Vocab 4

Question 1

Delineate

Answer 1

To outline, draw or describe with precision or detail

Question 2

Depraved

Answer 2

Morally corrupt, perverted, “sick”

Question 3

Emend

Answer 3

To correct, remove inaccuracies from (usually refers to written material)

Question 4

Esoteric

Answer 4

Designed for or understood only by specialists; limited to a select few

Question 5

Exigency

Answer 5

Necessity, demand, requirement, emergency (often plural)

Question 6

Fiat

Answer 6

Authoritative order or decree

Question 7

Garner

Answer 7

Gather, acquire, harvest, accumulate, store

Question 8

Hallow

Answer 8

To set apart as sacred or holy; sanctify, consecrate

Question 9

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 9

Personal characteristic, oddity or quirk- especially not that identifies or distinguishes someone

Question 10

Ignominy

Answer 10

Public shame, disgrace, or dishonor (or that which causes these things)

Question 11

Malediction

Answer 11

A curse; slander, imprecation

Question 12

Mundane

Answer 12

Worldly, earthly; ordinary, commonplace

Question 13

Nuance

Answer 13

Subtle variation in color, tone, meaning, etc.; slight gradation or shade of difference

Question 14

Overweening

Answer 14

Arrogant, presumptuous; exaggerated, excessive

Question 15

Penchant

Answer 15

Tendency, liking or inclination

Question 16

Precursor

Answer 16

Something that precedes or indicates the approach of something else; forerunner

Question 17

Primordial

Answer 17

Existing from the earliest beginnings; ancient, primeval

Question 18

Recumbent

Answer 18

Lying down, reposing

Question 19

Sophistry

Answer 19

Argument or reasoning that seems clever but is unsound

Question 20

Unwonted

Answer 20

Not usual, expected or customary

Question 21

Acuity

Answer 21

Sharpness or keenness of perception