Vocab week #2

Question 1

Ubiquitous

Answer 1

present, appearing, or found everywhere

Question 2

Surfeit

Answer 2

an excessive amount of something

Question 3

Explicate

Answer 3

analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

Question 4

Meliorate

Answer 4

another term for ameliorate

Question 5

Paucity

Answer 5

the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity

Question 6

Accoutrements

Answer 6

additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity

Question 7

Tangential

Answer 7

relating to or along a tangent

Question 8

Germane

Answer 8

relevant to a subject under consideration

Question 9

Dilatory

Answer 9

slow to act

Question 10

Accede

Answer 10

agree to a demand, request, or treaty

Question 11

Exacerbate

Answer 11

make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse

Question 12

Voluble

Answer 12

(of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly

Question 13

Cognition

Answer 13

the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses

Question 14

Ebullient

Answer 14

cheerful and full of energy

(of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if boiling

Question 15

Tortuous

Answer 15

full of twists and turns

excessively lengthy and complex