Vocab Week 6

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

A brief amusing story

Question 2

Celerity

Answer 2

Speed

Question 3

Dexterous

Answer 3

Skillful with hands

Question 4

Extraneous

Answer 4

Irrelevant

Question 5

Incoherent

Answer 5

Not clear

Question 6

Maladroit

Answer 6

Clumsy; unskillful

Question 7

Pallid

Answer 7

Pale

Question 8

Presumptuous

Answer 8

Assuming too much; arrogant

Question 9

Scrupulous

Answer 9

Careful; diligent; painstaking

Question 10

Unequivocal

Answer 10

Clear; obvious

Question 11

Animosity

Answer 11

Hatred; antagonism

Question 12

Censorious

Answer 12

Disapproving; critical

Question 13

Dichotomy

Answer 13

A division into two parts

Question 14

Extrapolate

Answer 14

Extend; predict on the basis of known data

Question 15

Incongruous

Answer 15

Not fitting in; out of place

Question 16

Malady

Answer 16

Illness

Question 17

Palpable

Answer 17

Easily felt; easily perceived

Question 18

Pretentious

Answer 18

Pompous; self-important

Question 19

Scrutinize

Answer 19

Examine carefully

Question 20

Unfetter

Answer 20

Set free

Question 21

Hyper

Answer 21

Over, excessive

Question 22

Hypo (hyp)

Answer 22

Below, less than normal

Question 23

Meta (met)

Answer 23

After, changed

Question 24

Para (par)

Answer 24

Beside, disordered

Question 25

Peri

Answer 25

Around, near

Question 26

Pro

Answer 26

Before, in front of

Question 27

Pros

Answer 27

Toward, in addition to

Question 28

Syn (sym, syl, sy, says)

Answer 28

With, together

Question 29

Ball, Bol, ble

Answer 29

To throw, put

Question 30

Derm(at)

Answer 30

Skin

Question 31

Dox, dog

Answer 31

Opinion, teaching

Question 32

Gno(s)

Answer 32

To know

Question 33

Hom(e)

Answer 33

Same, similar, regular

Question 34

Morph

Answer 34

Form, shape

Question 35

Onym

Answer 35

Name, word

Question 36

Pher, poor

Answer 36

To bear, go

Question 37

Tact, tax

Answer 37

To arrange, put in order