Vocab

Question 1

harbinger

Answer 1

a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another

sounds like hark, I hear something approaching

Question 2

lampoon

Answer 2

publicly criticize (someone or something) using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.

I will lampoon your ass by making fun of you like you have a lamp on your head and I’m reading you

Question 3

modality

Answer 3

a particular mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed

particular method/procedure or form of sensory perception

instantiation of something experienced/expressed

Question 4

reverie

Answer 4

daydream; fanciful or impractical idea or theory

sounds fantastic to me

Question 5

prototype

Answer 5

• first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
• original model on which something is patterned: archetype

Gotta be a pro to create something original that other shit would be patterned after

Question 6

opaque

Answer 6

not able to be seen through; not transparent.

shower curtains

Question 7

laconic

Answer 7

terse, succint, compendious

lacking anything-ic to lay your hat upon and discuss. grandpa

Question 8

prevaricate

Answer 8

speak or act in an evasive way

I’m going to think of a variety of things ahead of time to talk about so I can completely evade your question.

Question 9

protracted

Answer 9

prolonged; lasting for a long time or longer than expected

A track/something that’s long or goes on forevah

Question 10

de facto

Answer 10

denoting someone or something that is such in fact

it’s de fact yo

Question 11

fulcrum

Answer 11

the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots.

the fool supporting everything that gets the crumbs and has to pivot all the time

Question 12

prosaic

Answer 12

unromantic; commonplace

generic

Question 13

consternation

Answer 13

tension, unese, anxiety

I’ve got so much pent up nervousness that I’m constipated

Question 14

condign

Answer 14

appropriate to the crime; fitting and deserved

That con needs to go to jail for an appropriate amount of time, dig?

Question 15

concomitant

Answer 15

naturally accompanying or associated

It’s committed and coming wit it

Question 16

bifurcate

Answer 16

forked; branched

Question 17

belie

Answer 17

disguise or contradict; betray

You lyin’ said Jesus to Judas - you betrayed me! You contradicted what I said I’m all about.

Question 18

vicissitude

Answer 18

a change of circumstances or fortune that’s unwelcome or unpleasant; alternation between opposite or contrasting things

Question 19

insurgent

Answer 19

a rebel

Sure, I would say I’m a rebel but I ain’t necessarily a gent

Question 20

inertia

Answer 20

a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged

Think inert gas - they don’t undergo changes.

Ini ain’t doin’ shiaaaaaat - nada.

Question 21

analog

Answer 21

1. relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position, voltage, etc;
2. a person or thing seen as comparable to another.

Question 22

galvanize

Answer 22

shock or excite someone into taking action

Gal! Let’s get it - let’s get in formation. 🤭 Sorry, I didn’t mean to shock you into it.

Question 23

obviate

Answer 23

remove (a need or difficulty); avoid/prevent

Question 24

dyadic

Answer 24

1. being a group of/pertaining to 2

I’m gonna start a tribe of addicts - 2 of ‘em.

Question 25

turpitude

Answer 25

depravity; wickedness

Question 26

patent

Answer 26

easily recognizable; obvious

That’s your patent answer? 🙄 Well, that’s new…not!

Question 27

abstruse

Answer 27

difficult to understand; obscure

Question 28

temerity

Answer 28

excessive confidence or boldness; audacity

Question 29

propound

Answer 29

put forward (an idea, theory or p.o.v.) for consideration by others

Question 30

apoplectic

Answer 30

overcome with anger; extremely indignant

I’m about to pop off on you - I mean it’s about to hectic up in this bitch.

Question 31

perfidy

Answer 31

deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.

You’re perfectly fidy like 50 cent - I don’t trust you. You gonna do some shit.

Question 32

gelid

Answer 32

icy; extremely cold

Gel can be cold when you apply it…I mean, like supa cold.

Question 33

bourgeoning

Answer 33

to grow and expand rapidly; flourish

You bougie ‘cause you out here in this streets flourishing like a rose in Harlem. Um, yo booty growin’ too to match it.

Question 34

disabuse

Answer 34

persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken

I don’t want to abuse you or diss you but you’re beliefs suck. I have an idea about how to tell you how your idea sucks.

Question 35

anecdote

Answer 35

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person that’s regarded as hearsay or unreliable

Let me tell you a funny story about Annie. Wait, you knew Annie? Well, okay, someone ELSE told me about it.

Question 36

nonplussed

Answer 36

1. confused; perplexed
2. unimpressed

Question 37

iconoclast

Answer 37

1. a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
2. destroyer of images used for religious purposes

Question 38

venal

Answer 38

corrupt, shady

Question 39

noetic

Answer 39

of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

Question 40

ipso facto

Answer 40

1) inevitable
2) necessarily so

features of an apriori argument

Question 41

fulsome

Answer 41

1. profuse; over the top; adulatory; ingratiating; cloying; saccharine
2. enthusiastic

Question 42

edification

Answer 42

the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually.

for my own edification