Vocab Part 1

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

to diminish in intensity

to cause to diminish in intensity

Question 2

aberrant

Answer 2

diverging from the standard type

Question 3

abjure

Answer 3

to reject or renounce

Question 4

abscond

Answer 4

to leave secretly, evading detection

Question 5

abstain

Answer 5

to voluntarily refrain from doing something

Question 6

acumen

Answer 6

keen judgement and perception

Question 7

admonish

Answer 7

scold or to advise firmly

Question 8

adulterate

Answer 8

to contaminate or make impure by introducing inferior elements

Question 9

advocate

Answer 9

to recommend, support, or advise

Question 10

aesthetic

Answer 10

concerned with the nature of beauty and art

Question 11

affectation

Answer 11

fake or artificial behavior, often meant to impress or conceal the truth

Question 12

aggrandize

Answer 12

enlarge or increase, especially wealth, power, reputation

Question 13

alacrity

Answer 13

promptness and eagerness

Question 14

allevite

Answer 14

to relieve a problem or ease a burden

Question 15

amalgamate

Answer 15

to combine to or mix together

Question 16

ambiguous

Answer 16

unclear

open to multiple interpretations

Question 17

ambivalent

Answer 17

having mixed or contradictory feelings about someone or something

Question 18

ameliorate

Answer 18

to improve or mitigate a situation

Question 19

amenable

Answer 19

easily convinced or persuaded

Question 20

anachronism

Answer 20

something old-fashioned

something appearing in a time period where it does not belong

Question 21

analogous

Answer 21

comparable

appropriate for analogy

Question 22

anoint

Answer 22

to choose for a particular office or position

to use oil on a person in a religious ceremony

Question 23

anomaly

Answer 23

an exception or unusual case

Question 24

antipathy

Answer 24

strong dislike or hatred

Question 25

antithetical

Answer 25

contrary to the very nature of

Question 26

apathy

Answer 26

state of total disinterest of unenthusiasm

Question 27

appease

Answer 27

to placate

to satisfy (an appetite, a need)

Question 28

appease

Answer 28

to placate

to satisfy (an appetite, a need)

Question 29

arbitrary

Answer 29

seemingly chosen or designated without reason or purpose

Question 30

arcane

Answer 30

secret or known only to a select group