Vocab 861 - 880

Question 1

Astir

Answer 1

– adjective

1) moving or stirring: The field was astir with small animals, birds, and insects.

Question 2

Afflated

Answer 2

– adjective

1) inspired.

Question 3

Perennial

Answer 3

– adjective

1) enduring; perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent: her perennial beauty.

– Related forms

perenniality, noun
perennially, adverb

Question 4

Protégé

Answer 4

– noun

1) one guided/supported by a more experienced/influential person.

Question 5

Federate

Answer 5

– verb

1) to unite in a federation.

Question 6

Complexify

Answer 6

– verb

1) to make/become complex.

Question 7

Stour (Stoo-r)

Answer 7

– noun

1) turmoil or conflict

Question 8

Pyrophoric

Answer 8

– adjective

1) capable of igniting spontaneously in air.

Question 9

Babelism

Answer 9

– noun

1) a confusion, as of ideas, speech, etc.

Question 10

Alight

Answer 10

– verb

1) to dismount or come down from something: group of tourists alighted from the boat.

Question 11

Recidivism

Answer 11

– noun

1) repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.

Question 12

Insouciant

Answer 12

– adjective

1) carefree

Question 13

Subrogate

Answer 13

– verb

1) to put into the place of another; substitute for another.

Question 14

Sodality

Answer 14

– noun

1) fellowship; comradeship OR an association/society.

Question 15

Comminate

Answer 15

– verb

1) to threaten with divine punishment or vengeance.

Question 16

Brobdingnagian

Answer 16

– noun

1) huge, gigantic, tremendous.

Question 17

Realpolitik

Answer 17

– noun

1) political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.

Question 18

Denouement

Answer 18

– noun

1) the final resolution

Question 19

Winnow

Answer 19

– verb

1) to separate/distinguish valuable from worthless parts: to winnow falsehood from truth .

Question 20

Succorance

Answer 20

– noun

1) the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.