Vocab 241-260

Question 1

Minutiae

Answer 1

Minute or minor details

Question 2

Misogyny

Answer 2

Hatred of woman

Question 3

Mollify

Answer 3

To soften, pacify, soothe

Question 4

Moot

Answer 4

Of no practical significance (a moot point”: so hypothetical as to be meaningless)

Question 5

Muckraker

Answer 5

One who searches out and exposes real or apparent misconduct of prominent individuals

Question 6

Mutable

Answer 6

Changeable; tending, or able to change

Question 7

Myriad

Answer 7

Many, a great number, innumerable

Question 8

Nebulous

Answer 8

Vague, indistinct

Question 9

Nefarious

Answer 9

Evil, vicious, flagrantly wicked

Question 10

Nepotism

Answer 10

Favoritism to a friend or relative in business or politics

Question 11

Non sequitur

Answer 11

A remark or a conclusion that does not follow the conversation or reasoning that came before it

Question 12

Notorious

Answer 12

Widely and unfavorably known; famous, generally for something bad

Question 13

Nullify

Answer 13

To invalidate; to make legally null and void

Question 14

Obdurate

Answer 14

Stubborn, unyielding, inflexible

Question 15

Obliterate

Answer 15

To remove utterly from recognition, memory, or existence

Question 16

Obtuse

Answer 16

Insensitive, stupid, dense, dull

Question 17

Omnipotent

Answer 17

Literally—all potent, all powerful, unlimited authority and influence

Question 18

Omniscient

Answer 18

Knowing everything; having complete and universal knowledge and awareness

Question 19

Onerous

Answer 19

Burdensome, heavy, oppressive

Question 20

Meticulous

Answer 20

Extremely careful of every detail