Vocab List 6

Question 1

abjure

Answer 1

to reject

Question 2

abnegate

Answer 2

to renounce

Question 3

adduce

Answer 3

to cite; to bring forward as proof

Question 4

adherent

Answer 4

follower

Question 5

alienate

Answer 5

to estrange

Question 6

allege

Answer 6

to assert without proof

Question 7

animosity

Answer 7

resentment; hostility

Question 8

annex

Answer 8

to add or attach

Question 9

apprise

Answer 9

to inform

Question 10

approbation

Answer 10

approval

Question 11

askance

Answer 11

with suspicion or disapproval

Question 12

aspersion

Answer 12

a slanderous or damning remark

Question 13

avuncular

Answer 13

like an uncle

Question 14

awry

Answer 14

off course

Question 15

bestow

Answer 15

to present as a gift; to confer

Question 16

bilious

Answer 16

ill-tempered; cranky

Question 17

bucolic

Answer 17

charmingly rural

Question 18

buffoon

Answer 18

a joker; especially one who is coarse or acts like an ass

Question 19

castigate

Answer 19

to chastise, to punish

Question 20

cataclysm

Answer 20

a violent upheaval; a disaster

Question 21

circuitous

Answer 21

roundabout

Question 22

circumlocution

Answer 22

indirect expression

Question 23

compatible

Answer 23

harmonious; consistent

Question 24

compelling

Answer 24

forceful

Question 25

confluence

Answer 25

a flowing together

Question 26

confound

Answer 26

to bewilder; to amaze; to throw into confusion

Question 27

conventional

Answer 27

common

Question 28

conversant

Answer 28

familiar; experienced

Question 29

critique

Answer 29

a critical review

Question 30

crude

Answer 30

raw

Question 31

defile

Answer 31

to make foul, dirty, or unclean

Question 32

definitive

Answer 32

conclusive

Question 33

derelict

Answer 33

neglected; delinquent; deserted; abandoned

Question 34

deride

Answer 34

to ridicule

Question 35

discrepancy

Answer 35

difference; inconsistency

Question 36

discrete

Answer 36

unconnected

Question 37

doctrinaire

Answer 37

committed to a theory

Question 38

document

Answer 38

to support with evidence; especially written evidence

Question 39

egregious

Answer 39

extremely bad

Question 40

elation

Answer 40

a feeling of great joy

Question 41

enormity

Answer 41

extremely evil

Question 42

ensue

Answer 42

to follow in order

Question 43

evoke

Answer 43

to call up or produce (feelings, memories, etc.)

Question 44

exacerbate

Answer 44

to make worse

Question 45

extricate

Answer 45

to free from difficulty; to free from guilt

Question 46

extrovert

Answer 46

outgoing person

Question 47

flagrant

Answer 47

glaringly bad; notorious

Question 48

flaunt

Answer 48

to show off

Question 49

furtive

Answer 49

secretive; sly

Question 50

futile

Answer 50

hopeless; useless

Question 51

harbinger

Answer 51

a precursor; an indication; an omen

Question 52

harry

Answer 52

to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance

Question 53

impeach

Answer 53

to bring an accusation against

Question 54

impeccable

Answer 54

flawless

Question 55

incisive

Answer 55

cutting right to the heart of the matter

Question 56

inclination

Answer 56

tendency; preference; liking

Question 57

inherent

Answer 57

part of the nature of

Question 58

inimical

Answer 58

unfavorable; harmful; detrimental; hostile

Question 59

intransigent

Answer 59

unyielding; stubborn

Question 60

intrepid

Answer 60

fearless

Question 61

larceny

Answer 61

theft; robbery

Question 62

lascivious

Answer 62

lustful; obscene; lewd

Question 63

malleable

Answer 63

easy to shape or bend

Question 64

mandate

Answer 64

command to do something

Question 65

misanthropic

Answer 65

hating mankind

Question 66

mitigate

Answer 66

to moderate the effect of

Question 67

nonchalant

Answer 67

indifferent; coolly unconcerned; blase

Question 68

nostalgia

Answer 68

longing for the past

Question 69

ostensible

Answer 69

misleadingly apparent

Question 70

ostentatious

Answer 70

showing off

Question 71

paternal

Answer 71

fatherly

Question 72

pathology

Answer 72

the science of diseases

Question 73

phantasm

Answer 73

apparition; ghost; phantom

Question 74

philanthropy

Answer 74

love for mankind

Question 75

precept

Answer 75

rule to live by

Question 76

precipitate

Answer 76

to cause to happen abruptly

Question 77

prodigy

Answer 77

extremely talented child

Question 78

profane

Answer 78

irreverent; blasphemous

Question 79

pseudonym

Answer 79

a false name; an alias

Question 80

psyche

Answer 80

the human soul; the mind; the spirit

Question 81

ratiocination

Answer 81

logical reasoning

Question 82

rationale

Answer 82

underlying reason; basis; reasoning

Question 83

renounce

Answer 83

to disown

Question 84

reparation

Answer 84

paying back

Question 85

rhetoric

Answer 85

formal writing or speaking

Question 86

ribald

Answer 86

indecent or vulgar; off-color

Question 87

secede

Answer 87

to withdraw formally from an organization

Question 88

seclusion

Answer 88

aloneness; withdrawal from other people

Question 89

soporific

Answer 89

sleep inducing

Question 90

sordid

Answer 90

vile

Question 91

stymie

Answer 91

to thwart, hinder

Question 92

subjugate

Answer 92

to subdue and dominate

Question 93

synthesis

Answer 93

combining of parts

Question 94

systemic

Answer 94

affecting the entire system, especially the entire body

Question 95

torpor

Answer 95

sluggishness

Question 96

tortuous

Answer 96

winding; twisting; serpentine; full of curves

Question 97

usurp

Answer 97

to seize wrongfully

Question 98

usury

Answer 98

lending money at an extremely high rate of interest

Question 99

visionary

Answer 99

dreamer

Question 100

vitiate

Answer 100

to make impure