vocab 6

Question 1

repudiate

Answer 1

to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

Question 2

rescind

Answer 2

to invalidate, to repeal, to retract

Question 3

reverent

Answer 3

feeling/expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

Question 4

rhetoric

Answer 4

the art of study or effective use of language for communication and persuasion

Question 5

salubrious

Answer 5

promoting health or well being

Question 6

solvent

Answer 6

able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

Question 7

specious

Answer 7

seeming true but being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

Question 8

spurious

Answer 8

lacking authenticity, false, counterfeit

Question 9

succinct

Answer 9

brief, concise

Question 10

superfluous

Answer 10

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Question 11

surfeit

Answer 11

an overabundant supply, excess; to feed or supply to excess

Question 12

tenacity

Answer 12

persistant determination

Question 13

tenuous

Answer 13

having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

Question 14

tirade

Answer 14

a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

Question 15

transient

Answer 15

fleeting, passing quickly, brief

Question 16

zealous

Answer 16

fervent, ardent, impassioned, devoted to a cause

Question 17

acerbic

Answer 17

having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Question 18

aggrandize

Answer 18

to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

Question 19

amenable

Answer 19

agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Question 20

anachronism

Answer 20

something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological text

Question 21

astringent

Answer 21

having a tightening effect on living tissue; tightening effect on skin

Question 22

contiguous

Answer 22

sharing a border; touching, adjacent

Question 23

credulous

Answer 23

tending to believe to readily; gullible

Question 24

decorum

Answer 24

polite or appropriate

Question 25

derision, deride

Answer 25

scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

Question 26

desiccate

Answer 26

to dry out, to make dull

Question 27

dilettante

Answer 27

one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

Question 28

disparage

Answer 28

to slight or belittle

Question 29

divulge

Answer 29

to disclose something secret

Question 30

fawn

Answer 30

to flatter or praise excessively

Question 31

flout

Answer 31

show contempt for

Question 32

garrulous

Answer 32

pointlessly talkative

Question 33

glib

Answer 33

nonchalant, lacking in depth, superficial

Question 34

hubris

Answer 34

overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

Question 35

imminent

Answer 35

about to happen

Question 36

immutable

Answer 36

not capable of change

Question 37

impetuous

Answer 37

hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Question 38

indifferent

Answer 38

having no interest or concern; no bias

Question 39

inimical

Answer 39

damaging, harmful, injurious

Question 40

intractable

Answer 40

not easily managed or directed; obstinate, stubborn

Question 41

intrepid

Answer 41

steadfast and courageous

Question 42

Laconic

Answer 42

using few words, terse

Question 43

quixotic

Answer 43

foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals

Question 44

quotidian

Answer 44

reoccurring daily, commonplace

Question 45

rarefy

Answer 45

to make thin; less dense, refine

Question 46

recondite

Answer 46

hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure