Vocab #5

Question 0

Adjure

Answer 0

Verb; to urge or request someone solemnly or earnestly to do something

Question 1

Adjudged

Answer 1

Verb; to consider or declare to be true

Question 2

Bona fide

Answer 2

Adj; genuine or real

Question 3

Capricious

Answer 3

Adj; given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Question 4

Cataclysm

Answer 4

Noun; a large-scale and violent event in the natural world

Question 5

Disparity

Answer 5

Noun; a great difference

Question 6

Dissent

Answer 6

Verb; to disagree

Question 7

Emolument

Answer 7

Noun; a salary, fee or profit from employment or office

Question 8

Empirical

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Adj; verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

Question 9

Exhort

Answer 9

Verb; to strongly encourage or urge someone to do something

Question 10

Expiate

Answer 10

Verb; to atone for

Question 11

Facile

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Adj; having a superficial or simplistic knowledge or approach

Question 12

Febrile

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Adj; having fever symptoms

Question 13

Inviolable

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Adj; never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored

Question 14

Nemesis

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Noun; a long-standing rival

Question 15

Nonentity

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Noun; a person or thing of no importance

Question 16

Persevere

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Verb; to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty

Question 17

Preclude

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Verb; to prevent from happening

Question 18

Primordial

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Adj; existing first

Question 19

Spurious

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Adj; false or fake