vocab unit 11

Question 1

to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

Answer 1

abrogate

Question 2

completely surrounding, encompassing

Answer 2

ambient

Question 3

syn: annul, revoke

Answer 3

abrogate

Question 4

roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

Answer 4

asperity

Question 5

syn: rigor, harshness

Answer 5

asperity

Question 6

ant- mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

Answer 6

asperity

Question 7

to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; gloss, brightness, luster

Answer 7

burnish

Question 8

syn: shine, buff

Answer 8

burnish

Question 9

ant: dull, abrade

Answer 9

burnish

Question 10

a small group working in secret

Answer 10

cabal

Question 11

syn: ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

Answer 11

cabal

Question 12

delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; an appealing or appetizing food or dish

Answer 12

delectable

Question 13

syn: scrumptious

Answer 13

delectable

Question 14

ant: repugnant, repulsive, distateful

Answer 14

delectable

Question 15

to express mild disapproval; to belittle

Answer 15

deprecate

Question 16

syn: deplore, frown upon

Answer 16

deprecate

Question 17

ant: smile on, approve

Answer 17

deprecate

Question 18

loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction

Answer 18

detritus

Question 19

syn: wreckage, ruins, rubble

Answer 19

detritus

Question 20

overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

Answer 20

ebullient

Question 21

syn: exhilarated, elated

Answer 21

ebullient

Question 22

ant: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé

Answer 22

ebullient

Question 23

draw from different sources; one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Answer 23

eclectic

Question 24

syn: selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose

Answer 24

eclectic

Question 25

ant: uniform, mololithic

Answer 25

eclectic

Question 26

limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness

Answer 26

flaccid

Question 27

syn: soft, flabby

Answer 27

flaccid

Question 28

ant: hard, solid

Answer 28

flaccid

Question 29

having little or no money

Answer 29

impecunious

Question 30

syn: impoverished, indigent

Answer 30

impecunious

Question 31

ant: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

Answer 31

impecunious

Question 32

inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

Answer 32

inexorable

Question 33

syn: ineluctable, obdurate

Answer 33

inexorable

Question 34

ant: avoidable, yielding, pliant

Answer 34

inexorable

Question 35

dying, on the way out

Answer 35

moribund

Question 36

syn: obsolescent

Answer 36

moribund

Question 37

ant: thriving

Answer 37

moribund

Question 38

one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard

Answer 38

necromancer

Question 39

syn: sorcerer, conjurer

Answer 39

necromancer

Question 40

burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

Answer 40

onerous

Question 41

syn: weighty

Answer 41

onerous

Question 42

ant: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

Answer 42

onerous

Question 43

common, prevalent, widespread, happening often, full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete

Answer 43

rife

Question 44

ant: devoid of, lacking

Answer 44

rife

Question 45

the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything

Answer 45

rudiments

Question 46

syn: basics, fundamentals

Answer 46

rudiments

Question 47

to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody

Answer 47

sequester

Question 48

syn: segregate, isolate, closet

Answer 48

sequester

Question 49

to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan

Answer 49

winnow

Question 50

syn: sift, strain, filter, sort

Answer 50

winnow