Vocab 3

Question 1

Consummate

Answer 1

Adj: complete, perfect, ultimate
Verb: to make perfect or complete

Question 2

Conversant

Answer 2

Familiar through use or study

Question 3

Dissemble

Answer 3

To put on a false appearance; conceal, lie

Question 4

Enervate

Answer 4

To weaken, sap strength from, lessen vigor or vitality

Question 5

Entrench

Answer 5

To establish firmly, place oneself in a strong defensive position

Question 6

Evince

Answer 6

To make evident or manifest; show, reveal

Question 7

Factotum

Answer 7

Person engaged for all kinds of work; servant, gofer

Question 8

Feckless

Answer 8

Feeble, worthless, ineffectual

Question 9

Frenetic

Answer 9

Frenzied, frantic (often used with pace)

Question 10

Glean

Answer 10

To gather bit by bit, often with care of difficulty

Question 11

Incumbent

Answer 11

Adj: obligatory, required as a duty
N: one who holds an office – especially if up for reelection

Question 12

Intractable

Answer 12

Stubborn, resistant to guidance or direction; hard to manage

Question 13

Jocular

Answer 13

Jolly, full of good humor, given to joking or jesting

Question 14

Mordant

Answer 14

Biting, sarcastic, caustic

Question 15

Nefarious

Answer 15

Extremely wicked, depraved

Question 16

Nettle

Answer 16

To irritate, annoy

Question 17

Piquant

Answer 17

Agreeably stimulating to taste or mind; sharp, pungent

Question 18

Propitious

Answer 18

Favorable, promising, auspicious

Question 19

Pusillanimous

Answer 19

Shamefully faint hearted; cowardly

Question 20

Bastion

Answer 20

Fortified place or position, stronghold