Vocab Group 1

Question 1

aberrant

Answer 1

abnormal

Question 2

abscond

Answer 2

flee, to steal and hide

Question 3

alacrity

Answer 3

eagerness, enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

approbation

Answer 4

approval, praise

Question 5

assuage

Answer 5

to ease, to appease

Question 6

austere

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bare, severely simple, ascetic

Question 7

axiomatic

Answer 7

self-evident, universally accepted

Question 8

capricious

Answer 8

indecisive, erratic, unpredictable

Question 9

censure

Answer 9

harsh criticism or disapproval, official rebuke

Question 10

chicanery

Answer 10

trickery, deception, subterfuge

Question 11

disabuse

Answer 11

to set right

Question 12

discordant

Answer 12

conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 13

disparate

Answer 13

fundamentally different or distinct

Question 14

effrontery

Answer 14

extreme boldness, presumptuousness

Question 15

enervate

Answer 15

to weaken or exhaust

Question 16

ennui

Answer 16

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 17

exculpate

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to exonerate

Question 18

exigent

Answer 18

urgent or pressing

Question 19

extermporaneous

Answer 19

improvised

Question 20

fulminate

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to loudly attack or denounce

Question 21

ingenuous

Answer 21

innocent, frank, child-like

Question 22

inured

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hardened, accustomed to the undesirable

Question 23

irascible

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irritable, easily angered

Question 24

laud

Answer 24

to highly praise

Question 25

magnanimity

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generosity, nobility of spirit, forgiving

Question 26

nascent

Answer 26

beginning to exist or develop

Question 27

neologism

Answer 27

new word or expression

Question 28

obviate

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to prevent, to get around

Question 29

onerous

Answer 29

troubling, burdensome

Question 30

paean

Answer 30

song or praise thanksgiving

Question 31

perfidy

Answer 31

breach of faith or trust, treachery

Question 32

perfunctory

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routine, done without care or interest

Question 33

perspicacious

Answer 33

astute, perceptive

Question 34

precipitate (adj.)

Answer 34

hasty or impulsive

Question 35

precipitate (v.)

Answer 35

to bring about unexpectedly or prematurely

Question 36

predilection

Answer 36

preference

Question 37

prescience

Answer 37

foreknowledge, clairvoyance

Question 38

prevaricate

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to avoid the truth, mislead

Question 39

qualms

Answer 39

concerns, doubts

Question 40

relegate

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to forcibly assign (to a lower position), demote

Question 41

reticent

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quiet, reserved, uncommunicative

Question 42

solicitous

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concerned and attentive

Question 43

sordid

Answer 43

filthy, foul

Question 44

stymie

Answer 44

to block or thwart

Question 45

truculent

Answer 45

fierce and cruel, eager to fight

Question 46

veracity

Answer 46

honesty