Vocab 41-60

Question 0

Appropriate

Answer 0

To set aside for a particular purpose, to set aside for private use, to take without permission

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

Approval, commendation

Question 2

Ardent

Answer 2

Impassioned, fiery

Question 3

Artful

Answer 3

Skillful and cunning

Question 4

Ascetic

Answer 4

Austere, self-denying

Question 5

Askew

Answer 5

Crooked, skewed, awry

Question 6

Assuage

Answer 6

To relieve, soothe, pacify

Question 7

Audacity

Answer 7

Boldness, daring

Question 8

Austere

Answer 8

Strict, severely simple

Question 9

Autonomous

Answer 9

Independent, self-governing

Question 10

Avarice

Answer 10

Greed, inordinate desire for wealth

Question 11

Axiom

Answer 11

A universally recognized truth, something self-evident

Question 12

Banal

Answer 12

Ordinary, commonplace, trite

Question 13

Bastion

Answer 13

Fortress, stronghold

Question 14

Belabor

Answer 14

To harp on, to attack verbally, to beat with blows

Question 15

Bellicose

Answer 15

Quarrelsome, warlike

Question 16

Bereaved

Answer 16

Deprived (usually by loss of a loved one)

Question 17

Bibliophile

Answer 17

One who loves books, a book collector

Question 18

Bilk

Answer 18

To cheat, swindle, to avoid payment

Question 19

Blight

Answer 19

Something that injures or destroys