Vocab 3

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

keen, accurate judgement or insight

Question 2

Adulterate

Answer 2

to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 3

Archaic

Answer 3

outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

Question 4

Amalgamate

Answer 4

to combine several elements into a whole

Question 5

Aver

Answer 5

to state as fact; to declare or assert

Question 6

Bombastic

Answer 6

pompous, grandiloquent

Question 7

Dissemble

Answer 7

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

Question 8

Fervent

Answer 8

greatly emotional or zealous

Question 9

Fortuitous

Answer 9

Happening by accident or chance

Question 10

Germane

Answer 10

relevant to the subject at hand

Question 11

Grandiloquence

Answer 11

pompous speech or expression

Question 12

Hackneyed

Answer 12

lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite

Question 13

Halcyon

Answer 13

calm and peaceful

Question 14

Hegemony

Answer 14

the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

Question 15

Iconoclast

Answer 15

one tho attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

Question 16

Idolatrous

Answer 16

given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Question 17

Impassive

Answer 17

Revealing no emotion

Question 18

Imperturbable

Answer 18

marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

Question 19

Implacable

Answer 19

not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Question 20

Impunity

Answer 20

immunity from punishment or penalty

Question 21

Inchoate

Answer 21

in an initial stage, not fully formed

Question 22

Infelicitous

Answer 22

unfortunate; inappropriate

Question 23

Insipid

Answer 23

without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

Question 24

Loquacious

Answer 24

extremely talkative

Question 25

Mendacity

Answer 25

the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

Question 26

Misanthrope

Answer 26

one who hates all other humans

Question 27

Obdurate

Answer 27

stubbornly unwilling to change ones opinion

Question 28

Obsequious

Answer 28

obedient or attentive to an excessive degree

Question 29

Occlude

Answer 29

to obstruct or block

Question 30

Opprobrium

Answer 30

disgrace; contempt; scorn

Question 31

Pedantic

Answer 31

overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge

Question 32

Penury

Answer 32

poverty; destitution

Question 33

Pine

Answer 33

having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

Question 34

Pith

Answer 34

the essential or central part

Question 35

Pithy

Answer 35

Precise and brief

Question 36

Polemical

Answer 36

controversial; argumentative

Question 37

Prodigal

Answer 37

recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

Question 38

Profuse

Answer 38

given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

Question 39

Querulous

Answer 39

prone to complaining

Question 40

Rancorous

Answer 40

characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

Question 41

Recalcitrant

Answer 41

obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Question 42

Repudiate

Answer 42

to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

Question 43

Reverent

Answer 43

marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

Question 44

Salubrious

Answer 44

promoting health or well-being

Question 45

Solvent

Answer 45

Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

Question 46

Specious

Answer 46

seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

Question 47

Spurious

Answer 47

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Question 48

Surfeit

Answer 48

an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply excess

Question 49

Tenuous

Answer 49

having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

Question 50

Transient

Answer 50

fleeting; passing quickly; brief