Vocab 28.2

Question 0

coy

Answer 0

adj. bashful; shy; quiet; pretending to be shy

Question 1

covert

Answer 1

adj. concealed or disguised; not openly practiced

Question 2

debase

Answer 2

v. to make lower in value, quality, or character

Question 3

demolish

Answer 3

v. to break down; to tear down

Question 4

diverse

Answer 4

adj. of different kind; varied

b. diversity

Question 5

divination

Answer 5

n. foretelling the future

Question 6

drab

Answer 6

adj. dull or dreary; monotonous

Question 7

earnest

Answer 7

adj. showing deep sincerity; serious

Question 8

egalitarian

Answer 8

adj. of the belief that all people should have equal rights

Question 9

flourish

Answer 9

v. to blossom; to grow vigorously; to prosper

Question 10

garble

Answer 10

v. to confuse or mix up so as to be misleading or incomprehensible

Question 11

gaunt

Answer 11

adj. thin and bony; appearing exhausted

Question 12

grandeur

Answer 12

n. magnificence; splendor

Question 13

gripe

Answer 13

v. to complain constantly or naggingly

Question 14

hale

Answer 14

adj. vigorous and healthy

Question 15

harry

Answer 15

v. to raid; torment or worry; harass

Question 16

horde

Answer 16

n. a group of people; a large crowd

Question 17

ignoramus

Answer 17

n. an ignorant and stupid person

Question 18

inane

Answer 18

adj. meaningless; not important; stupid

n. inanity

Question 19

inclement

Answer 19

adj. harsh; severe (usually of weather)

Question 20

infirm

Answer 20

adj. weak, esp. from old age or disease

n. infirmity

Question 21

insinuate

Answer 21

v. to hint

n. insinuation

Question 22

jilt

Answer 22

v. to reject or cast off

Question 23

languish

Answer 23

v. to lose strength or health; to remain neglected

Question 24

locus

Answer 24

n. a place that is the center of great activity or concentration
pl. loci

Question 25

lyrical

Answer 25

adj. expressing deep personal emotion

Question 26

masticate

Answer 26

v. to chew

Question 27

mores

Answer 27

n. accepted rules of behaviors

Question 28

nostrum

Answer 28

n. a potion given as a medicine of doubtful effectiveness

Question 29

overt

Answer 29

adj. open; not hidden

Question 30

persist

Answer 30

v. to continue despite difficulty

adj. persisting

Question 31

philistine

Answer 31

n. a narrow-minding person with no interest in the arts

Question 32

potable

Answer 32

adj. drinkable

Question 33

pragmatic

Answer 33

adj. dealing practically with a situation or a thing; based on experience rather than theory
n. pragmatism; n. pragmatist

Question 34

probity

Answer 34

n. complete and confirmed honesty

Question 35

profound

Answer 35

adj. very deep; penetrating beyond the superficial

n. profundity

Question 36

proletariat

Answer 36

n. the working class

adj. proletarian

Question 37

recrimination

Answer 37

n. a reply to one charge with a countercharge

v. recriminate

Question 38

rectitude

Answer 38

n. conduct according to moral principles

Question 39

remorse

Answer 39

n. sadness or regret for what one has done

adj. remorseful

Question 40

revoke

Answer 40

v. to cancel or take back

n. revocation

Question 41

strenuous

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adj. involving great effort

Question 42

symposium

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n. a meeting to discuss a topic, esp. where the participants from the audience and make presentations
pl. symposia

Question 43

synopsis

Answer 43

n. a short summary that outlines the main points of something
pl. synopses

Question 44

tabulate

Answer 44

v. to count

n. tabulation

Question 45

thesis

Answer 45

n. a claim that is to be proved by argument

pl. theses

Question 46

valid

Answer 46

adj. based on truth or fact; having legal force

v. validate

Question 47

versatile

Answer 47

adj. competent in many things

n. versatility

Question 48

vignette

Answer 48

n. a small design or portrait; a brief scene (as from a movie) or literary sketch

Question 49

vitiate

Answer 49

v. to make faulty or impure; to spoil