VOCAB 3

Question 1

sanction

Answer 1

give permission/authority; social control for enforcing societal standards

Question 2

bombast

Answer 2

pretentious, inflated speech

Question 3

diatribe

Answer 3

bitter, abusive speech/writing

Question 4

fulminate

Answer 4

to speak with condemnation; criticize severly

Question 5

vituperate

Answer 5

criticize harshly

Question 6

invective

Answer 6

abusive, venomous language

Question 7

obloquy

Answer 7

verbal abuse

Question 8

inveigh

Answer 8

protest or complain bitterly, vehemently

Question 9

aspersion

Answer 9

attack on one’s character

Question 10

epithet

Answer 10

disparaging word/phrase; characterizing word/phrase (that occurs with a person)

Question 11

vociferous

Answer 11

given to vehement protest; offensively loud argument

Question 12

anathema

Answer 12

something that is intensely disliked, loathed

Question 13

excoriate

Answer 13

censure scathingly

Question 14

philippic

Answer 14

bitter denunciation with harsh language

Question 15

tractable

Answer 15

easy to train/control

Question 16

ancillary

Answer 16

subordinate, supplementary

Question 17

obsequious

Answer 17

excessively obedient; attentive in a servile way

Question 18

sycophant

Answer 18

servile, self-seeking flatterer

Question 19

adulation

Answer 19

excessive flattery

Question 20

ingratiate

Answer 20

to gain favor or acceptance through deliberate effort

Question 21

idolatrous

Answer 21

blindly or excessively devoted (to an idol)

Question 22

officious

Answer 22

volunteering oneself/one’s services where they’re neither wanted or needed

Question 23

credulous

Answer 23

gullible

Question 24

recalcitrant

Answer 24

obstinately defiant of authority

Question 25

contumacious

Answer 25

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Question 26

incorrigible

Answer 26

unable to be reformed or improved, even with punishment

Question 27

demagogue

Answer 27

leader who uses popular prejudices and false claims/promises in order to gain power

Question 28

beleaguer

Answer 28

persistently annoy

Question 29

harrow

Answer 29

tormet, cause distress

Question 30

assiduous

Answer 30

careful and attentive to detail

Question 31

punctilious

Answer 31

attentive to detail or manners

Question 32

commensurate

Answer 32

corresponding in size/degree (proportional to)

Question 33

apposite

Answer 33

relevant to a particular matter

Question 34

germane

Answer 34

relevant to a subject

Question 35

adumbrate

Answer 35

suggest or disclose partially; roughly summarize

Question 36

coda

Answer 36

conclusion of a musical, literary, or dramatic work

Question 37

limpid

Answer 37

easily understood, transparent

Question 38

nonplussed

Answer 38

bewildered (unsure of how to react)

Question 39

opaque

Answer 39

not transparent, dense, difficult to understand

Question 40

prevaricate

Answer 40

deviate from the truth; speak in an elusive way

Question 41

equivocal

Answer 41

uncertain sign, nature, classification, disposition; subject to multiple interpretations and meant to confuse

Question 42

equivocate

Answer 42

ambigious language meant to conceal the truth

Question 43

vacillate

Answer 43

being indecisive, wavering

Question 44

recondite

Answer 44

difficult to understand for someone with basic knowledge; profound

Question 45

peroration

Answer 45

concluding part of a discourse; a highly rhetorical speech

Question 46

expostulate

Answer 46

to reason with/to dissuade

Question 47

exegesis

Answer 47

explanation/critical interpretation of a text

Question 48

laconic

Answer 48

concise to the point of seeming rude/mysterious

Question 49

reticent

Answer 49

silent/uncommunicative; restrained in expression, presentation

Question 50

ineffable

Answer 50

indescribable