Vocab 761 - 780

Question 1

Nidificate

Answer 1

— verb

1) to build a nest.

— Related forms

nid·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
nid·i·fi·ca·tion·al, adjective

Question 2

Immix

Answer 2

— verb

1) to mix in; mingle.

— Related forms

Question 3

Bibliophobe

Answer 3

— noun

1) a person who hates, fears, or distrusts books.

Question 4

Pandurate

Answer 4

— Adjective

1) Leaf Shaped

Question 5

Exilic

Answer 5

— adjective

1) pertaining to exile.

Question 6

Precarious

Answer 6

— adjective

1) uncertain, unstable or insecure: a precarious livelihood.

— Related forms

precariously, adverb
precariousness, noun
superprecarious, adjective
superprecariously, adverb
superprecariousness, noun

Question 7

Deiform

Answer 7

— adjective

1) godlike or divine in form or nature.

— Related forms

deiformity, noun

Question 8

Duple

Answer 8

— adjective

1) having two parts; double; twofold.

Question 9

Mythomane

Answer 9

— noun

1) a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.

Question 10

Juvenescent

Answer 10

— adjective

1) being/appearing/having the power to make young/youthful.

Question 11

Accidence

Answer 11

— noun

1) the rudiments or essentials of a subject.

Question 12

Frisson (free-sohn)

Answer 12

— noun

1) a thrill: The movie offers the viewer the occasional frisson of seeing a character in mortal danger.

Question 13

Hempy

Answer 13

— adjective

1) mischievous; often in trouble for mischief.

Question 14

Interdict

Answer 14

— noun

1) to prohibit, to impede by steady bombardment: Constant air attacks interdicted the enemy’s advance.

Question 15

Apoplectic

Answer 15

— adjective

1) intense/angry enough cause apoplexy: an apoplectic rage.

Question 16

Pavonine

Answer 16

— adjective

1) of or like a peacock, Vain; showy.

Question 17

Condolence

Answer 17

— noun

1) Expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.

Question 18

Despondent

Answer 18

— adjective

1) feeling/showing profound hopelessness or gloom: despondent about failing health.

Question 19

Exiguous

Answer 19

— adjective

1) scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income.

— Related forms Expand

exiguity, noun
exiguousness, noun
exiguously, adverb

Question 20

Cloister

Answer 20

— Verb/Noun

1) any quiet, secluded place.
2) to seclude.