Vocab 11

Question 1

Cajole

Answer 1

To urge with gentle methods

Question 2

Elicit

Answer 2

To bring out

Question 3

Enjoin

Answer 3

To prohibit or forbid

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

Extensive or extraordinary

Question 19

Quotidian

Answer 19

Everyday, common

Question 20

Banal

Answer 20

Common place

Question 21

Camouflage

Answer 21

Concealment by disguise

Question 22

Emulate

Answer 22

To imitate

Question 23

Mimicry

Answer 23

Imitation

Question 24

Platitude

Answer 24

Overused remark

Question 25

Prototype

Answer 25

Test model

Question 26

Redundant

Answer 26

More than necessary

Question 27

Rendition

Answer 27

An interpretation of a performance

Question 28

Sham

Answer 28

A fake

Question 29

Simulation

Answer 29

Reproduction of a situation

Question 30

Adverse

Answer 30

Opposing

Question 31

Averse

Answer 31

Feeling dislike

Question 32

Ingenious

Answer 32

Very clever

Question 33

Ingenuous

Answer 33

Openly straightforward

Question 34

Persecute

Answer 34

To cruelly mistreat

Question 35

Prosecute

Answer 35

To bring action against in court

Question 36

Quorum

Answer 36

Number needed to vote

Question 37

Quota

Answer 37

Amount assigned

Question 38

Respectfully

Answer 38

Politely, with regard

Question 39

Respectively

Answer 39

Referring to things in the order given

Question 40

Abdicate

Answer 40

Give up high office

Question 41

Absolve

Answer 41

Release from obligation

Question 42

Catharsis

Answer 42

An emotional release

Question 43

Countermand

Answer 43

To cancel

Question 44

Impunity

Answer 44

Exemption from punishment

Question 45

Recant

Answer 45

Take back

Question 46

Recoup

Answer 46

Regain

Question 47

Renounce

Answer 47

To formally give up

Question 48

Rescind

Answer 48

Repeal

Question 49

Waive

Answer 49

Give up voluntarily

Question 50

Arbitration

Answer 50

Submitting a dispute to a judge

Question 51

Attaché

Answer 51

Special staff in a diplomatic office

Question 52

Consul

Answer 52

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

Question 53

Covenant

Answer 53

A legal contract

Question 54

Discretion

Answer 54

Good judgment and self-restraint

Question 55

Entente

Answer 55

Informal agreement among political powers

Question 56

Insular

Answer 56

Isolated

Question 57

Machiavellian

Answer 57

Cunning and deceitful

Question 58

Protocol

Answer 58

Ceremonial conduct

Question 59

Status quo

Answer 59

Existing state of affairs

Question 60

Culminate

Answer 60

To reach completion

Question 61

Eclipse

Answer 61

To exceed or surpass

Question 62

Epitome

Answer 62

A representative example

Question 63

Impeccable

Answer 63

Having no flaws

Question 64

Inimitable

Answer 64

Matchless, unique

Question 65

Optimum

Answer 65

Best

Question 66

Peerless

Answer 66

Incomparable

Question 67

Quintessence

Answer 67

The purest essence

Question 68

Sublime

Answer 68

Impressive

Question 69

Zenith

Answer 69

The peak

Question 70

Affront

Answer 70

An insult

Question 71

Altercation

Answer 71

A noisy quarrel

Question 72

Bellicose

Answer 72

Eager to fight

Question 73

Breach

Answer 73

A violation

Question 74

Contentious

Answer 74

Likely to cause disagreement

Question 75

Decimate

Answer 75

To destroy

Question 76

Dissension

Answer 76

Disagreement

Question 77

Rancor

Answer 77

Bitter resentment

Question 78

Retribution

Answer 78

Something justly deserved

Question 79

Schism

Answer 79

A split within a group

Question 80

Apocryphal

Answer 80

Doubtful

Question 81

Bona fide

Answer 81

Authentic

Question 82

Candor

Answer 82

Frankness

Question 83

Cant

Answer 83

Boring talk filled with platitudes

Question 84

Charlatan

Answer 84

An imposter

Question 85

Chicanery

Answer 85

Trickery

Question 86

Feign

Answer 86

To pretend

Question 87

Insidious

Answer 87

Secretly harmful

Question 88

Rectitude

Answer 88

Righteousness

Question 89

Veritable

Answer 89

Real, actual

Question 90

Accrue

Answer 90

To accumulate

Question 91

Arbiter

Answer 91

The judge in a dispute

Question 92

Audit

Answer 92

To examine finances

Question 93

Cartel

Answer 93

Group of businesses formed to control pricing

Question 94

Collateral

Answer 94

Something pledged as security for a loan

Question 95

Commodity

Answer 95

A product

Question 96

Conglomerate

Answer 96

A corporation made up of a number of companies

Question 97

Liquidate

Answer 97

To settle a debt by selling something off

Question 98

Lucrative

Answer 98

Profitable

Question 99

Security

Answer 99

A stock or bond

Question 100

Beseech

Answer 100

To beg, plead, or implore