Vocab 2

Question 1

benighted

Answer 1

unenlightened

Question 2

berate

Answer 2

to scold harshly

Question 3

bestial

Answer 3

beastly, animal like

Question 4

betoken

Answer 4

to indicate, signify, give evidence of

Question 5

bevy

Answer 5

group

Question 6

bilk

Answer 6

to cheat, defraud

Question 7

blandish

Answer 7

to coax with flattery

Question 8

blithe

Answer 8

to afflict, destroy

Question 9

bombastic

Answer 9

using high sounding but meaningless language

Question 10

bonhomie

Answer 10

good natured geniality, atmosphere of good cheer

Question 11

boon

Answer 11

blessing, something to be thankful for

Question 12

bourgeois

Answer 12

middle class

Question 13

broach

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to mention or suggest for the first time

Question 14

brusque

Answer 14

rough and abrupt in manner

Question 15

burgeon

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to sprout or flourish

Question 16

bursar

Answer 16

treasure

Question 17

butt

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person or thing that is object of ridicule

Question 18

cacophonous

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jarring, unpleasantly noisy

Question 19

callow

Answer 19

immature, lacking sophistication

Question 20

calumny

Answer 20

false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander

Question 21

canvass

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to examine thoroughly, conduct a poll

Question 22

capacious

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large, roomy, expansive

Question 23

capitulate

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to submit completely, surrender

Question 24

capricious

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whimsical, without much though

Question 25

carnal

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of the flesh

Question 26

carp

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to find fault, complain constantly

Question 27

castigate

Answer 27

to punish, chastise, criticize severely

Question 28

catharsis

Answer 28

purification, cleansing

Question 29

cavalier

Answer 29

carefree, happy, with lordly disdain

Question 30

censorious

Answer 30

severely critical

Question 31

certitude

Answer 31

assurance, certainty

Question 32

chagrin

Answer 32

shame, embarrassment

Question 33

champion

Answer 33

to defend or support

Question 34

charlatan

Answer 34

quack, fake

Question 35

chary

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watchful, cautious, extremely shy

Question 36

chicanery

Answer 36

trickery, fraud, deception

Question 37

chimerical

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fanciful

Question 38

choleric

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easily angered, short tempered

Question 39

circumspect

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cautious, wary

Question 40

citadel

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fortress, tower

Question 41

clairvoyant

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having extrasensory perception, psychic

Question 42

clandestine

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secretive, concealed for a darker purpose

Question 43

coagulate

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to clot or change from a liquid to a solid

Question 44

coalesce

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to grow together or to cause to unite as one

Question 45

coffer

Answer 45

strongbox

Question 46

cogent

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logically forceful, convincing

Question 47

cognate

Answer 47

related, similar, akin

Question 48

cognomen

Answer 48

family name, nickname

Question 49

collateral

Answer 49

accompanying

Question 50

colloquial

Answer 50

characteristic of informal speech

Question 51

comeliness

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physical grace and beauty

Question 52

commensurate

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proportional

Question 53

commute

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to change a penalty to a less severe one

Question 54

complacent

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self satisfied, smug

Question 55

compliant

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submissive and yielding

Question 56

complicity

Answer 56

knowing partnership in wrongdoing

Question 57

compunction

Answer 57

feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret

Question 58

concerto

Answer 58

musical composition for orchestra and soloist

Question 59

conciliatory

Answer 59

overcoming distrust or hostility

Question 60

conflagration

Answer 60

big destructive fire