Vocab day 8 part 1

Question 1

impute

Answer 1

syn : assign, attribute, ascribe, accredit, chalk up, credit, lay, put down.
: to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly
“primatologist generally impute relatively high intelligence to chimpanzees based on their ability to recognize themselves in a mirror.”

Question 2

imprecations

Answer 2

a spoken curse.

“I pushed my way through, screaming imprecations”

Question 3

implode

Answer 3

to burst inwards, extreme contraction, extreme suppression.
: to break down or fall apart from within : SELF-DESTRUCT

Explode -> burst outwards.

Question 4

implicit

Answer 4

understood but not explicitly implied
syn : tacit
“ Imply is a synonym for insinuate, but insinuate has more of a negative connotation than imply.”

Question 5

plausible

Answer 5

superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
“That plausible but the whole story is eomthing else”

Question 6

implausible

Answer 6

unlikely, unbelievable

Question 7

implacable

Answer 7

impossible to please

Question 8

impinge

Answer 8

to strike

Question 9

impervious

Answer 9

impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected

Syn : impermeable, impenetrable, resistant

Question 10

impermeable

Answer 10

impossible to penetrate

Question 11

imperturbable

Answer 11

unable to be upset or excited; calm. not easily disturbed

Question 12

idolatry

Answer 12

idol worship

Question 13

hyperbole

Answer 13

purposeful exaggeration

Question 14

ideologies

Answer 14

ideas and beliefs

Question 15

iconoclast

Answer 15

attacking beliefs and tranditions

Question 16

impecunious

Answer 16

poor, having little to no money

Syn : penury, penurious, indigent, destitute, insolvent, impoverished.

Question 17

impede

Answer 17

to hinder, block

“If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult”

Question 18

impassive

Answer 18

showing no emotion

Question 19

immutability

Answer 19

unchangeable

Question 20

igneous

Answer 20

like the rock, volcanic rock are called igneuos rocks,

: produced with fire.

Question 21

imbroglio

Answer 21

complicated situation

Question 22

homogeneous

Answer 22

uniform in composition, composed of identical parts

Question 23

homily

Answer 23

: a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme,short sermon

Syn : sermon, lecture,lesson, preachment, harangue, oration.

Question 24

homeostasis

Answer 24

automatic maintainence

Question 25

histrionic

Answer 25

exaggerated emotions in a controlled manner for stage or performance.
Syn : theatrical, melodrama, thespian

Question 26

hirsute

Answer 26

covered in hairs,

chimps and human are almost similar except former is hirsute

Question 27

hieroglyphics

Answer 27

: written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters.
like carving on the old archeological sites.

Question 28

heterodox

Answer 28

unorthodox

Question 29

herbivorous

Answer 29

plant eating animal

Question 30

harrowing

Answer 30

terrifying

Question 31

harangue

Answer 31

long speech, triade

Question 32

hallowed

Answer 32

holy, sacred

Question 33

halcyon

Answer 33

calm

Question 34

gullible

Answer 34

easily deceived

Question 35

gustatory

Answer 35

affecting the sense of taste

Question 36

guise

Answer 36

like the word “disguise” , outwards appearence,

Question 37

guileless

Answer 37

artless, ingenious, naive, truthful, free from cunning, credulous,

Question 38

grouse

Answer 38

to complain

Question 39

grandiloquent

Answer 39

pompous, bombastic language / words

Question 40

gregarious

Answer 40

sociable

Question 41

gainsay

Answer 41

to deny , contradict. Oppose
“There is no doubt that their work makes a useful contribution, but it does not provide enough evidence to gainsay the conclusions of earlier scholars.”

Question 42

garrulous

Answer 42

very talkitive

Question 43

glib

Answer 43

fluent in an insincere way