vocab 12

Question 1

accolade

Answer 1

praise or approval

Question 2

attrition

Answer 2

the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment

Question 3

chauvinist

Answer 3

blindly devoted to a cause; extravagantly patriotic

Question 4

chronic

Answer 4

continuing over a long period of time or recurring often

Question 5

coalesce

Answer 5

to blend together or fuse so as to form one body or substance

Question 6

convolution

Answer 6

rolling up, coiling, or twisting together

Question 7

dichotomy

Answer 7

a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts

Question 8

dogmatic

Answer 8

inclined to state opinions as if they were indisputable facts

Question 9

expound

Answer 9

to explain in detail

Question 10

gothic

Answer 10

characterized by or emphasizing a gloomy setting and grotesque or violent events; a type of medieval architecture

Question 11

impasse

Answer 11

a dead end; a problem to which there is no solution

Question 12

imprecation

Answer 12

a curse; the act of cursing

Question 13

non sequitur

Answer 13

an inference or conclusion that does not follow logically from the facts

Question 14

noxious

Answer 14

harmful to physical health or morals

Question 15

populous

Answer 15

full of people; filled to capacity

Question 16

repartee

Answer 16

a swift, witty reply

Question 17

respledent

Answer 17

shining or gleaming brightly

Question 18

stigmatize

Answer 18

to brand or mark in some way discreditable or disgraceful

Question 19

truncate

Answer 19

to shorten by

Question 20

volition

Answer 20

the power to choose, will or decide