Vocab Day 12

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

angry and bitter

Question 2

belligerent

Answer 2

hostile and aggressive

Question 3

beneficent

Answer 3

generous and doing good

Question 4

canny

Answer 4

showing shrewdness and good judgment especially in money or business

Question 5

cavalier

Answer 5

a man who is chivalrous and gallant | showing lack of concern

The young cavalier was rewarded for his gallant behavior when he was chosen to escort the princess to the ball.

Word Forms: cavalier (adj.), cavalierly, cavalierness, cavalierism

Question 6

distressed

Answer 6

suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain

Question 7

dwindling

Answer 7

gradually diminishing in size, amount or strength

Question 8

eclipse

Answer 8

The obscuring of one thing by another, such as the sun by the moon or a person by a more famous or talented person (n); to obscure, darken, make less important (v)

Question 9

encyclopedic

Answer 9

comprehensive in terms of information

Question 10

exacerbate

Answer 10

vb) to increase the harshness or bitterness of | make problems worse

My headache was exacerbated by the child playing drums on the pots and pans.

Word Forms: exacerbatingly, exacerbation Related Word: acerbate
Note: exacerbate is often confused with exasperate (meaning to irritate).

Question 11

exasperated

Answer 11

intensely irritated and frustrated

Question 12

fungible

Answer 12

mutually interchangeable

Question 13

hackneyed

Answer 13

having been overused; unoriginal and trite

Question 14

incongruous

Answer 14

not in harmony or keeping with surroundings

Question 15

interchangeable

Answer 15

apparently identical

Question 16

laconic

Answer 16

adj) expressing much in few words

A laconic essay will be scored higher than an essay with unnecessary words or sentences.

Word Forms: laconically, laconism Antonym Form: unlaconic

Question 17

lucrative

Answer 17

providing a great deal or profit

Question 18

magisterial

Answer 18

domineering, dictatorial

Question 19

onerous

Answer 19

involving great deal of effort, trouble, and burdensome

Question 20

opprobrium

Answer 20

harsh criticism or censure

Question 21

parsimonious

Answer 21

adj) extremely reluctant to spend money; frugal and stingy

The parsimonious woman told her grandchildren that the gumballs in the candy machine were too expensive.

Word Forms: parsimoniously, parsimoniousness, parsimony

Question 22

peripheral

Answer 22

Relating to or making up an outer boundary
or region; not of primary importance, fringe

Question 23

provocative

Answer 23

causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately/ annoying

Question 24

renounce

Answer 24

vb) to give up; to turn away from
The king renounced the thrown when he married a woman who was not accepted by the royal family.
Word Forms: renounceable, renouncement, renouncer Related Words: announce, denounce

Question 25

tempestuous

Answer 25

characterized by strong or conflicting emotion

Question 26

tenable

Answer 26

defensible

Question 27

transgression

Answer 27

act that goes against law

Question 28

urbane

Answer 28

courteous and refined in manner

Question 29

verisimilitude

Answer 29

) the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

Even though the movie was based on a true story, the film lacked verisimilitude.

Word Forms: verisimilitudinous, verisimilar, verisimilarly Related Words: veracity, similitude

Question 30

vitiate

Answer 30

vb) to make imperfect; to corrupt | spoil or impair thee quality or efficiency of something

The king was vitiated by power; soon after his coronation, he began to abuse his subjects and destroy the fair laws.

Word Forms: vitiable, vitiation, vitiator