Vocab 821 - 840

Question 1

Famulus

Answer 1

– noun

1) a servant or attendant, especially of a scholar or a magician.

Question 2

Skulk

Answer 2

– verb

1) to move in a stealthy manner: The panther skulked through the bush.

Question 3

Asinine

Answer 3

– adjective

1) silly or stupid: It is surprising that supposedly intelligent people can make such asinine statements.

Question 4

Derision

Answer 4

– noun

1) ridicule: The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.

– Related forms
derisory, adjective

Question 5

Contemporaneous

Answer 5

– adjective

1) living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.

-- Related forms
contemporaneity (Show IPA), 
contemporaneousness, noun
contemporaneously, adverb
noncontemporaneous, adjective
noncontemporaneously, adverb
noncontemporaneousness, noun

Question 6

Indemnify

Answer 6

– verb

1) to compensate for damage or loss.

-- Related forms
indemnifier, noun
preindemnify, verb 
preindemnified, 
preindemnifying,
unindemnified, adjective

Question 7

Abberation

Answer 7

– noun

1) the departing from the right, normal or usual course.

– Related forms
aberrational, adjective

Question 8

Perfective

Answer 8

– adjective

1) tending to make perfect or conducive to perfection.

– Related forms
perfectivize, verb

Question 9

Philosophaster

Answer 9

– noun

1) one who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess.

Question 10

Verbigeration

Answer 10

– noun

1) the constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases.

Question 11

Weltanschauung

Answer 11

– noun

1) a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity’s relation to it.

Question 12

Thalassic

Answer 12

– adjective

1) of or pertaining to seas and oceans.

Question 13

Subfuscous

Answer 13

– adjective

1) slightly dark, dusky, or somber.

Question 14

Mysophobia

Answer 14

– noun

1) a dread of dirt or filth.

Question 15

Screed

Answer 15

– noun

1) a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.

Question 16

Bucolic

Answer 16

– adjective

1) relating to an idyllic rural life.

Related forms

bucolically, adverb

Question 17

Vinous

Answer 17

– adjective

1) relating to wine: a vinous fragrance.

Question 18

Moosemilk

Answer 18

– noun

1) bootleg whiskey.

Question 19

Consanguinity

Answer 19

– noun

1) a close relationship or connection.

Question 20

Viridescent

Answer 20

– adjective

1) greenish.