Vocab Part 2

Question 1

Magnanimous

Answer 1

Generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.

Question 2

Concur

Answer 2

Be of the same opinion; agree. 2. Happen or occur at the same time; coincide.

Question 3

Exhort

Answer 3

Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

Question 4

Proscribe

Answer 4

Forbid, especially by law.

Question 5

Querulous

Answer 5

Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.

Question 6

Caprice

Answer 6

A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior.

Question 7

Promulgate

Answer 7

Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause). 2. Put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation.

Question 8

Quell

Answer 8

To silence or use force to stop something.

Question 9

Panacea

Answer 9

A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

Question 10

Propound

Answer 10

Put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by others.

Question 11

Rescind

Answer 11

Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)

Question 12

Modicum

Answer 12

A small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable.

Question 13

Revile

Answer 13

Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.

Question 14

Coerces

Answer 14

To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.

Question 15

Dissimulation

Answer 15

Concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense.

Question 16

Beggary

Answer 16

A state of extreme poverty.

Question 17

Munificent

Answer 17

(Of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary.

Question 18

Penury

Answer 18

Extreme poverty; destitution.

Question 19

Opulence

Answer 19

Great wealth or luxuriousness.

Question 20

Contentious

Answer 20

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.

Question 21

Stratagem

Answer 21

A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.

Question 22

Profligate

Answer 22

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.