Vocab C

Question 1

The teacher’s “cadence” during the social studies class lulled the kids to sleep

Answer 1

Cadence – accent, speech ,ovulation, tempo, pulse of speech

Question 2

She found that sobbing and crying her heart was a good “catharsis” to get over the shock of losing her best friend.

Answer 2

Catharsis - emotional release, purification, self renewal

Question 3

She “cavorted” among the dolphins in the Gulf of Mexco

Answer 3

Cavort - play, prance, revel, rough horse, to frolic

Question 4

The Greek gods resided in the “celestial” realms of Mt. Olympus

Answer 4

Celestial - heavenly, star like, god like, angelic, divine, Elysian fields, supernatural

Question 5

My english teacher has a great “charisma” in her teaching style that helps all of us feel more connected to literature

Answer 5

Charisma - charm, personality, irresistible, ability to attract a following

Question 6

The soldier was “chastised” by the village leader for questioning the new taxes.

Answer 6

Chastised - reprimanded, severely scolded, beaten, thrashed

Question 7

She was “coerced” by her friends to shop lift for fun and she was very afraid and uncomfortable about that incident.

Answer 7

Coerced - forced to do something by someone else

Question 8

The magician tricks were simple and was very good in manipulating human “cognition” into thinking that it was magic

Answer 8

Cognition- perception, understanding, process of knowing or deciphering information

Question 9

After she had Benadryl, she was not able to speak “coherently”. She had trouble speaking clearly and making sense.

Answer 9

Coherent- logically consistent, to make sense, hold it together

Question 10

That scientist was considered a world famous intellectual “colossus” about global warming. He had a “colossal” amount of knowledge about this subject.

Answer 10

Colossus - powerful, a giant among his peers, gigantic structure or thing.
Colossal - huge, enormous, gigantic

Question 11

After the Brazilian steak house dinner, I felt myself sinking into a self inflicted “comatose” of over eating

Answer 11

“comatose” - lethargic, slow/lazy, inertia, in a coma, unconcious

Question 12

The house looked deceptively small from its exterior but was “commodious” once you walked into the house.

Answer 12

Commodious - spacious, ample

Ample could be used for commodious in size both for things and people

Question 13

She “concocted” a tale about alien abduction to explain why she could not turn in her homework on time,

Answer 13

Concocted - make up or think up, formulate ( a magical brew)

Question 14

The workers had to dig deep to lay a “conduit” for the new power lines

Answer 14

Conduit - something/pipe that helps carrying something through, cable, passage, pipe, gutter, sewer pipe, duct

Question 15

The friends congregate every Sunday at Canyon coffee shop to catch up on gossip

Answer 15

Congregate - gather, group, get together

Question 16

While the black room looked trendy, the decor definitely had elements of evil “connotation”

Answer 16

Connotation - implication, implied, association, nuance, coloring, shades of meaning

Question 17

The group of teachers reached a “consensus” that kids that disrupted the classes would need to be held back in detention for at least 30 min.

Answer 17

Consensus - general agreement as a group, deal, accord

Question 18

The burglar had a “conspicuous” tattoo that helped the home owner identify the burglar in a police line up

Answer 18

Obvious, prominent

Question 19

The detective tried to “construe” what the victim was doing from her cryptic message which she left when she was kidnapped.

Answer 19

Construe - interpret, understand, deduce, read, understand

Question 20

She is a “consummate” performer who practiced for piano recital for 8 hours a day

Answer 20

Consummate - ultimate, perfectionist, flawless

Question 21

The lego blocks were laid out “contiguously” - that helped Neil get more area with the limited Legos he had.

Answer 21

Contiguous - adjacent, side by side, juxtaposed, neighboring, touching

Question 22

The sale of the house was “contingent” on getting mortgage approval before putting in an offer for the house

Answer 22

Contingent - depends, conditional, possible, likely, provisional

Question 23

She had a “contusion” on her head when she bumped into a metal pipe while running

Answer 23

Contusion - injury, bruise, bump

Question 24

A triangle has three sides. A “corollary” to this is that sum of angles in a triangle is 180.

Answer 24

Corollary - logical conclusion, deduction, result

Question 25

I pity the horse that had to carry the “corpulent” circus ringmaster around the circus ring.

Answer 25

Corpulent - fat, chubby

Question 26

Having grown up in San Francisco and traveled all around the world, Tia was considered to have a cosmopolitan upbringing.

Answer 26

Cosmopolitan - worldly, global, sophisticated, urbane, international, cultured, cultivated

Question 27

The teacher had a friendly “countenance” that made it easy for new students to approach her.

Answer 27

Countenance - facial expression, bearing, demeanor

Question 28

The CIA ran covert operations in Afghanistan

Answer 28

Covert - hidden, secretive, top secret , concealed, not in the open, clandestine, veiled, surreptitious

Question 29

The pianist ended the performance with a flawless “crescendo” that rocked the house!!

Answer 29

Crescendo - grow loud, a gradual increase in sound, intensity, or force, often in a musical piece

Question 30

Her “culinary” experience ranged from Asian cooking to European deserts.

Answer 30

relating to cooking or the kitchen; suitable for cooking

Question 31

His research work in cybernetics was considered grown breaking - it helped people with a nervous system disorder

Answer 31

field studying and comparing human nervous system and electro-mechanical communication systems