Vocab 961 - 980

Question 1

Miasma

Answer 1

– noun

1) a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor: a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him like marsh gas

Question 2

Putrescent

Answer 2

– adjective

1) related to something being putrid.

Question 3

Effluvium

Answer 3

– noun

1) an unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge: the unwholesome effluvia of decaying vegetable matter.

Question 4

Recrimination

Answer 4

– noun

1) an accusation in response to one from someone else.: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.

Question 5

Rancor

Answer 5

– noun

1) resentment, ill will, hatred or malice.

Question 6

In absentia

Answer 6

– adverb

1) in the absence of the person involved: He was sentenced in absentia by the court.

Question 7

Plaudits

Answer 7

– noun

1) round of applause, as for some approved or admired performance.: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.

Question 8

Constancy

Answer 8

– noun

1) the quality of being unchanging or unwavering.

Question 9

Mandate

Answer 9

– noun

1) a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.

Question 10

Castigate

Answer 10

– verb

1) reprimand (someone) severely: he was castigated for not setting a good example.

Question 11

Duplicity

Answer 11

– noun

1) deceitfulness in speech or conduct

Related forms
– duplicitous

Question 12

Ignominious

Answer 12

– adjective

1) humiliating or marked by ignominy: an ignominious retreat.

Question 13

Tendentious

Answer 13

– adjective

1) displaying a definite bias: a tendentious novel.

Related forms
– tendential

Question 14

Coextensive

Answer 14

– adjective

1) of the same limits or extent

Related forms
– coextensively, adverb

Question 15

Dictum

Answer 15

– noun, plural dicta

1) an authoritative pronouncement or maxim.

Question 16

Sublimate

Answer 16

– verb

1) to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition.

Question 17

Addendum

Answer 17

– noun, plural addenda

1) a thing to be added; an addition.

Question 18

Platitude

Answer 18

– noun

1) a flat, dull, or trite remark uttered as if it were fresh or profound: the platitude of most political oratory.

Question 19

Telegnosis

Answer 19

– noun

1) supernatural or occult knowledge; clairvoyance.

Question 20

Wanton

Answer 20

– adjective

1) done maliciously, unjustifiably or uncalled-for: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.