “a giant nebulous glow”
2. (of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined.
   “nebulous concepts like quality of life”
3. relating to or denoting a nebula or nebulae.
   “a vast nebular cloud”

Question 7

Nebula

Answer 7

1. a clouded spot on the cornea causing defective vision
2. as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
3. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.

Question 8

Uvula

Answer 8

1. a fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate which hangs above the throat.
2. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.

Question 9

reparation

Answer 9

1. Making of amends for one’s wrongdoings by paying money to or helping those who have been wronged.
   “He demanded financial reparation.”
2. the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state.
3. the action of repairing something.
   “the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation”

Question 10

Thicket

Answer 10

a dense group of bushes or trees.
“a horned owl perfectly camouflaged in a dense thicket”

Question 11

Cross yourself

Answer 11

Do the sign of the cross

Question 12

Servility

Answer 12

an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
“a classic example of media servility”

Question 13

Deference

Answer 13

humble submission and respect.
“he addressed her with the deference due to age”

Phrase:
in deference to — out of consideration of
“In deference to his thirst for reparations, we defiled the villains.”

Question 14

Toady

Answer 14

a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.

Question 15

Servile

Answer 15

1. having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
2. of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.
   “the servile condition of the peasants”

Question 16

Coterie

Answer 16

a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.
“a coterie of friends and advisers”

Question 17

Genuflect

Answer 17

1. lower one’s body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect.
   “she genuflected and crossed herself”
2. show deference or servility.

Question 18

Overt

Answer 18

1. done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden.
   “an overt act of aggression”

Question 19

Covert

Answer 19

1. any of the feathers covering the bases of the main flight or tail feathers of a bird.
2. not openly acknowledged or displayed.
   “covert operations against the dictatorship”
3. a thicket where game (animals) hide

Question 20

Venerate

Answer 20

regard with great respect; revere.
“Mother Teresa is venerated as a saint”

Question 21

Fakir

Answer 21

an Islamic term for Muslim ascetics who dedicate their lives to the worship of God.

Question 22

Lark

Answer 22

1. A ground-dwelling songbird
2. Engage in something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade.
   “Larking about, riling up crowds to shout”
3. used to suggest that an activity is foolish or a waste of time.
   “he’s serious about this rock-collecting lark”
4. a warbling sound or utterance.
   “through the wall came a faint warble”

Question 23

astetic

Answer 23

Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention

Question 24

Mystic

Answer 24

1. Someone who seeks unity with the universe or religious deity
2. relating to ancient religious mysteries or other occult or esoteric rites.
   “the mystical practices of the Pythagoreans”
3. Something with a hidden meaning

Question 25

Alms

Answer 25

Food and goods given to the poor
“The rough riders were gentle enough to stop to give alms”

Question 26

mendicant

Answer 26

1. a beggar.
2. A religious officer that relies solely on alms.
   “a mendicant friar”

Question 27

Songbird

Answer 27

1. A singing bird. (Lark, Bluebird)
2. a female singer.
   “the title track is the kind of tune any Nashville songbird could do”

Question 28

Sufi

Answer 28

1. Man of wool (Arabic)
2. A Muslim mystic who emphasizes the inward search for God and shuns materialism.

Question 29

Warble

Answer 29

1. Someone (or a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes. Vibrato
   “larks were warbling in the trees”
2. a swelling or abscess beneath the skin on the back of mammals caused by larvae or a warble fly.

Question 30

Taxonomic

Answer 30

concerned with the classification of things, especially organisms.
“the taxonomic diversity of bees”

Question 31

Genus

Answer 31

a class, kind, or group marked by one or more common characteristics

Question 32

Salaam

Answer 32

a gesture of greeting or respect, with or without a spoken salutation, typically consisting of a low bow of the head and body with the hand or fingers touching the forehead.

Question 33

sigma

Answer 33

1. the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet ( Σ, σ ), transliterated as ‘s.’.
2. the eighteenth star in a constellation.
   “Sigma Octantis”

Question 34

Sigmoid

Answer 34

1. S-shaped.
2. curved like the uncial sigma (C); crescent-shaped.

Question 35

Majuscule

Answer 35

large lettering, either capital or uncial, in which all the letters are the same height.
“Insular majuscule script”

Question 36

Unicial

Answer 36

1. written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th–8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived.
2. relating to an inch or an ounce.