vocab 4

Question 1

facetious

Answer 1

humorous/playful

Question 2

fallacy

Answer 2

an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

Question 3

furtive

Answer 3

stealth; covert; surreptitious, clandestine, sneaky

Question 4

gregarious

Answer 4

social, outgoing

Question 5

harangue

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to deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing

Question 6

heretical

Answer 6

violating accepted dogma or convention

Question 7

impecunious

Answer 7

lacking funds; without money

Question 8

incipient

Answer 8

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 9

inert

Answer 9

unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

Question 10

innocuous

Answer 10

harmless

Question 11

intransigent

Answer 11

refusing to compromise

Question 12

inveigle

Answer 12

to obtain by deception or flattery

Question 13

morose

Answer 13

sad, sullen, melancholy

Question 14

odious

Answer 14

evoking intense aversion/dislike

Question 15

penurious

Answer 15

excessive penny pinching

Question 16

pernicious

Answer 16

extremely harmful in a way that isnt seen or noticed

Question 17

peruse

Answer 17

to examine with care

Question 18

pious/piety

Answer 18

extremely reverent or devout; strong religious devotion

Question 19

preen

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to dress up; primp; groom w elaborate care

Question 20

prodigious

Answer 20

abundant in size, force or extent; extraordinary

Question 21

prolific

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large volumes; productive

Question 22

putrefy

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to rot; decay, give a foul odor (putrid)

Question 23

quaff

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to drink deeply

Question 24

quiescence

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still, motionless, at rest

Question 25

redoubtable

Answer 25

awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

Question 26

sanction

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authoritative approval; penalty intended to enforce compliance

Question 27

squalid

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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect

Question 28

stoic

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

Question 29

supplant

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to take the place of; to supersede

Question 30

torpid

Answer 30

lethargic, sluggish, dormant

Question 31

ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

Question 32

urbane

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sophisticated; refined; elegant

Question 33

vilify

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to characterize harshly; defame

Question 34

acumen

Answer 34

keen, accurate judgement or insight

Question 35

adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 36

amalgamate

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to combine several elements into a whole

Question 37

archaic

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outdated; more primative time

Question 38

aver

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to state as a fact; to declare or assert

Question 39

bolster

Answer 39

to provide support or reinforcement

Question 40

bombastic

Answer 40

pompous; grandiloquent