Vocab 2,021 - 2,040

Question 1

Insufferable

Answer 1

– adjective

1) not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.

Question 2

Abet

Answer 2

– verb

1) to encourage/support/countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.

Question 3

Lummox

Answer 3

– noun

1) a clumsy, stupid person.

Question 4

Bête noire (beyt-noire)

Answer 4

– noun

1) bane / a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded.

Question 5

Mishap

Answer 5

– noun

1) an unfortunate accident.

Question 6

Postulate

Answer 6

– verb

1) to assume.

Question 7

Propound

Answer 7

– verb

1) to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.

Question 8

Solemn

Answer 8

– adjective

1) grave, sober, dignified or serious formality, as proceedings: She made solemn remarks.

Question 9

Decorum

Answer 9

– noun

1) dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

Question 10

Churlish

Answer 10

– adjective

1) boorish/rude/mean: churlish behavior.

Question 11

Meteoric

Answer 11

– adjective

1) resembling a meteor in transient brilliance, suddenness of appearance, swiftness: his meteoric rise in politics.

Question 12

Puffery

Answer 12

– noun

1) undue or exaggerated praise.

Question 13

Tornadic

Answer 13

– adjective

1) like a tornado.

Question 14

Vestibular system

Answer 14

– noun

1) the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance.

Question 15

Conniption

Answer 15

– noun

1) Often, conniptions. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.

Question 16

Endure

Answer 16

– verb

1) to sustain without impairment or yielding: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.

Question 17

Fugitive

Answer 17

– noun

1) a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.

Question 18

Photogrammetry

Answer 18

– noun

1) the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.

Related forms

• • photogrammetric [foh-toh-gruh-me-trik] (Show IPA),
• • photogrammetrical, adjective
• • photogrammetrically, adverb
• • photogrammetrist, noun

Question 19

Prodigious

Answer 19

– adjective

1) extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.

Question 20

Flout

Answer 20

– verb

1) to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.