Vocab 4,241 - 4,260

Question 1

Paroxysm

Answer 1

— noun

1) Any sudden/uncontrollable outburst/fit of emotion/action: The war unleashed a paroxysm of violence.

Question 2

Pomposity

Answer 2

— noun

1) The quality of being pompous: An elaborate signature indicates pomposity and self-importance.

Question 3

Disputatious

Answer 3

— adjective

1) Argumentative/contentious: Disputatious litigants.

Question 4

Cromulent

Answer 4

— adjective

1) acceptable/legitimate: People disagree on the matter but it’s perfectly cromulent as far as I’m concerned.

Question 5

Unimpeachable

Answer 5

— adjective

1) impeccable; above suspicion; impossible to discredit: A man of unimpeachable honesty and motives.

Question 6

Snollygoster

Answer 6

— noun

1) a shrewd, unprincipled person (especially a politician): Snollygosters must be thrown out of political office and all positions of power.

Question 7

Censorious

Answer 7

— adjective

1) severely critical/faultfinding: I was appalled by the censorious review.

Question 8

Blatherskite

Answer 8

— noun

1) One given to voluble, empty talk/blather: My aunt is a blatherskite who talks constantly.

Question 9

Terra Incognita

Answer 9

— noun

1) an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject: Tibet was a terra incognita to Europeans.

Question 10

Superordinate

Answer 10

— adjective / verb

1) of or elevated to a higher degree in condition or rank: Such commitment derives from superordinate goals.

Question 11

Narcoticize

Answer 11

— verb

1) To drug someone/thing: In the narcotized Japan of postwar prosperity, few took interest in politics.

Question 12

Redound

Answer 12

— verb

1) To contribute greatly to (a person’s credit or honor): His latest diplomatic effort will redound to his credit.

Question 13

Irrespective

Answer 13

— adjective

1) Without regard to / ignoring / discounting: Irrespective of my wishes, he chose to leave.

Question 14

Vexatious

Answer 14

— adjective

1) Troublesome / annoying / confused / disorderly: a vexatious situation.

Question 15

Canonical

Answer 15

— adjective

1) Most authoritative / accepted / recognized / standard: There is no canonical way of producing poetry.

Question 16

Lèse-majesté (Lez Ma-Gi-Stay)

Answer 16

— noun

1) The insulting of a ruler or treason: The Shah had him whipped for his lèse-majesté.

Question 17

Revanchism

Answer 17

— noun

1) A foreign policy aimed at revenge or regaining lost territories: This is the party of revanchism.

Question 18

Breviloquent

Answer 18

— adjective

1) brevity of speech / concise / terse: The memorial references to her brother were strikingly breviloquent.

Question 19

Traducers

Answer 19

— noun

1) One who slanders / defames: Those traducers know that’s not true.

— verb

2) to slander / defame: He traduced my character.

Question 20

Phantasmagorical

Answer 20

— adjective

1) Magical / created by the imagination: His phantasmagorical images burst with color.