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, sooth, 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; common place; trite

Question 13

Bastian

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