Vocab Second Semester

Question 1

Beseech

Answer 1

To beg or plead

Question 2

Cajole

Answer 2

To urge with gentle methods

Question 3

Elicit

Answer 3

To bring out

Question 4

Enjoin

Answer 4

To prohibit or forbid

Question 5

Exigency

Answer 5

Urgency or a crisis situation

Question 6

Imperious

Answer 6

Domineering or arrogant

Question 7

Injunction

Answer 7

A command or order

Question 8

Mendicant

Answer 8

A beggar

Question 9

Query

Answer 9

A question

Question 10

Servile

Answer 10

Slavish or submissive

Question 11

Abound

Answer 11

To be plentiful

Question 12

Amplitude

Answer 12

Greatness in size or range

Question 13

Augment

Answer 13

To add to or increase

Question 14

Behemoth

Answer 14

A large powerful thing

Question 15

Brevity

Answer 15

Shortness of duration

Question 16

Diminish

Answer 16

To lessen

Question 17

Infinitesimal

Answer 17

Too small to measure

Question 18

Modicum

Answer 18

A small amount

Question 19

Prodigious

Answer 19

Extensive or extraordinary

Question 20

Quotidian

Answer 20

Everyday, common

Question 21

Banal

Answer 21

Commonplace

Question 22

Camouflage

Answer 22

Concealment by disguise

Question 23

Emulate

Answer 23

To imitate

Question 24

Mimicry

Answer 24

Imitation

Question 25

Platitude

Answer 25

Overused remark

Question 26

Prototype

Answer 26

Test model

Question 27

Redundant

Answer 27

More than necessary

Question 28

Rendition

Answer 28

Interpretation or a performance

Question 29

Sham

Answer 29

A fake

Question 30

Simulation

Answer 30

Reproduction of a situation

Question 31

Adverse

Answer 31

Opposing

Question 32

Averse

Answer 32

Feeling dislike

Question 33

Ingenious

Answer 33

Very clever

Question 34

Ingenuous

Answer 34

Openly straightforward

Question 35

Persecute

Answer 35

To cruelly mistreat

Question 36

Prosecute

Answer 36

To bring action against in court

Question 37

Quorum

Answer 37

Number needed to vote

Question 38

Quota

Answer 38

Amount assigned

Question 39

Respectfully

Answer 39

Politely, with regard

Question 40

Respectively

Answer 40

Referring to things in the order given

Question 41

Abidicate

Answer 41

Give up high office

Question 42

Absolve

Answer 42

Release from obligation

Question 43

Catharsis

Answer 43

An emotional release

Question 44

Countermand

Answer 44

To cancel

Question 45

Impunity

Answer 45

Exemption from punishment

Question 46

Recant

Answer 46

Take back

Question 47

Recoup

Answer 47

Regain

Question 48

Renounce

Answer 48

To formally give up

Question 49

Rescind

Answer 49

Repeal

Question 50

Waive

Answer 50

Give up voluntarily

Question 51

Arbitration

Answer 51

Submitting a dispute to a judge

Question 52

Attaché

Answer 52

Special staff in a diplomatic office

Question 53

Consul

Answer 53

A diplomat who represents his or her government in a foreign country

Question 54

Covenant

Answer 54

A legal contract

Question 55

Discretion

Answer 55

Good judgement and self restraint

Question 56

Entente

Answer 56

Informal agreement among political powers

Question 57

Insular

Answer 57

Isolated

Question 58

Machiavellian

Answer 58

Cunning and deceitful

Question 59

Protocol

Answer 59

Ceremonial conduct

Question 60

Status quo

Answer 60

Existing state of affairs

Question 61

Culminate

Answer 61

To reach completion

Question 62

Eclipse

Answer 62

To exceed or surpass

Question 63

Epitome

Answer 63

A representative example

Question 64

Impeccable

Answer 64

Having no flaws

Question 65

Inimitable

Answer 65

Matchless, unique

Question 66

Optimum

Answer 66

Best

Question 67

Peerless

Answer 67

Incomparable

Question 68

Quintessence

Answer 68

The purest essence

Question 69

Sublime

Answer 69

Impressive

Question 70

Zenith

Answer 70

The peak

Question 71

Affront

Answer 71

An insult

Question 72

Altercation

Answer 72

A noisy quarrel

Question 73

Bellicose

Answer 73

Eager to fight

Question 74

Breach

Answer 74

A violation

Question 75

Contentious

Answer 75

Likely to cause disagreement

Question 76

Decimate

Answer 76

To destroy

Question 77

Dissension

Answer 77

Disagreement

Question 78

Rancor

Answer 78

Bitter resentment

Question 79

Retribution

Answer 79

Something justly deserved

Question 80

Schism

Answer 80

A split within a group

Question 81

Apocryphal

Answer 81

Doubtful

Question 82

Bona fide

Answer 82

Authentic

Question 83

Candor

Answer 83

Frankness

Question 84

Can’t

Answer 84

Boring talk filled with platitudes

Question 85

Charlatan

Answer 85

An imposter

Question 86

Chicanery

Answer 86

Trickery

Question 87

Feign

Answer 87

To pretend

Question 88

Insidious

Answer 88

Secretly harmful

Question 89

Rectitude

Answer 89

Righteousness

Question 90

Veritable

Answer 90

Real, actual

Question 91

Accrue

Answer 91

To accumulate

Question 92

Arbiter

Answer 92

The judge in a dispute

Question 93

Audit

Answer 93

To examine finances

Question 94

Cartel

Answer 94

Group of businesses formed to control pricing

Question 95

Collateral

Answer 95

Something pledged as security for a loan

Question 96

Commodity

Answer 96

A product

Question 97

Conglomerate

Answer 97

A corporation made up of a number of companies

Question 98

Liquidate

Answer 98

To settle a debt by selling something off

Question 99

Lucrative

Answer 99

Profitable

Question 100

Security

Answer 100

A stock or bond