Vocab 4

Question 1

Cathartic / catharsis

Answer 1

Act of realizing a strong emotion usually in art form / healing purging feeling
Syn: realizing ant: contain

Question 2

Circumspect

Answer 2

Thinking carefully about possible risks before doing/ saying
Syn: careful ant: carefree

Question 3

Coalesce

Answer 3

Come together form one group/ mass
Syn: combine ant: bifurcate

Question 4

Cognizant

Answer 4

Aware of something knowledgeable or mindful of something
Syn: aware/ knowledgeable ant: dense

Question 5

Deleterious

Answer 5

Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way
Syn: harmful ant: peaceful

Question 6

Divestiture

Answer 6

Act of divesting / selling stock property on compulsion usually from the gov
Syn: divesting ant: invest

Question 7

Effusive

Answer 7

Expressing emotions great excessive emotion or enthusiasm
Syn: enthusiasm ant: dull

Question 8

Erudite

Answer 8

Having showing knowledge gained by study
Syn: expert ant: uneducated

Question 9

Esoteric

Answer 9

Only taught / understood by members of special group requiring knowledge only available to restricted group
Syn: selected ant: everyone

Question 10

Frenetic

Answer 10

Filled with excitement activity / confusing wild or frantic
Syn wild ant calm

Question 11

Gregarious

Answer 11

Enjoying the company of other people tending to live in groups
Syn affable ant lonely

Question 12

Harangue

Answer 12

Ranting speech / writing forceful of angry speech
Syn forceful ant peaceful

Question 13

Indolent

Answer 13

Averse to activity effort or movement habitually lazy
Syn drony ant active

Question 14

Hubris

Answer 14

Foolish exaggerated pride or self confidence
Syn audacity ant humility

Question 15

Innocuous

Answer 15

Causing producing no unjustly or harm not likely to bother or offend
Syn innocent ant damaging

Question 16

Malign

Answer 16

Slander defame to make harmful often untrue statements causing for intending to cause harm
Syn defame/ antipathetic ant truthful /pure

Question 17

Modicum

Answer 17

Small portion or limited quantity
Syn fraction ant whole

Question 18

Moot

Answer 18

Not certain open to question but impossible to prove but not worth talking about or defeating no longer of importance
Syn a thought? Ant debating/ unfinished

Question 19

Myriad

Answer 19

Various very large number or variety
Syn infinite ant countable

Question 20

Opulent

Answer 20

Very wealthy having a large estate or property
Syn rich ant poor

Question 21

Proliferate

Answer 21

Increase in number of amount quickly rapid growth
Syn multiply ant decrease

Question 22

Redolent

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Cashing thought or memories of something full of a specific fragrance
Syn scented ant unmemorable

Question 23

Spurious

Answer 23

Not genuine sincere or authentic based on false ideas of bad reasoning
Syn false ant real

Question 24

Supine

Answer 24

Lying on the back facing upward marked by lethal or great indifference
Syn unmoving ant active

Question 25

Visceral

Answer 25

Coming from strong emotion rather than logic
Syn instinctive ant unlogical