Vocab 4,181 - 4,200

Question 1

Encapsulate

Answer 1

– verb

1) to summarize or condense.

Question 2

Endangered

Answer 2

– adjective

1) threatened with a danger / extinction: endangered lives of trapped coal miners.

The bald eagle may be endangered.

Question 3

Get a word in edgewise

Answer 3

– Idioms

1) to succeed in entering a conversation / expressing opinion: There were so many people talking at once that I couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

Question 4

Tenor

Answer 4

– noun

1) the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.

Question 5

Exonerate

Answer 5

– verb

1) to free from guilt or blame / exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating.

Question 6

Jubilant

Answer 6

– adjective

1) showing great joy / satisfaction / triumph: the cheers of the jubilant victors.

Question 7

Levity

Answer 7

– noun

1) lightness of mind / character / behavior.

Question 8

Flout

Answer 8

– verb

1) to treat with disdain / scorn / contempt: to flout the rules of propriety.

Question 9

Accelerant

Answer 9

– noun

1) something that speeds up a process.

Question 10

Laborious

Answer 10

– adjective

1) requiring much work / exertion / perseverance: a laborious undertaking.

Question 11

Componetize

Answer 11

– verb

1) split into separate components: we’re trying to componentize everything in web design so it’s faster to do.

Question 12

Pestiferous

Answer 12

– adjective

1) bringing or bearing disease.

Question 13

Volte-face (volt-fas)

Answer 13

– noun

1) a turnabout, especially of opinion or policy.

Question 14

Sub rosa

Answer 14

– adverb

1) confidentially / secretly / privately.

Question 15

Lackluster

Answer 15

– adjective

1) dull: a lackluster performance.

Question 16

Accession

Answer 16

– noun

1) the act of coming into the possession of something: accession to the throne.

Question 17

Bouffant

Answer 17

– adjective

1) styled so as to puff out in a rounded shape: a blonde lady with bouffant hair.

Question 18

Supine

Answer 18

– adjective

1) lying on the back: He was fitted for an embassy or judgeship, but was too mild, supine and luxurious for the requisite tasks.

Question 19

Modulate

Answer 19

– verb

1) to regulate / soften / tone down.

Question 20

Disseminate

Answer 20

– verb

1) to scatter or spread widely / promulgate extensively: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.