Vocab 2

Question 1

personal or business interests

Answer 1

affairs (noun) - his affairs were in disorder

Question 2

open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

Answer 2

ambiguous (adjective) - an ambiguous answer

Question 3

to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee

Answer 3

anticipate (verb) - to anticipate pleasure

Question 4

to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend:

Answer 4

commend (verb) - to commend an applicant for employment

Question 5

expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:

Answer 5

concise (adjective) - a concise explanation of the company’s retirement plan

Question 6

to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons):

Answer 6

deprive (verb) - to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.

Question 7

any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results

Answer 7

drama (noun - definition #4) - the drama of a murder trial.

Question 8

exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive

Answer 8

exorbitant (adjective) - to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.

Question 9

to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force

Answer 9

extract (verb) - to extract a tooth

Question 10

without vitality or animation; lifeless; dull

Answer 10

flat (adjective - definition #14) - flat writing.

Question 11

indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar

Answer 11

gross (adjective - definition #4) - gross remarks.

Question 12

adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.

Answer 12

integrity (noun) -

Question 13

authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory

Answer 13

mandatory (adjective) - It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.

Question 14

to suppress; put an end to; extinguish

Answer 14

quell (verb) - The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.

Question 15

a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.

Answer 15

rank (noun) -

Question 16

having lost novelty or interest; hackneyed; trite

Answer 16

stale (adjective - definition #3) - a stale joke

Question 17

soiled, stained, or tarnished

Answer 17

sullied (adjective) - He was above the sullied reputations of some party members, who were thought to be corrupt, greedy, and arrogant.

Question 18

shallow; not profound or thorough

Answer 18

superficial (adjective - definition #5) - a superficial writer.

Question 19

physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired

Answer 19

weary (adjective) - weary eyes

Question 20

a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act

Answer 20

writ (noun - definition #1, A) -