Vocab day 7

Question 1

appropriate

Answer 1

to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

Question 2

arcane

Answer 2

mysterious; known only to a select few

Question 3

artful

Answer 3

crafty; wily; sly

Question 4

artifice

Answer 4

a clever trick; cunning

Question 5

agrarian

Answer 5

relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land

Question 6

augment

Answer 6

to make bigger; to add to; to increase

Question 7

avow

Answer 7

to claim; to declare boldly; to admit

Question 8

bereaved

Answer 8

deprived or left desolate, especially through death

Question 9

benevolent

Answer 9

generous; kind; doing good deeds

Question 10

blatant

Answer 10

unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring

Question 11

blight

Answer 11

a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

Question 12

beset

Answer 12

to harass; to surround

Question 13

configuration

Answer 13

arrangement

Question 14

conflagration

Answer 14

a large fire

Question 15

confluence

Answer 15

a flowing together

Question 16

congeal

Answer 16

to solidify; to jell

Question 17

conjugal

Answer 17

having to do with marriage

Question 18

dilapidated

Answer 18

broken-down; fallen into ruin

Question 19

diminution

Answer 19

the act or process of diminishing; reduction

Question 20

diffuse

Answer 20

to cause to spread out; to disperse

Question 21

disaffect

Answer 21

to cause to lose affection; to estrange; to alienate

Question 22

exacerbate

Answer 22

to make worse

Question 23

exemplify

Answer 23

to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example

Question 24

exhort

Answer 24

to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

Question 25

forgo

Answer 25

to do without; to forbear

Question 26

forbear

Answer 26

to refrain from; to abstain

Question 27

guile

Answer 27

cunning; duplicity; artfulness

Question 28

histrionic

Answer 28

overly dramatic; theatrical

Question 29

innocuous

Answer 29

harmless; banal

Question 30

inert

Answer 30

inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically

Question 31

inexorable

Answer 31

relentless; inevitable; unavoidable

Question 32

infamous

Answer 32

shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful

Question 33

legacy

Answer 33

handed down from the past; a bequest

Question 34

maxim

Answer 34

a fundamental principle; an old saying

Question 35

mediate

Answer 35

to help settle differences

Question 36

narcissism

Answer 36

excessive love of one’s body or oneself

Question 37

obsequious

Answer 37

fawning; subservient; sucking up to; Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Question 38

periphery

Answer 38

the outside edge of something

Question 39

pernicious

Answer 39

deadly; extremely evil

Question 40

philanthropy

Answer 40

love of mankind, by doing good deeds

Question 41

philistine

Answer 41

a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

Question 42

robust

Answer 42

strong and healthy; vigorous

Question 43

rationale

Answer 43

underlying reason; basis; reasoning

Question 44

reactionary

Answer 44

ultraconservative; right-wing; backward-thinking

Question 45

recalcitrant

Answer 45

stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient; Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

Question 46

sanctimonious

Answer 46

pretending to be devout; affecting religious feelings

Question 47

sensory

Answer 47

having to do with the senses or sensation

Question 48

slander

Answer 48

to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor

Question 49

tantamount

Answer 49

equivalent to

Question 50

vigilant

Answer 50

constantly alert; watchful; wary

Question 51

to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

Answer 51

appropriate

Question 52

mysterious; known only to a select few

Answer 52

arcane

Question 53

crafty; wily; sly

Answer 53

artful

Question 54

a clever trick; cunning

Answer 54

artifice

Question 55

relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land

Answer 55

agrarian

Question 56

to make bigger; to add to; to increase

Answer 56

augment

Question 57

to claim; to declare boldly; to admit

Answer 57

avow

Question 58

deprived or left desolate, especially through death

Answer 58

bereaved

Question 59

generous; kind; doing good deeds

Answer 59

benevolent

Question 60

unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring

Answer 60

blatant

Question 61

a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

Answer 61

blight

Question 62

to harass; to surround

Answer 62

beset

Question 63

arrangement

Answer 63

configuration

Question 64

a large fire

Answer 64

conflagration

Question 65

a flowing together

Answer 65

confluence

Question 66

to solidify; to jell

Answer 66

congeal

Question 67

having to do with marriage

Answer 67

conjugal

Question 68

broken-down; fallen into ruin

Answer 68

dilapidated

Question 69

the act or process of diminishing; reduction

Answer 69

diminution

Question 70

to cause to spread out; to disperse

Answer 70

diffuse

Question 71

to cause to lose affection; to estrange; to alienate

Answer 71

disaffect

Question 72

to make worse

Answer 72

exacerbate

Question 73

to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example

Answer 73

exemplify

Question 74

to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

Answer 74

exhort

Question 75

to do without; to forbear

Answer 75

forgo

Question 76

to refrain from; to abstain

Answer 76

forbear

Question 77

cunning; duplicity; artfulness

Answer 77

guile

Question 78

overly dramatic; theatrical

Answer 78

histrionic

Question 79

harmless; banal

Answer 79

innocuous

Question 80

inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically

Answer 80

inert

Question 81

relentless; inevitable; unavoidable

Answer 81

inexorable

Question 82

shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful

Answer 82

infamous

Question 83

handed down from the past; a bequest

Answer 83

legacy

Question 84

a fundamental principle; an old saying

Answer 84

maxim

Question 85

to help settle differences

Answer 85

mediate

Question 86

excessive love of one’s body or oneself

Answer 86

narcissism

Question 87

fawning; subservient; sucking up to; Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Answer 87

obsequious

Question 88

the outside edge of something

Answer 88

periphery

Question 89

deadly; extremely evil

Answer 89

pernicious

Question 90

love of mankind, by doing good deeds

Answer 90

philanthropy

Question 91

a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

Answer 91

philistine

Question 92

strong and healthy; vigorous

Answer 92

robust

Question 93

underlying reason; basis; reasoning

Answer 93

rationale

Question 94

ultraconservative; right-wing; backward-thinking

Answer 94

reactionary

Question 95

stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient; Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

Answer 95

recalcitrant

Question 96

pretending to be devout; affecting religious feelings

Answer 96

sanctimonious

Question 97

having to do with the senses or sensation

Answer 97

sensory

Question 98

to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor

Answer 98

slander

Question 99

equivalent to

Answer 99

tantamount

Question 100

constantly alert; watchful; wary

Answer 100

vigilant