Vocab 28.1

Question 0

boisterous

Answer 0

adj. noisy and wild; unruly

Question 1

amorphous

Answer 1

adj. without definite shape; shapeless; unorganized

Question 2

burgeon

Answer 2

v. to sprout or grow rapidly

Question 3

dormant

Answer 3

adj. inactive, but capable of being active

Question 4

emphatic

Answer 4

adj. done or expressed with force

Question 5

inordinate

Answer 5

adj. excessive, unrestrained

Question 6

mollify

Answer 6

v. to soothe the temper; to pacify; to appease

Question 7

proclivity

Answer 7

n. a natural or habitual tendency or inclination

Question 8

subjugate

Answer 8

v. to bring under control; to conquer

Question 9

truculent

Answer 9

adj. inclined to fight; expressing violence or hostility

Question 10

broadside

Answer 10

n. a forceful verbal attack

Question 11

capsize

Answer 11

v. to overturn

Question 12

careen

Answer 12

v. to lean to one side or swerve while in motion (of a vehicle)

Question 13

doldrums

Answer 13

n. an area in the ocean of calm winds; a state of boredom or listlessness

Question 14

fathom

Answer 14

v. to measure the depth of; to understand

Question 15

flotsam

Answer 15

n. wreckage of a ship or its cargo

Question 16

jetsam

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n. cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress; discarded material washed ashore

Question 17

jettison

Answer 17

v. to throw overboard; to discard or abandon something no longer wanted

Question 18

leeway

Answer 18

n. margin; room for freedom of action

Question 19

mariner

Answer 19

n. sailor; seaman

adj. marine

Question 20

acronym

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n. a word created by initials

Question 21

anonymous

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adj. having an unknown or unacknowledged name

n. anonymity

Question 22

eponym

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n. a person after whom a place, people, disease, etc. is named
adj. eponymous

Question 23

ignominy

Answer 23

n. shame; dishonor

adj. ignominious

Question 24

metonymy

Answer 24

n. substitution of one word or phrase for another with which it is closely associated

Question 25

misnomer

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n. a name wrongly applied to a person or object

Question 26

nomenclature

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n. a specialized list of terms, words or names

Question 27

nominal

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adj. appearing in name only; negligible or of low amount

Question 28

nominate

Answer 28

v. to propose as a candidate for an office

n. nomination

Question 29

pseudonym

Answer 29

n. a fictitious name assumed by an author

adj. pseudonymous

Question 30

chafe

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v. to rub; to scrape; to irritate; to annoy

Question 31

chaff

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n. debris from threshing wheat; worthless matter

Question 32

deprecate

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v. to express disapproval of

n. deprecation

Question 33

depreciate

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v. to reduce in price or value

n. depreciation

Question 34

dilate

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v. to make wider; to expand

n. dilation

Question 35

dilatory

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adj. characterized by delay; tardy

Question 36

grim

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adj. unrelenting; ferocious; fierce and relentless in nature

Question 37

grime

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n. dirt; mud

Question 38

loath

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adj. unwilling, reluctant

Question 39

loathe

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v. to dislike something greatly

n. loathing; adj. loathsome

Question 40

abjure

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v. to renounce under oath; to give up or deny

Question 41

abyss

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n. a deep, bottomless chasm; immeasurable depth

adj. abysmal

Question 42

acquit

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v. to declare free of guilt; to clear

n. acquittal

Question 43

addendum

Answer 43

n. a supplement; something added at end of book or document

pl. addenda

Question 44

appraise

Answer 44

v. to officially estimate the worth of

n. appraisal

Question 45

authenticate

Answer 45

v. to establish as genuine

adj. authentic; n. authenticity

Question 46

autonomy

Answer 46

n. independence; self-government

adj. autonomous

Question 47

beholden

Answer 47

adj. obliged

Question 48

bourgeoisie

Answer 48

n. the middle class

adj. bourgeois

Question 49

controversy

Answer 49

n. dispute or disagreement

adj. controversial