vocab 6

Question 1

Abstraction

Answer 1

A thought about general qualities/ideas rather than people or things; the act of withdrawing/removing sometjing; the act of summarizing

Question 2

Altruistic

Answer 2

Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 3

Astute

Answer 3

Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; shrewd; ayanokoji

Question 4

austere

Answer 4

of a stern or strict demeanor; forbidding in aspect; severely simple; practicing great self denial

Question 5

Belie

Answer 5

Represent falsely; be in contradiction with

Question 6

Brunt

Answer 6

The principal force, shock, stress (as of an attack); the greater part; burden

Question 7

Caustic

Answer 7

capable of being to destroy by chemical substance; harsh in tone; sarcastic

Question 8

Cogent

Answer 8

Powerfully persuasive

Question 9

coherent

Answer 9

sticking together; logical; cappable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear manner

Question 10

contrivance

Answer 10

an artificial development; a deceitful scheme to deceive; a device that is good for a particular job

Question 11

derivative

Answer 11

having parts that originiate from another source; lacking originality; banal

Question 12

disputatious

Answer 12

inclined to disagree, even in law

Question 13

esoteric

Answer 13

understood by few

Question 14

flamboyant

Answer 14

richly beautfil and colorful;

Question 15

hedonistic

Answer 15

devoted to pleasure

Question 16

inconspicuous

Answer 16

not prominent or readily noticiable

Question 17

panacea

Answer 17

hypothetical remedy/solution for all disease; goddess of healing

Question 18

paucity

Answer 18

an insufficient quantity or number

Question 19

preponderance

Answer 19

exceeding in heaviness; superiority in numbers, power, influence

Question 20

pretentious

Answer 20

attempting to try to be important ; intended to impress others

Question 21

prisitine

Answer 21

really clean bc its unused; no dirt or contamination

Question 22

propensity

Answer 22

a disposition to behave in a certain way; a natural inclination

Question 23

prospective

Answer 23

anticipated for near future;

Question 24

scathing

Answer 24

marked by harsh abusive criticism

Question 25

specious

Answer 25

plausible but false; deceptively pleasing

Question 26

superificial

Answer 26

not complete; not penetrating emotionally; little significiance; being concerned with a surface

Question 27

sycophantic

Answer 27

attempting to win over by flattery

Question 28

ulterior

Answer 28

going beyond what is said and especially what is proper; ex: ulterior motive

Question 29

unfathomable

Answer 29

impossible to come to understand; not capable of being sounded or measured; immeasurable, unexplorable

Question 30

untrammeled

Answer 30

not limited