Vocab, batch #5 (51-75)

Question 1

Countermand

Answer 1

to cancel/reverse a previous order

Question 2

Incursion

Answer 2

an invasion of limited scope and duration

Question 3

Sentinel

Answer 3

a guard assigned to warn of unexpected attack

Question 4

Circuitous

Answer 4

roundabout, indirect

Question 5

Diffuse

Answer 5

to spread out into a larger area

Question 6

Erratically

Answer 6

unpredictably, randomly

Question 7

Impediment

Answer 7

something that slows down progress/prevents completion

Question 8

Permeable

Answer 8

able to be penetrated

Question 9

Undulate

Answer 9

to move in waves

Question 10

Vacillation

Answer 10

movement to and fro

Question 11

Agility

Answer 11

the ability to make coordinated, quick, and precise movements

Question 12

Audacity

Answer 12

a boldness marked by recklessness

Question 13

Austerity

Answer 13

the practice of imposing severe limits on costs, pleasures

Question 14

Complicity

Answer 14

a participation in wrongful deeds

Question 15

Disparity

Answer 15

a marked difference in quality or character

Question 16

Laxity

Answer 16

negligence

Question 17

Plurality

Answer 17

a state of being greater than any other

Question 18

Validity

Answer 18

the state of being logically correct

Question 19

Consecrate

Answer 19

to make sacred

Question 20

Fructify

Answer 20

to bear fruit

Question 21

Ostracize

Answer 21

to exclude from a social group

Question 22

Postulate

Answer 22

to hypothesize

Question 23

Stipulate

Answer 23

to specify as a condition/requirement of an agreement

Question 24

Paucity

Answer 24

a small number or quality

Question 25

Bivouac

Answer 25

a temporary outdoor encampment