Vocab 601-625

Question 1

fiasco

Answer 1

a complete or ridiculous failure

Question 2

impecunious

Answer 2

having little or no money

Question 3

advent

Answer 3

arrival; beginning

Question 4

alter

Answer 4

to change

Question 5

alienate

Answer 5

to turn away the affection of

Question 6

abusive

Answer 6

insulting

Question 7

corroborate

Answer 7

to make more certain, support

Question 8

digression

Answer 8

turning away from the main subject

Question 9

discredit

Answer 9

to cast doubt on; to ruin the reputation of

Question 10

determinate

Answer 10

fixed, definite

Question 11

estrange

Answer 11

to make unfriendly, to turn away

Question 12

impetuous

Answer 12

impulsive, hasty, careless

Question 13

incongruous

Answer 13

out of place; not appropriate or fitting

Question 14

insular

Answer 14

standing alone like an island, isolated

Question 15

snare

Answer 15

to trap

Question 16

assent

Answer 16

agree

Question 17

fanaticism

Answer 17

excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm

Question 18

plentitude

Answer 18

plentiful, abundance

Question 19

stalwart

Answer 19

strong and brave

Question 20

circuitous

Answer 20

not direct, roundabout

Question 21

euphonious

Answer 21

pleasing to the ear, sounding agreeable

Question 22

giddy

Answer 22

never serious, flighty, frivolous

Question 23

gouge

Answer 23

to dig out, tear out, force out

Question 24

inter

Answer 24

to bury

Question 25

pivotal

Answer 25

very important