Vocab #3 & 4 Change and Thought & Judgement

Question 1

Evolve

Answer 1

Verb

To develop or achieve gradually

Question 2

Immutable

Answer 2

Adjective

Unchangeable; not subject or susceptible to change

Question 3

Inveterate

Answer 3

Adjective

Firmly established and having existed for a long time; habitual

Question 4

Malleable

Answer 4

Adjective

Capable of being shaped or formed; easily controlled or influenced

Question 5

Metamorphosis

Answer 5

Noun

A marked change in form, character, or function; a transformation

Question 6

Modulate

Answer 6

Verb

To adjust or adapt to a certain level or proportion; to regulate

Question 7

Protean

Answer 7

Adjective

Readily taking on different forms, characteristics or meanings

Question 8

Sporadic

Answer 8

Adjective

Scattered; occurring at irregular intervals; isolated; infrequent

Question 9

Transmute

Answer 9

Verb

To change from one form to another; to transform

Question 10

Volatile

Answer 10

Adjective
Tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconsistent; tending towards violence (explosive); evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures

Question 11

Abstruse

Answer 11

Adjective

Difficult to understand

Question 12

Acumen

Answer 12

Noun

Quickness and keenness of insight or judgement

Question 13

Acertain

Answer 13

Verb

To discover or determine with certainty, especially through examinations or experimentation

Question 14

Cerebral

Answer 14

Adjective

Of or relating to the brain; appealing to or requiring the use of intellect

Question 15

Faculty

Answer 15

Noun

A natural power or ability; a division of a university or a group of teachers

Question 16

Obfuscate

Answer 16

Verb

To make difficult to understand; to darken or make difficult to see

Question 17

Ruminate

Answer 17

Verb

To think deeply about; to turn a matter over in one’s mind; to chew partically

Question 18

Stymie

Answer 18

Verb

To prevent from making progress; to frustrate or thwart efforts

Question 19

Surmise

Answer 19

Verb
To guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence
Noun
A guess

Question 20

Tenet

Answer 20

Noun

A principle of belief held by a person or an organization