Vocab 3 U4-6

Question 1

n) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure;
v) to waste away

Answer 1

atrophy

Question 2

n) a fortified place, stronghold

Answer 2

bastion

Question 3

n) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

Answer 3

concord

Question 4

adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree;

v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

Answer 4

consummate

Question 5

n) disorder, confusion;

v) to throw into disorder

Answer 5

disarray

Question 6

n) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

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exigency

Question 7

n) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

Answer 7

flotsam

Question 8

adj) frenzied, highly agitated

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frenetic

Question 9

v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by reapers

Answer 9

glean

Question 10

n) a type of game bird; a complaint;

v) to complain, grumble

Answer 10

grouse

Question 11

v) to imprison, confine, jail

Answer 11

incarcerate

Question 12

adj) obligatory, required;

n) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

Answer 12

incumbent

Question 13

adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

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jocular

Question 14

adj) ridiculous, laughing, absurd

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ludicrous

Question 15

adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

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mordant

Question 16

n) a prickly or stinging plant;

v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

Answer 16

nettle

Question 17

adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

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pecuniary

Question 18

adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

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pusillanimous

Question 19

adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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recumbent

Question 20

n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

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stratagem

Question 21

n) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

Answer 21

acuity

Question 22

v) to portray, sketch or describe in accurate and vivid details to represent them pictorially

Answer 22

delineate

Question 23

adj) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

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depraved

Question 24

v) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring

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enervate

Question 25

adj) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

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esoteric

Question 26

adj) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

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fecund

Question 27

n) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

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fiat

Question 28

n) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

Answer 28

figment

Question 29

v) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

Answer 29

garner

Question 30

v) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

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hallow

Question 31

n) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

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idiosyncrasy

Question 32

n) shame and disgrace

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ignominy

Question 33

adj) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

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mundane

Question 34

n) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality, delicate gradation or shade of difference

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nuance

Question 35

adj) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

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overweening

Question 36

n) a strong attraction or inclination

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penchant

Question 37

adj) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation;
part) alleged

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reputed

Question 38

n) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

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sophistry

Question 39

adj) costly, rich, magnificent

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sumptuous

Question 40

adj) present or existing everywhere

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ubiquitous

Question 41

adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

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abject

Question 42

n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic;
adj) without faith, skeptical

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agnostic

Question 43

n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

Answer 43

complicity

Question 44

n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected;

adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

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derelict

Question 45

n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

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diatribe

Question 46

n) a crude image of a despised person

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effigy

Question 47

n) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond mortgage or any other claim

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equity

Question 48

adj) silly, empty of meaning or value

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inane

Question 49

n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

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indictment

Question 50

adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied

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indubitable

Question 51

adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

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intermittent

Question 52

adj) open to discussion and debate, unresolved;
v) to bring up for discussion;
n) a hypothetical law case argued by students

Answer 52

moot

Question 53

n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

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motif

Question 54

n) a new convert, beginner, novice

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neophyte

Question 55

n) keenness in observing and understanding

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perspicacity

Question 56

adj) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

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plenary

Question 57

n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

Answer 57

surveillance

Question 58

adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

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sylvan

Question 59

adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasaperation

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testy

Question 60

n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex;
v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

Answer 60

travesty