Vocab List 10

Question 1

the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals; management and conservation of resources

Answer 1

husbandry

Question 2

to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract; to specify as a condition or requirement (as of an agreement or offer)

Answer 2

stipulate

Question 3

to deprive of something important; to strip of all covering or surface layers

Answer 3

denude

Question 4

to strip of belongings, possessions, or value

Answer 4

despoiled

Question 5

the act of closing up or blocking off

Answer 5

occlusion

Question 6

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

Answer 6

punctilious

Question 7

a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud

Answer 7

charlatan

Question 8

to give a false impression of; to show (something) to be false or wrong

Answer 8

belied

Question 9

utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience

Answer 9

declaim

Question 10

lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics

Answer 10

nondescript

Question 11

to emit or move with a sucking sound; to fall or stamp on so as to crush

Answer 11

squelch

Question 12

a retaliatory accusation

Answer 12

recrimination

Question 13

fatigued by overwork : exhausted; made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by having or seeing too much of something

Answer 13

jaded

Question 14

obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means

Answer 14

finagle

Question 15

to remove by a current of air

Answer 15

winnow

Question 16

the action of drawing something back or back in

Answer 16

retraction

Question 17

Fire, especially : a large disastrous fire; conflict, war

Answer 17

conflagration

Question 18

agreement

Answer 18

concordance

Question 19

made up of many different people or things

Answer 19

motley

Question 20

responsible by law; legally answerable; likely to do or to be something

Answer 20

liable

Question 21

a place where something may be found

Answer 21

repertory

Question 22

unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval

Answer 22

disinclined

Question 23

steal, especially : to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again

Answer 23

pilfer

Question 24

a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages, especially : one expected or promised

Answer 24

perquisite

Question 25

having no interest or involvement in political affairs

Answer 25

apolitical

Question 26

a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior, especially : relapse into criminal behavior

Answer 26

recidivism

Question 27

to make (something, such as pain or suffering) more bearable; relieve, lessen

Answer 27

alleviate

Question 28

an act or round of applause

Answer 28

plaudit

Question 29

existing in or spreading through every part of something

Answer 29

pervasive

Question 30

producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful; plentiful

Answer 30

prolific