Vocab Test 6 Flashcards

1
Q

A broad sequence or range of related qualities, ideas, or activities
(spelling)

A

Spectrum

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2
Q

To ponder or think deeply

A

Cogitate

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3
Q

Selecting elements from A variety of sources

A

Eclectic

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4
Q

Over familiar from overuse

A

Hackneyed

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5
Q

Seeking the company of others, social

A

Gregarious

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6
Q

To place side by side

A

Juxtapose

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7
Q

A fear or hatred of foreigners or anything foreign

A

Xenophobia

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8
Q

A mental or emotional state of balance

A

Equilibrium

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9
Q

Payment for services provided or loses incurred

A

Remuneration

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10
Q

To swing back-and-forth

Spelling

A

Oscillate

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11
Q

Known only to a few, mysterious

Spelling

A

Arcane

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12
Q

A ruler or nation who pays gratitude, respect, or admiration

Spelling

A

Tributary

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13
Q

Locking energy or vitality

Spelling

A

Languid

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14
Q

A meeting at a prearranged time in place

Spelling

A

Rendezvous

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15
Q

A large destructive fire

A

Conflagration

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16
Q

A cancer-causing substance

A

Carcinogen

17
Q

Dangerously lacking insecurity or stability

Spelling

A

Precarious

18
Q

To reverse or change the order or place of something

Spelling

A

Transpose

19
Q

A place, scene, or state of uproar or confusion

Spelling

A

Bedlam

20
Q

To resound in a succession of echoes

A

Reverberate

21
Q

A small drop of liquid

A

Globule

22
Q

Handcuffs or restraints

Spelling

A

Manacle

23
Q

A mass departure

A

Exodus

24
Q

An utter disaster

A

Fiasco

25
Q

To tease another by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach

A

Tantalize