Vocab 2

Question 1

meticulous

Answer 1

showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise

he was very meticulous with his interrogation
I’m very meticulous with my form

Question 2

zeal
zealous
overzealous

Answer 2

noun- great energy and enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objection

his zeal for privatization
she brought her missionary zeal to work

don’t be too zealous
overzealous religions

Question 3

edifying

Answer 3

adjective: providing moral or intellectual instruction: edifing literature

Question 4

stifle

Answer 4

verb- restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion): she stifled a giggle
she gave a stifled cr of disappointment

prevent or constrain (an activity or idea) : high taxes were stifling private enterprises
stifle free speech

Question 5

disingenous

Answer 5

adj- not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something that one really does

Question 6

egregious

Answer 6

adj- outstandingly bad; shocking: egregious abuses of copyright

Question 7

corollary

Answer 7

a result of

Question 8

sanction

Answer 8

noun- a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule: a range of sanctions aimed at deterring outsider abuse

it would discourage misbehaviour through civil and criminal sanctions
2. official permission or approval for an action

he appealed to the bishop for his action

Question 9

abound

Answer 9

verb (no obj)
exist in large numbers or amounts: rumours of a further scandal abound

abound in/ with
have in large numbers or amounts: this land abounds with wildlife

Question 10

intrinsic

Answer 10

belonging naturally; essential

access to arts is intrinsic to high quality life

Question 11

propietor

Answer 11

noun - owner of a business, or a holder or property

wrath of media propietor

Question 12

proprietary

Answer 12

adj - of or relating to an ownership or ownership: the company has a proprietary right to the property

(of a product) marketed under and protected y a registered trade name: proprietary brands of insecticide

Question 13

onerous

Answer 13

law: involving heavy obligations: an onerous lease
adj: (of a task, duty or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppresively burdensome: he found his duties increasingly onerous

Question 14

galvanize

Answer 14

verb (with object)

1. shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action; the urgency of his voice galvanized them into action

Question 15

inundated

Answer 15

verb
past tense: inundated; past participle: inundated
1.
overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
“we’ve been inundated with complaints from listeners”
inundated with essays
synonyms: overwhelm, overrun, overload, bog down, swamp, besiege, snow under, bombard, glut More

flood.
“the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise”
synonyms: flood, deluge

Question 16

idiosyncrasy

Answer 16

noun
1.
a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
“one of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first”

Question 17

captivity

Answer 17

noun
1.
the condition of being imprisoned or confined.
“he was released after 865 days in captivity”

Question 18

abrogate

Answer 18

verbformal
repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
“a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike”

Question 19

recourse

Answer 19

noun
a source of help in a difficult situation.
“surgery may be the only recourse”
synonyms: option, possibility, alternative, resort, way out, hope, remedy, choice, expedient More

the use of someone or something as a source of help in a difficult situation.
“a means of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law”
synonyms: resort to, make use of, avail oneself of, turn to, call on, look to, fall back on

Question 20

penal

Answer 20

adjective
relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system.
"the campaign for penal reform"
penal provisions 
synonyms:	disciplinary

Question 21

alighted

Answer 21

descend from a train, bus, or other form of transportation.
“the conductor alights to push the cable car completely around”
synonyms: get off, step off, disembark from, pile out of;
alighted from the tram

Question 22

constituent

Answer 22

adj: as part of a whole
‘each of the constituent elements of the tort of negligence duty, breach and damage

noun
1.
a member of a constituency.
synonyms: voter, elector, member of a constituency More
2.
a component part of something.
“the essential constituents of the human diet”
synonyms: component, ingredient, element;