Vocab 10

Question 0

nicety

Answer 0

A delicate or fine point; punctilio: a fine distinction; subtlety; detail: Exactness or precision.

Question 1

edify

Answer 1

To build up, establish, organize (a system, institution, or law, a moral quality, etc.), to establish or strengthen (a person). To inform, instruct; to improve in a moral sense.

Question 2

delineate

Answer 2

To trace out by lines, trace the outline of, as on a chart or map. To portray in words; to describe

Question 3

prudence

Answer 3

The ability to recognize and follow the most suitable or sensible course of action; good sense in practical or financial affairs; discretion, circumspection, caution. Wisdom; wise words; knowledge of or skill in a matter

Question 4

licentious

Answer 4

Disregarding the restraints of chastity; libertine, lascivious, lewd. Disregarding commonly accepted rules, deviating freely from correctness, esp. in matters of grammar or literary style; overstepping customary limits

Question 5

dissipate

Answer 5

To pass away in all directions; to disperse, to dispel. To disintegrate and reduce to atoms, dust, smoke, or impalpable form; to destroy or dissolve completely, undo, annul

Question 6

impede

Answer 6

To retard in progress or action by putting obstacles in the way; to obstruct; to hinder; to stand in the way of

Question 7

annex

Answer 7

To join, unite. To add or attach as an accessory; to affix. a subsidiary building or an addition to a building

Question 8

vicissitude

Answer 8

A change or alteration in condition or fortune; the uncertain changing or mutability of something

Question 9

uncouth

Answer 9

Awkward, clumsy or unmannerly; strange and ungraceful in appearance or form; unusual or strange

Question 10

sagacity

Answer 10

Acuteness of mental discernment; aptitude for investigation or discovery; keenness and soundness of judgment in the estimation of persons and conditions; penetration, shrewdness

Question 11

emblematic

Answer 11

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, or serving as, an emblem; symbolical, typical

Question 12

prevaricate

Answer 12

To speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.

Question 13

ephemeral

Answer 13

Lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory; Lasting but one day, Anything short- lived, as certain insects.

Question 14

abhor

Answer 14

to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate

Question 15

copious

Answer 15

large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful; having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.

Question 16

cadastral

Answer 16

Surveying (of a map or survey) showing or including boundaries, property lines, etc. of or pertaining to a cadastre.

Question 17

etymology

Answer 17

the derivation of a word; the study of historical linguistic change, especially as manifested in individual words.