Vocab Words 41-60

Question 1

An agent that counteracts something that is harmful

Answer 1

Antidote

Question 2

A group that promotes innovative or unconventional ideas

Answer 2

Avant-garde

Question 3

Extravagant or bizarre ornamentation

Answer 3

Baroque

Question 4

Authentic, genuine

Answer 4

Bona fide

Question 4

Typical middle-class values

Answer 4

Bourgeois

Question 5

A strong accent, especially with an Irish or Scottish accent

Answer 5

Brogue

Question 6

Highly complicated, intricate, involved

Answer 6

Byzantine

Question 7

Rapport between friends, comradeship

Answer 7

Camaraderie

Question 8

Unrestricted power to do what you want

Answer 8

Carte blanche

Question 9

A situation with a solution that is impossible to attain because of contridictory rules or conditions

Answer 9

Catch-22

Question 10

An impression of having seen or experienced something before

Answer 10

Deja vu

Question 11

A division into two contrasting things or parts

Answer 11

Dichotomy

Question 12

A person with superficial interest in an art or field; a dabbler

Answer 12

Dilettante

Question 13

Distinctive style or flair

Answer 13

Élan

Question 14

Lack of interest, boredom

Answer 14

Ennui

Question 15

The best or most representative example

Answer 15

Epitome

Question 16

Calm and even-tempered; composed

Answer 16

Equanimity

Question 17

A mild word used in place of something considered harsh or blunt

Answer 17

Euphemism

Question 18

An accomplished, irreversible deed or fact

Answer 18

Fait accompli

Question 19

A complete failure

Answer 19

Fiasco