Vocab List 6

Question 0

adj.) Having cognizance or knowledge, aware of. Competent to deal judicially with a cause, crime, etc.

Answer 0

cognizant

Question 1

Cognizant

Answer 1

adj.) Having cognizance or knowledge, aware of. Competent to deal judicially with a cause, crime, etc.

Question 2

Provincial

Answer 2

adj.) Having or suggestive of the outlook, tastes, character, etc., associated with or attributed to inhabitants of a province or the provinces; esp. (depreciative) parochial or narrow-minded; lacking in education, culture, or sophistication

Question 3

adj.) Having or suggestive of the outlook, tastes, character, etc., associated with or attributed to inhabitants of a province or the provinces; esp. (depreciative) parochial or narrow-minded; lacking in education, culture, or sophistication

Answer 3

provincial

Question 4

Engulf

Answer 4

(v.) To swallow up in a gulf, abyss, or whirlpool; to plunge into a gulf; to plunge deeply and inextricably into a surrounding medium (often used figuratively)

Question 5

(v.) To swallow up in a gulf, abyss, or whirlpool; to plunge into a gulf; to plunge deeply and inextricably into a surrounding medium (often used figuratively)

Answer 5

engulf

Question 6

Moratorium

Answer 6

n.) A postponement, an agreed delay, a deliberate temporary suspension of some activity, etc. (freq. with on)

Question 7

n.) A postponement, an agreed delay, a deliberate temporary suspension of some activity, etc. (freq. with on)

Answer 7

moratorium

Question 8

Unfettered

Answer 8

adj.) Not confined or restrained by fetters. Chiefly in fig. use: Unrestrained, unrestricted

Question 9

Concur

Answer 9

(v.) Of times, events, and circumstances: To fall, happen, or occur together; to coincide. To agree in opinion (with); To agree, accord in quality, character, etc.

Question 10

(v.) Of times, events, and circumstances: To fall, happen, or occur together; to coincide. To agree in opinion (with); To agree, accord in quality, character, etc.

Answer 10

concur

Question 11

Lament

Answer 11

v.) To express profound sorrow for or concerning; also, in mod. use, to feel sorrow for; to mourn for the loss of (a person); to bewail (an occurrence, etc.)

Question 12

v.) To express profound sorrow for or concerning; also, in mod. use, to feel sorrow for; to mourn for the loss of (a person); to bewail (an occurrence, etc.)

Answer 12

lament

Question 13

Degenerate

Answer 13

v.) To lose, or become deficient in, the qualities proper to the race or kind; to fall away from ancestral virtue or excellence; hence (more generally), to decline in character or qualities, become of a lower type. (n.) One who has lost, or has become deficient in, the qualities considered proper to the race or kind; a degenerate specimen; a person of debased physical or mental constitution. (Can also be used as an adj.)

Question 14

v.) To lose, or become deficient in, the qualities proper to the race or kind; to fall away from ancestral virtue or excellence; hence (more generally), to decline in character or qualities, become of a lower type. (n.) One who has lost, or has become deficient in, the qualities considered proper to the race or kind; a degenerate specimen; a person of debased physical or mental constitution. (Can also be used as an adj.)

Answer 14

degenerate

Question 15

Precipitate

Answer 15

(v.) To throw (a person) suddenly or violently into a particular state or condition, esp. an undesirable one. To cause (an event or series of events) to happen quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly; to hasten the occurrence of. More generally: to bring about, cause to happen

Question 16

(v.) To throw (a person) suddenly or violently into a particular state or condition, esp. an undesirable one. To cause (an event or series of events) to happen quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly; to hasten the occurrence of. More generally: to bring about, cause to happen

Answer 16

precipitate

Question 17

Repudiate

Answer 17

v.) To deny the truth or validity of (a charge, etc.); to reject as unfounded or inapplicable. To cast off, disown (a person or thing previously claimed as one’s own or associated with oneself)

Question 18

v.) To deny the truth or validity of (a charge, etc.); to reject as unfounded or inapplicable. To cast off, disown (a person or thing previously claimed as one’s own or associated with oneself)

Answer 18

repudiate

Question 19

Incorrigible

Answer 19

adj.) Incapable of being corrected or amended; bad or depraved beyond correction or reform: of persons, their habits, etc.

Question 20

adj.) Incapable of being corrected or amended; bad or depraved beyond correction or reform: of persons, their habits, etc.

Answer 20

incorrigible

Question 21

Antidote

Answer 21

A medicine given to counteract the influence of poison, or an attack of disease

Question 22

A medicine given to counteract the influence of poison, or an attack of disease

Answer 22

antidote

Question 23

Laxity

Answer 23

n.) Looseness of texture or cohesion; openness, uncompact structure or arrangement. Looseness or slackness in the moral and intellectual spheres; want of firmness, strictness, or precision

Question 24

n.) Looseness of texture or cohesion; openness, uncompact structure or arrangement. Looseness or slackness in the moral and intellectual spheres; want of firmness, strictness, or precision

Answer 24

laxity

Question 25

Inextricable

Answer 25

adj.) From which one cannot extricate oneself; esp. so intricate or complicated that no means of exit can be discovered

Question 26

adj.) From which one cannot extricate oneself; esp. so intricate or complicated that no means of exit can be discovered

Answer 26

inextricable

Question 27

Scintillate

Answer 27

(v.) To send forth sparks or little flashes of light; to sparkle, twinkle

Question 28

(v.) To send forth sparks or little flashes of light; to sparkle, twinkle

Answer 28

scintillate