Vocab 27 & 28

Question 1

Apathy

Answer 1

Noun

Lack feeling; lack of concern or interest

Question 2

Assent

Answer 2

Verb
To agree with something
Noun
Agreement

Question 3

Empathy

Answer 3

Noun

An identification with an understanding of other people’s feelings and situations

Question 4

Pathetic

Answer 4

Adj

arousing compassion or pity

Question 5

Pathology

Answer 5

Noun

The study of disease, signs of disease, or an abnormal, usually negative, state

Question 6

Presentiment

Answer 6

Noun

A sense that something is about to occur

Question 7

Sensational

Answer 7

Adj

Causing strong feelings of curiosity or interest by giving exaggerated or shocking details; wondering

Question 8

Sensibility

Answer 8

Noun

Acute intellectual or emotional perception or feeling; awareness and responsiveness toward something

Question 9

Sententious

Answer 9

Adj
Energetic and concise in expression; saying meaningful things precisely; prone to pompous moralizing or giving advice in a self-righteous way

Question 10

Sentient

Answer 10

Adj

Capable of perceiving and feeling; conscious

Question 11

Ensure

Answer 11

Verb
To occur as a consequence or result of something else
To place subsequently; to follow

Question 12

Ephemental

Answer 12

Adj

Lasting only for a very brief time, fleeting, transitory

Question 13

Harbinger

Answer 13

Noun
A person or thing that signals or foreshadows what is to come
Verb
To signal the approach of; to warn

Question 14

Imminent

Answer 14

Adj

About to occur; impending

Question 15

Interim

Answer 15

Noun

A period of time between two events

Question 16

Interminable

Answer 16

Adj

Being or seeming to be without end; endless; tiremonely long

Question 17

Perennial

Answer 17

Adj
Enduring, recurring or long-lasting
Noun
A plant that is grown again each year

Question 18

Precipitate

Answer 18

Verb
To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely
To throw forcefully downward
Adj
Suddenly, unexpected

Question 19

Provisional

Answer 19

Adj

Serving only for the time being; temporary

Question 20

Retrospective

Answer 20

Adj
Looking back on, directed to the past
Noun
An exhibit or a performance of works produced by an artist over a considerable time period