Vocab Day 14

Question 1

acquiesce

Answer 1

accept something reluctantly without protest

Question 2

adroit

Answer 2

clever or skillful

Question 3

amend

Answer 3

improve by minor change

Question 4

animus

Answer 4

hostility or ill feeling/ motivation to do something

Question 5

apologist

Answer 5

a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial/ defender

Question 6

astringent

Answer 6

sharp or severe in manner or style/ causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues

Question 7

collaborate

Answer 7

work jointly on an activity or project/ corporate

Question 8

competent

Answer 8

efficient and capable

Question 9

correlate

Answer 9

correspond, connect

Question 10

deride

Answer 10

vb) to ridicule

The unsupportive team captain derided Desiree’s attempts to make the volleyball squad.

Word Forms: deridingly, derision, derisive, derisible, derider

Question 11

dictate

Answer 11

an order or principle that must be obeyed/ give orders

Question 12

discreet

Answer 12

careful in order to keep something confidential/ intentionally unobtrusive

Question 13

divorced

Answer 13

separate from something typically with an undesirable effect

Question 14

elitist

Answer 14

demonstrating a superior attitude or behavior associated with an elite

Question 15

exacting

Answer 15

demanding/ inflict (revenge) on someone

Question 16

fullmoxed

Answer 16

bewildered or perplexed

Question 17

fruitful

Answer 17

fertile, productive

Question 18

inborn

Answer 18

natural to a person, or animal

Question 19

polymath

Answer 19

a person of wide knowledge or learning

Question 20

reticent

Answer 20

adj) inclined to keep quiet and private

Ironically, the actor once known for his outspoken behavior became reticent in later years, refusing to grant
interviews.

Word Forms: reticently, reticence, reticency

Question 21

stringent

Answer 21

strict, precise and exacting

Question 22

subservient

Answer 22

prepared to obey others unquestioningly, subordinate

Question 23

surreptitious

Answer 23

keep secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Question 24

tantalizing

Answer 24

torment or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable

Question 25

tantamount

Answer 25

equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as

Question 26

torpor

Answer 26

a state of physical or mental inactivity, lethargy

Question 27

trenchant

Answer 27

adj) keen, cutting, or energetic

Trent’s trenchant wit was a bit too caustic for some of the audience, while others found him to be an effective
speaker.

Word Forms: trenchancy, trenchantly

Question 28

umbrage

Answer 28

n) offense; displeasure

The customer took umbrage at the clerk’s rudeness and reported him to the corporate office

Question 29

versatile

Answer 29

adoptable to many different functions or activities

Question 30

wayward

Answer 30

difficult to control or predict because of willful or perverse behavior