Vocab 2

Question 1

A running or flowing together; a large open area, as in building, where crowds gather or pass through; a broad thoroughfare.

Answer 1

Concourse (KAHN-kors).

Question 2

a: running together, in a sense if occurring at the same time; acting together or cooperating.

Answer 2

Concurrent (ken-KUR-ent).

Question 3

n: originally, a messenger who ran with an urgent message; any person, agency, or service that carries mail; a tour guide.

Answer 3

Courier (KOOR-ee-er).

Question 4

a: running over quickly with little attention to detail; hasty or superficial.

Answer 4

Cursory (KUR-se-ree).

Question 5

a: running or wandering from topic to topic; rambling or digressive.

Answer 5

Discursive (dis-KUR-siv).

Question 6

v: literally, to run toward, and thus to bring (something bad) upon oneself; to become liable or subject to.

Answer 6

Incure (in-KUR).

Question 7

n: a running into, and thus a sudden (brief) raid or invasion.

Answer 7

Incursion (in-KUR-zhen).

Question 8

n: a person or event that runs before; a forerunner, harbinger,
or predecessor.

Answer 8

Precursor (pri-KUR-ser).

Question 9

a: running back, and thus returning again and again; intermittent.

Answer 9

Recurrent (ri-KUR-ent).

Question 10

a: relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; poisonous

Answer 10

Toxic (TAHK-sik).

Question 11

n: a strong and deep feeling of dislike; hatred.

Answer 11

Antipathy (an-TIP-e-thee).

Question 12

n: a total lack of emotion, interest, feeling, or concern;

indifference.

Answer 12

Apathy (AP-e-thee).

Question 13

a: eager to quarrel or fight; hostile or warlike.

Answer 13

Bellicose (Bel-e-kows).

Question 14

n: cardio (heart) + myo (muscle) + pathy (disease), thus a disease of the heart muscles, usually chronic and progressive.

Answer 14

Cardiomyopathy (kahr-dee-ow-miy-AHP-e-thee).

Question 15

n: the ability to participate completely in another person’s feelings and emotions; the feeling itself.

Answer 15

Empathy (EM-pe-thee).

Question 16

a: arousing feelings of pity and sometimes contempt; pitiful

Answer 16

Pathetic (pe-THET-ik).

Question 17

a: resulting from or caused by disease; compulsive

Answer 17

Pathological (path-e-LAHJ-kel).

Question 18

n: a physician who specializes in the diagnosis of disease

Answer 18

Pathologist (pe-THAHL-e-jest).

Question 19

n: the emotional quality, as in a literary work or musical composition, that arouses pity, sorrow, or compassion; the feeling itself

Answer 19

Pathos (PAY-thahs).

Question 20

n: thought communication (over some distance) between two or more people

Answer 20

Telepath (te-LEP-e-thee).

Question 21

n: the way something looks when seen from a specific view; a particular appearance, as one of several possible, a phase

Answer 21

Aspect (AS-pekt).

Question 22

a: looking good, as for the future; promising, fortunate; successful

Answer 22

Auspicious (o-SPISH-es).

Question 23

a: easily seen; attracting attention because of unusual or remarkable qualities

Answer 23

Conspicuous (ken-SPIK-ye-wes).

Question 24

v. to come together, as for a general or common purpose; to cause to come together; to assemble

Answer 24

Convene (ken-VEEN).

Question 25

a: looked down on, as with contempt; deserving to be despised; mean

Answer 25

Despicable (DES-pik-e-bel).

Question 26

n: a looking into one’s own thoughts and feelings;; self-analysis

Answer 26

Introspection (in-tre-SPEK-shen).

Question 27

n: a looking back, as to review or examine something that has occurred in the past

Answer 27

Retrospect (RE-tre-spekt).

Question 28

a: looking reasonable, correct, or logical at first glance, but later proving otherwise, not genuine

Answer 28

Specious (SPEE-Shes).

Question 29

n: a vision, whether real or imagined; a ghost or terrifying aspect or any object of fear or dread

Answer 29

Specter.

Question 30

v: to look at a situation, often in advance, in an effort to figure out what will happen; to ponder or consider

Answer 30

Speculate.

Question 31

n: a state of having been sent away or down, and thus death

Answer 31

Demise.

Question 32

n: a person or group sent on an important, and sometimes,

secret mission

Answer 32

Emissary.

Question 33

v: to send out; to discharge; to utter

Answer 33

Emit.

Question 34

a: sent between intervals, and thus stopping and starting; periodic, recurrent

Answer 34

Intermittent.

Question 35

n: a written message that is sent to somewhere; a letter – often used poetically

Answer 35

Missive.

Question 36

n: a basic statement sent before, as one that is later developed or proven; a beginning position; v, to make such a statement

Answer 36

Premise.

Question 37

n: a thing that is once again in the flesh or reborn; a coming back into being, although perhaps in a different (bodily) form

Answer 37

Reincarnation.

Question 38

a: careless, negligent, or lax in the performance of some duty, task or responsibility

Answer 38

Remiss.

Question 39

n: a sending back, in the sense of a pardon or forgiveness, as for crimes or sins; a lessening or disappearance of symptoms

Answer 39

Remission.

Question 40

n: money sent back, as through the mail; the sending of such money

Answer 40

Remittance.