Vocab Part 1

Question 1

Deduce

Answer 1

To figure out using what you already know.

Question 2

Eludicate

Answer 2

To give a clarifying explanation. Also to make lucid by explanation.

Question 3

Corroborate

Answer 3

To support with evidence or authority: make more certain.

Question 4

Substantiate

Answer 4

To give substance or form to. Also to establish by proof or competent evidence.

Question 5

Sustain

Answer 5

To support as true, legal, or just.
To supply with sustenance.
To bear up under.

Question 6

Perplexed

Answer 6

Filled with uncertainty or full of difficulty.

Question 7

Lyrical

Answer 7

Musically or (of literature, art, or music) expressing the writer’s emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way:

Question 8

Brevity

Answer 8

Of shortness of duration especially : shortness or conciseness of expression.

Question 9

Taciturn

Answer 9

Temperamentally disinclined to talk.

Question 10

Mendacious

Answer 10

It is given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth.

Question 11

Erudite

Answer 11

It involves having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying

Question 12

Incite

Answer 12

To move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on. Instigate.

Question 13

Moniker

Answer 13

Synonm for nick name or alias.

Question 14

Serendipitous

Answer 14

Obtained or characterized by serendipity.

Question 15

Serendipity

Answer 15

The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. Also : an instance of this

Question 16

Clandestine

Answer 16

Marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy.

Question 17

Formidable

Answer 17

Causing fear, dread, or apprehension. Having qualities that discourage approach or attack. Tending to inspire awe or wonder.

Question 18

Amicable

Answer 18

Characterized by friendly goodwill.

Question 19

Endow

Answer 19

To furnish with an income or dower.

Question 20

Hindsight

Answer 20

Perception of the nature of an event after it has happened.

Question 21

Regale

Answer 21

To entertain sumptuously feast with delicacies.

To give pleasure or amusement.

Question 22

Abate

Answer 22

To decrease in force or intensity.
To decrease in amount or value.
To nullify.