Vocab Q1 2021

Question 1

vicissitudes

Answer 1

1a : the quality or state of being changeable : mutability. b : natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs. 2a : a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition the vicissitudes of daily life.

Question 2

Equidistant

Answer 2

at equal distances.

Question 3

astute

Answer 3

having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage.

Question 4

apotheosis

Answer 4

• the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
• the elevation of someone to divine status; deification.

Question 5

rhapsodic

Answer 5

1 : extravagantly emotional : rapturous. 2 : resembling or characteristic of a rhapsody

Question 6

supercilious

Answer 6

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

Question 7

punctilious

Answer 7

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

Question 8

jettisoning

Answer 8

• throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

- abandon or discard (someone or something that is no longer wanted).

Question 9

erudition

Answer 9

• the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.

Question 10

melancholic

Answer 10

• feeling or expressing pensive sadness.

- suffering from or denoting a severe form of depression.

Question 11

concomitant

Answer 11

noun
- naturally accompanying or associated.
adjective
- a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.

Question 12

incorrigible

Answer 12

adjective

- (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

Question 13

libertine

Answer 13

noun

• a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters.
• a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker.

adjective

• characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters
• freethinking in matters of religion.

Question 14

chrysalis

Answer 14

• a quiescent insect pupa, especially of a butterfly or moth.
• the hard outer case enclosing a chrysalis.
• a transitional state.

Question 15

didactic

Answer 15

• intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
• in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.

Question 16

prosaic

Answer 16

• having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.
• commonplace; unromantic.

Question 17

drab

Answer 17

• lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull

Question 18

quay

Answer 18

• a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place.

Question 19

mirth

Answer 19

• amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.

Question 20

jetty

Answer 20

• a landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored.