Vocab 31-60

Question 1

Amnesty

Answer 1

Official pardon for those who have broken the law

Question 2

Amorous

Answer 2

Strongly fed by love usually sex

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

Lacking a distinctive shape

Question 4

Anecdote

Answer 4

A short and entertaining story about a person or thing (usually amusing)

Question 5

Antebellum

Answer 5

Before the war

Question 6

Antecedent

Answer 6

Coming before in time or preceding

Question 7

Antipathy

Answer 7

Definite dislike, repulsion or aversion

Question 8

Apartheid

Answer 8

Racial separation or injustice

Question 9

Apostate

Answer 9

One who deserts his faith or principles

Question 10

Appellate

Answer 10

Having power to review or reverse (a court power)

Question 11

Approbation

Answer 11

Approval; commendation

Question 12

Appropriate

Answer 12

To set aside for a particular purpose, or private use

Question 13

Ardent

Answer 13

Impassioned, fiery

Question 14

Artful

Answer 14

Skillful and cunning

Question 15

Ascetic

Answer 15

Austere, self-denying

Question 16

Askew

Answer 16

Crooked, skewed

Question 17

Assuage

Answer 17

To relive soothe or pacify

Question 18

Audacity

Answer 18

Boldness daring

Question 19

Austere

Answer 19

Strict, severely simple

Question 20

Autonomous

Answer 20

Independent or self-governing

Question 21

Avarice

Answer 21

Greed, desire for wealth

Question 22

Axiom

Answer 22

A universally recognized truth

Question 23

Banal

Answer 23

Ordinary, commonplace, trite

Question 24

Bastion

Answer 24

Stronghold fortress

Question 25

Belabor

Answer 25

To harp on, to roast, to abuse verbally

Question 26

Bellicose

Answer 26

Quarrelsome, warlike

Question 27

Bereaved

Answer 27

Deprived by loss of a loved one

Question 28

Bibliophile

Answer 28

Booker

Question 29

Bilk

Answer 29

To avoid payment or cheat

Question 30

Blight

Answer 30

Something that injures or destroys