VOCAB 2

Question 1

copious

Answer 1

overly abundant

Question 2

fulsome

Answer 2

abundant; excessive flattery

Question 3

pecuniary

Answer 3

relating to/consisting of money

Question 4

prodigal

Answer 4

profuse/wasteful expenditure

Question 5

amortize

Answer 5

to pay off gradually, usually in periodic payments; to gradually reduce the cost/value of

Question 6

inundate

Answer 6

overwhelm

Question 7

penury

Answer 7

poverty, destitution

Question 8

mendicant

Answer 8

beggar

Question 9

indigence

Answer 9

poverty

Question 10

privation

Answer 10

deprivation (extreme poverty)

Question 11

paucity

Answer 11

smallness of quantity; scarcity

Question 12

insolvent

Answer 12

unable to pay debts; incapable of meeting financial obligations

Question 13

acarpous

Answer 13

infertile, barren

Question 14

maculate

Answer 14

dirty, stain, pollute

Question 15

apotheosis

Answer 15

the perfect form/example; elevation to divine status

Question 16

probity

Answer 16

strong morals/decency

Question 17

rectitude

Answer 17

moral integrity; being correct in judgement or procedure

Question 18

veracity

Answer 18

truthfulness

Question 19

exculpate

Answer 19

to clear from fault or guilt

Question 20

exonerate

Answer 20

pronounce not guilty

Question 21

impunity

Answer 21

exemption/freedom from punishment or harm

Question 22

countermand

Answer 22

rescind

Question 23

apostate

Answer 23

disloyal to a religious faith, defector [of a previous loyalty]

Question 24

sordid

Answer 24

unethical, dishonest, vile

Question 25

canard

Answer 25

unfounded report/story; groundless rumor/belief

Question 26

purloin

Answer 26

to steal

Question 27

mendacious

Answer 27

deceptive

Question 28

perfidy

Answer 28

deceitful, untrustworthy

Question 29

renege

Answer 29

to break a committment or promise

Question 30

sophistry

Answer 30

subtly deceptive reasoning

(using fallacious arguments)

Question 31

dissemble

Answer 31

hide true feelings

Question 32

surreptitious

Answer 32

done/acquired by stealth, kept secret

Question 33

artifice

Answer 33

clever skill; ingenious device [typically used to decieve]

Question 34

chicanery

Answer 34

deception by artful subterfuge; political or legal trickery

Question 35

calumny

Answer 35

misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation (slander)

Question 36

spurious

Answer 36

not what it is presented to be (false)

(outwardly similar without having its genuine qualities)

Question 37

vitiate

Answer 37

make ineffective (particularly legally)

Question 38

propitiate

Answer 38

to appease

Question 39

remunerate

Answer 39

to pay an equivalent for [a loss or expense]

Question 40

attenuate

Answer 40

lesson amount, force, magnitute, severity, or value of

Question 41

anodyne

Answer 41

serves to alleviate pain

Question 42

nostrum/panacea

Answer 42

remedy for all ills/difficulties (of society)

(cure-all, usually questionable)

Question 43

bellicose

Answer 43

inclined to start fights (or wars)

Question 44

obstreperous

Answer 44

noisily defiant

Question 45

choleric

Answer 45

hot-tempered

Question 46

facetious

Answer 46

inappropriate joking; treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

Question 47

fracas

Answer 47

noisy quarrel

Question 48

alloy

Answer 48

to make impure

Question 49

truculent

Answer 49

aggressively self-assertive; very harsh

Question 50

belie

Answer 50

to give a false impression