Vocab week #1

Question 1

Truculent

Answer 1

aggressively hostile; belligerent

Question 2

Imbibe

Answer 2

to absorb or soak up , as water, light, or heat

Question 3

Disparage

Answer 3

to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle

Question 4

Adumbrate

Answer 4

to foreshadow; prefigure

Question 5

Eclectic

Answer 5

made up of what is selected from different sources

Question 6

Veracity

Answer 6

habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness

Question 7

Incipient

Answer 7

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

Question 8

Egress

Answer 8

the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place

Question 9

Anomaly

Answer 9

a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

Question 10

Felicitous

Answer 10

well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate

Question 11

Abrogate

Answer 11

to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal

Question 12

Intransigent

Answer 12

refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible

Question 13

Exhortation

Answer 13

an utterance, discourse, or address conveying urgent advice or recommendations

Question 14

Ascribe

Answer 14

to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute

Question 15

Inure

Answer 15

to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to)