Vocab 11-20

Question 1

Beseech

Answer 1

To beg, plead, or implore

Question 2

Cajole

Answer 2

To urge with gentle methods

Question 3

Elicit

Answer 3

To bring out

Question 4

Exigency

Answer 4

Urgency,or a crisis situation

Question 5

Imperious

Answer 5

Domineering, arrogant

Question 6

Injunction

Answer 6

A command or order

Question 7

Mendicant

Answer 7

A beggar

Question 8

Query

Answer 8

A question

Question 9

Servile

Answer 9

Slavish or submissive

Question 10

Abound

Answer 10

To be plentiful

Question 11

Amplitude

Answer 11

Greatness of size or range

Question 12

Augment

Answer 12

To add to, to increase

Question 13

Behemoth

Answer 13

A large, powerful thing

Question 14

Brevity

Answer 14

Shortness of duration

Question 15

Diminish

Answer 15

To lessen

Question 16

Infinitesimal

Answer 16

Too small to measure

Question 17

Modicum

Answer 17

A small amount

Question 18

Prodigious

Answer 18

Stems ice or extraordinary

Question 19

Quotidian

Answer 19

Everyday, common

Question 20

Recant

Answer 20

Take back

Question 21

Recoup

Answer 21

Regain

Question 22

Renounce

Answer 22

Or for ally give up

Question 23

Rescind

Answer 23

Repeal

Question 24

Waive

Answer 24

Give up voluntarily

Question 25

Abdicate

Answer 25

Give up high office

Question 26

Absolve

Answer 26

Release from obligation.

Question 27

Catharsis

Answer 27

An emotional release

Question 28

Countermand

Answer 28

To cancel

Question 29

Impunity

Answer 29

Exemption from punishment

Question 30

Prosecute

Answer 30

To bring action against in court

Question 31

Quorum

Answer 31

Number needed to vote

Question 32

Quota

Answer 32

Amount assigned

Question 33

Rspctfully

Answer 33

Politely, with regard

Question 34

Respectively

Answer 34

Referring to things in the order given

Question 35

Adverse

Answer 35

Opposing

Question 36

Averse

Answer 36

Feeling dislike

Question 37

Ingenious

Answer 37

Very clever

Question 38

Ingenuous

Answer 38

Openly straightforward

Question 39

Persecute

Answer 39

To cruelly mistreat

Question 40

Prototype

Answer 40

Test model

Question 41

Redundant

Answer 41

More than necessary

Question 42

Rendition

Answer 42

An interpretation of a performance

Question 43

Sham

Answer 43

A fake

Question 44

Simulations

Answer 44

Reproduction of a situation

Question 45

Banal

Answer 45

Commonplace

Question 46

Camouflage

Answer 46

Concealment, disguise

Question 47

Emulate

Answer 47

To imitate

Question 48

Platitude

Answer 48

Overused remark

Question 49

Decimate

Answer 49

To destroy

Question 50

Dissension

Answer 50

Disagreement

Question 51

Rancor

Answer 51

Bitter resentment

Question 52

Retribution

Answer 52

Something justly deserved

Question 53

Schism

Answer 53

A split within a group

Question 54

Affront

Answer 54

An insult

Question 55

Altercation

Answer 55

A noisy quarrel

Question 56

Bellicose

Answer 56

Eager to fight

Question 57

Breach

Answer 57

A violation

Question 58

Contentious

Answer 58

Likely to cause disagreement

Question 59

Optimum

Answer 59

Best

Question 60

Peerless

Answer 60

Incomparable

Question 61

Quintessence

Answer 61

The purest essence

Question 62

Sublime

Answer 62

Impressive

Question 63

Zenith

Answer 63

The peak

Question 64

Culminate

Answer 64

To reach completion

Question 65

Eclipse

Answer 65

To exceed or surpass

Question 66

Epitome

Answer 66

A representative example

Question 67

Impeccable

Answer 67

Having no flaws

Question 68

Inimitable

Answer 68

Matchless, unique

Question 69

Entente

Answer 69

Informal agreement amount political powers

Question 70

Insular

Answer 70

Isolated

Question 71

Machiavellian

Answer 71

Cunning and deceitful

Question 72

Protocol

Answer 72

Ceremonial conduct

Question 73

Status quo

Answer 73

Existing state of affairs

Question 74

Arbitration

Answer 74

Submitting a dispute to a judge

Question 75

Attaché

Answer 75

Special staff in a diplomatic office

Question 76

Consul

Answer 76

A diplomat who represents his or her government in a forge in country

Question 77

Covenant

Answer 77

A large contract

Question 78

Discretion

Answer 78

Good judgement and self-restraint

Question 79

Commodity

Answer 79

A product

Question 80

Conglomerate

Answer 80

A corporation made up of a number of companies

Question 81

Liquidate

Answer 81

To settle a debt by selling something off

Question 82

Lucrative

Answer 82

Profitable

Question 83

Security

Answer 83

A stock or bond

Question 84

Accrue

Answer 84

To accumulate

Question 85

Arbiter

Answer 85

The judge in a dispute

Question 86

Audit

Answer 86

To examine finances

Question 87

Cartel

Answer 87

Group of businesses formed to control pricing

Question 88

Collateral

Answer 88

Something pledged as security for a loan

Question 89

Chicanery

Answer 89

Trickery

Question 90

Feign

Answer 90

To pretend

Question 91

Insidious

Answer 91

Secretly harmful

Question 92

Rectitude

Answer 92

Righteousness

Question 93

Veritable

Answer 93

Real, actual

Question 94

Apocryphal

Answer 94

Doubtful

Question 95

Bona fide

Answer 95

Authentic

Question 96

Candor

Answer 96

Frankness

Question 97

Cant

Answer 97

Boring talk filled with platitudes

Question 98

Charlatan

Answer 98

An imposter

Question 99

Enjoin

Answer 99

To prohibit or forbid