Vocab 5-6

Question 1

Anmesty

Answer 1

a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution

Question 2

Autonomy

Answer 2

self-government, politcal control

Question 3

Axiomatic

Answer 3

self-evident, expressing an universally accepted principle

Question 4

Blazon

Answer 4

to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely

Question 5

Caveat

Answer 5

a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

Question 6

Equitable

Answer 6

fair, just, embodying principles of justice

Question 7

Extricate

Answer 7

to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

Question 8

Filch

Answer 8

to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

Question 9

Flout

Answer 9

to mock, treat with contempt

Question 10

Fractious

Answer 10

tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarelsome

unpredictable

Question 11

Precept

Answer 11

a rule of conduct or action

Question 12

Salutary

Answer 12

beneficial, helpful

healthful, wholesome

Question 13

Scathing

Answer 13

bitterly severe, withering

causing great harm

Question 14

Scourge

Answer 14

to whip, punish severly

a cause of affliction or suffering, a source of severe punishment or criticism

Question 15

Sephulchral

Answer 15

funereal, typical of the tomb

extremely gloomy or dismal

Question 16

Soporific

Answer 16

tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy

something that induces sleep

Question 17

Straitlaced

Answer 17

Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct

prudish, puritanical

Question 18

Transient

Answer 18

lasting only a short time, fleeting

one who stays only a short time

Question 19

Unwiedly

Answer 19

not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

Question 20

Vapid

Answer 20

dull, uninteresting, tiresome

lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

Question 21

Anomalous

Answer 21

abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

Question 22

Aspersion

Answer 22

a damaging or derogatory statement

the act of slandering or defaming

Question 23

Bizarre

Answer 23

extremely strange, unusual, atypical

Question 24

Brusque

Answer 24

abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Question 25

Cajole

Answer 25

to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice

to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises

Question 26

Castigate

Answer 26

to punish severely; to criticize severely

Question 27

Contrive

Answer 27

to plan with ingenuity

to bring about through a plan

Question 28

Demagogue

Answer 28

a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

Question 29

Disabuse

Answer 29

to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking

Question 30

Ennui

Answer 30

weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom

Question 31

Fetter

Answer 31

a chain or shackle placed on the feet

anything that confines or restrains

to chain or shackle, to render helpless or impotent

Question 32

Heinous

Answer 32

very wicked, offensive, hateful

Question 33

Immutable

Answer 33

not subject to change, constant

Question 34

Insurgent

Answer 34

one who rebels or rises against authority

rising in revolt, surging or rushing in

Question 35

Megalomania

Answer 35

a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc

fair in excess of reality

Question 36

Sinecure

Answer 36

a position requiring little or no work

an easy job

Question 37

Surreptitious

Answer 37

steathy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud

Question 38

Transgress

Answer 38

to go beyond a limit or boundary

to sin

to violate a law

Question 39

Transmute

Answer 39

to change from one nature, substance, or form to another

Question 40

Vicarious

Answer 40

performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another