Vocab Week One

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

VERB
- become less intense or widespread (of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative)
- cause to be smaller or less intense
LAW: lessen, reduce, or remove

Question 2

Adulation

Answer 2

VERB

• excessive admiration or praise (obsequious flattery)
• excessive devotion to someone

Question 3

Anathema

Answer 3

NOUN

• something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
• a formal curse b a pope or a council of the church, excommunication of a person or denouncing a doctrine

Question 4

Astute

Answer 4

ADJECTIVE

• having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to ones advantage
• of keen penetration or discernment

Question 5

Avarice

Answer 5

NOUN

• extreme greed for wealth or material gain
• insatiable greed for riches

Question 6

Culpable

Answer 6

ADJECTIVE

• deserving blame
• deserving blame or censure

Question 7

Dilatory

Answer 7

ADJECTIVE

• slow to act
• intended to cause delay
• tending to delay or procrastinate

Question 8

Egregious

Answer 8

ADJECTIVE

• outstandingly bad; shocking
• extraordinary in some bad way

Question 9

Equivocate

Answer 9

VERB

• use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
• to use ambiguous language or unclear expressions usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead.

Question 10

Evanescent

Answer 10

ADJECTIVE
- soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing
PHYSICS: denoting a field or wave that extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance.

Question 11

Irresolute

Answer 11

ADJECTIVE

• showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain
• not resolute; doubtful

Question 12

Nebulous

Answer 12

ADJECTIVE

• in the form of a could or haze
• unclear, vague, or ill-defined
• hazy, vogue, indistinct, or confused

Question 13

Novice

Answer 13

NOUN

• a person new to or inexperience in a field or situation
• a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.

Question 14

Penury

Answer 14

NOUN

• extreme poverty; destitution
• extremely poor; poverty stricken

Question 15

Pretentious

Answer 15

ADJECTIVE

• attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, than is actually possessed
• characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or underserved

Question 16

Recapitulate

Answer 16

VERB
- summarize and state again the main points of
BIOLOGY
- repeat during development and growth

Question 17

Resuscitate

Answer 17

VERB

• revive someone from unconsciousness or apparent death
• make (something such as an idea) active or vigorous again

Question 18

Slovenly

Answer 18

ADJECTIVE

• messy or dirty; (especially of a person or their appearance)
• careless; excessively casual (especially of a person or action)

Question 19

Supposition

Answer 19

NOUN

• an uncertain belief
• the act of supposing
• assumption

Question 20

Torpid

Answer 20

ADJECTIVE

• mentally or physically inactive; lethargic
• dormant, especially during hibernation (of an animal)
• sluggish