VOCABULARY

Question 1

RECKON (RECKONED past tense)

Answer 1

1. establish by counting or calculation; calculate.
   “his debts were reckoned at $300,000”
   Similar: calculate, compute, put a figure on.
2. consider or regard in a specific way.
   “the event was reckoned a failure”
   Similar: consider, judge, view, deem, rate, evaluate, gauge, count, estimate.

Question 2

Volatile

Answer 2

1. (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperature.
   “volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene:
   similar: evaporate, Vaporous, explosive, eruptive.
2. liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse.
   “the political situation was becoming more volatile”
   similar: tense, strained fraught, uneasy, uncomfortable, charged.

Question 3

Ambiguous

Answer 3

(of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
“ambiguous phrases”
- unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.
“the election result was ambiguous:
similar: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate, arguable.

Question 4

Tentative

Answer 4

not certain or fixed; provisional.
“a tentative conclusion”
similar: provisional, unconfirmed, unsettled, indefinite, preliminary.
- done without confidence; hesitant.
“he eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room”
similar: hesitant, uncertain, cautious, unconfident, timid, hesitating.

Question 5

Trajectory (tra-jec-to-ry)
noun.

Answer 5

1. the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
   “the missile’s trajectory was preset”
   similar: course, route, path, track, line, orbit, flight, flight path.
2. Geometry
   a curve or surface cutting a family or curves or surfaces at a constant angle.

Question 6

Optimize (op-ti-mize)
verb.

Answer 6

make the best or most effective use of (a situation, opportunity, or resource).
“to optimize viewing conditions, the microscope should be correctly adjusted”

• Computing
  rearrange or rewrite (data, software, etc.) to improve efficiency of retrieval or processing.

Question 7

Synopsis (syn-op-sis)
noun.

Answer 7

a brief summary or general survey of something.
“a synopsis of the accident”
similar: summary, precis, resume, abstract, outline, condensation, digest.

• an outline of the plot of a book, play, movie, or episode of a television show.

Question 8

To buy outright

Answer 8

To pay in full

Question 9

To buy outright

Answer 9

To pay in full