Vocab Part 17

Question 1

propitiate

Answer 1

to obtain special favor from someone, especially a powerful person or deity, by performing a pleasing action

to appease someone who is angry

Question 2

propriety

Answer 2

appropriateness, manners, decorum

Question 3

prospective

Answer 3

potential or likely

applicable to the future

Question 4

qualification

Answer 4

credential

a modifying statement

Question 5

quotidian

Answer 5

relating to the everyday or mundane

Question 6

rationalize

Answer 6

to attempt to justify with reasons that are only superficially valid

Question 7

reconcile

Answer 7

to bring into harmony

to repair a relationship

Question 8

recondite

Answer 8

arcane or obscure

Question 9

refute

Answer 9

to rebut or disprove

Question 10

relentless

Answer 10

never stopping constant

Question 11

relevant

Answer 11

relating to the topic or issue at hand

Question 12

reproach

Answer 12

to scold or express criticism

Question 13

repudiate

Answer 13

to renounce or disown

Question 14

rescind

Answer 14

to take back or retract (an offer or statement)

Question 15

respectively

Answer 15

in the sequential order previously given

Question 16

reticent

Answer 16

hesitant to speak

introverted or silent

Question 17

reverent

Answer 17

solemn and respectful

Question 18

rhetoric

Answer 18

the art of effective communication (written or verbal)