vocab list #1

Question 1

acumen

Answer 1

keen insight; wisdom
ex: you hope that your accountant is known for their acumen.

Question 2

adamant

Answer 2

refuse to change your mind
ex: you are adamant on your decision.

Question 3

anomaly

Answer 3

abnormality
ex: the puppy was pink which was an anomaly.

Question 4

antipathy

Answer 4

a feeling of intense dislike
ex: he has an antipathy against the red sox.

Question 5

apathy

Answer 5

an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
ex: student apathy for school spirit.

Question 6

assiduous

Answer 6

marked by care and persistent effort
ex: the detective was assiduous.

Question 7

autonomous

Answer 7

existing as an independent identity
ex: he didn’t live with his parents, therefore he was an autonomous member of the family.

Question 8

banal

Answer 8

repeated too often; overused; dull; boring
ex: if she said something a million times, it was banal.

Question 9

candor

Answer 9

the quality of being honest and straightforward
ex: he was known for his candor, it was unexpected.

Question 10

caprice

Answer 10

a sudden desire; impulse
ex: on a whim, he sold everything and left, but his act of caprice felt a lot less whimsical when he realized how freezing cold it is.

Question 11

castigate

Answer 11

inflict severe punishment on
ex: my parents will castigate me if they find out i broke the vase.

Question 12

chicanery

Answer 12

the use of tricks to deceive someone
ex: chincanery of his trade was a devilish art.

Question 13

depravity

Answer 13

lack of morals and virtues
ex: the depravity of a serial killer.

Question 14

discursive

Answer 14

tending to cover a wide range of subjects
ex: her discursive dissertation on colonial american women was well-argued and well-reasoned. her professors were most impressed by her work.

Question 15

dissonant

Answer 15

harmonically unresolved
ex: the band sounded dissonant.