vocab quiz 2

Question 1

ambidextrous

Answer 1

(adj): equally skillful with each hand
syn: two-handed

(adj): marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
syn: dishonest, double-faced, dishonorable, deceitful

Question 2

antebellum

Answer 2

(adj): belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
syn: nonmodern

Question 3

antedate

Answer 3

(v): be earlier in time; go back further
syn: antecede, precede

(v): establish something as being earlier relative to something else
syn: predate, foredate

Question 4

antediluvian

Answer 4

(adj) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
“antediluvian man”
syn: antediluvial

(adj) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
“a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”
“antediluvian ideas”
syn: antiquated, archaic, old
(of long duration; not new)

(n) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
syn: antediluvian patriarch

(n) a very old person
syn: ancient

Question 5

confluence

Answer 5

(n): a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
syn: meeting

(n): a flowing together
syn: merging

(n): a coming together of people
syn: concourse

Question 6

despot

Answer 6

(n): a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
syn: absolutism, dictatorship

(n): dominance through threat of punishment and violence
syn: absolutism, tyranny

Question 7

desecrate

Answer 7

(v): violate the sacred character of a place or language
syn: outrage, violate

(v): remove the consecration from a person or an object
syn: unhallow

Question 8

dexterous

Answer 8

(adj): skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

Question 9

effluence

Answer 9

(n): the process of flowing out
syn: efflux, outflow

Question 10

elusive

Answer 10

(adj): skillful at eluding capture
syn: artful

(adj): difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
syn: subtle, impalpable

(adj): difficult to describe
syn: unidentifiable

(adj): making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
syn: baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
difficult, hard

Question 11

impotent

Answer 11

(adj): unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless
syn: powerless, inadequate, ineffective, weak

Question 12

innocuous

Answer 12

(adj): not injurious to physical or mental health
syn: harmless

(adj): lacking intent or capacity to injure
syn: innocent, harmless (not causing or capable of causing harm)

(adj): not causing disapproval
syn: inoffensive (giving no offense)

Question 13

lucid

Answer 13

(adj): expressed clearly; easy to understand
syn: understandable

(adj): bright, luminous
syn: radiant, brilliant, glowing

Question 14

omnipotent

Answer 14

(adj): having unlimited power
syn: all-powerful

Question 15

omniscient

Answer 15

(adj): infinitely wise
syn: all-knowing

Question 16

sedition

Answer 16

(n): an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
Sedition is the illegal act of inciting people to resist or rebel against the government in power. It’s what the southern states did at the start of the Civil War.

Question 17

secession

Answer 17

(n): formal separation from an alliance or federation
synonyms: withdrawal

(n): an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
synonyms: sezession

Question 18

secular

Answer 18

(adj): denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
syn: nonreligious
ant: holy, religious, sacred

Question 19

transitory

Answer 19

(adj): not permanent
syn: temporary, brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

Question 20

transcend

Answer 20

(v): be or go beyond the range or limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division)
syn: go beyond, rise above

Question 21

vaccinate

Answer 21

(v): perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
syn: immunize, inoculate

Question 22

vacillate

Answer 22

(v): be undecided about something; waver between conflicting
syn: hover

(v): move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
syn: fluctuate, waver

Question 23

vacuous

Answer 23

(adj): devoid of matter
syn: empty

(adj): void of expression
syn: blank, uncommunicative

(adj): devoid of significance or point
syn: meaningless, hollow, empty, nonmeaningful

(adj): devoid of intelligence
syn: mindless, foolish, inane