Vocabulary 2nd semester

Question 1

cogent

Answer 1

strong and to the point

Question 2

exigent

Answer 2

urgent; pressing

Question 3

assay

Answer 3

to test, analyze

Question 4

instrasigent

Answer 4

refusing to compromis

Question 5

incite

Answer 5

to stir up or provoke

Question 6

resuscitate

Answer 6

to bring back to consciousness

Question 7

solicitous

Answer 7

showing care or worry

Question 8

perturb

Answer 8

to make worried or upset

Question 9

turbulent

Answer 9

very excited or upset

Question 10

turbid

Answer 10

cloudy, confused

Question 11

alacrity

Answer 11

enthusiastic quickness

Question 12

celerity

Answer 12

speed or quickness

Question 13

degenerate

Answer 13

a corrupt wrongdoer

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engender

Answer 14

to bring about; to produce

Question 15

genre

Answer 15

a kind or type of art

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cognate

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related to or coming from the same source

Question 17

innate

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natural; present from birth

Question 18

nascent

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in the act of being born; growing

Question 19

transfigure

Answer 19

to change the form or appearance of

Question 20

fictive

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not real

Question 21

feign

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to make up or invent; pretend

Question 22

parturient

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about to bring forth or give birth; pregnant

Question 23

repertory

Answer 23

the range of works an artist can produce or perform

Question 24

vehement

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strongly emotional; fierce and passionate

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inveigh

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to attack strongly in words; to talk to talk bitterly

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surmise

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to draw a conclusion based on little or no information

Question 27

demise

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the end of existence

Question 28

remit

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to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon

Question 29

emblematic

Answer 29

standing for another thing

Question 30

diabolical

Answer 30

of or like a devil

Question 31

hyperbole

Answer 31

an exaggeration for effect

Question 32

episodic

Answer 32

happening in parts or segments

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methodical

Answer 33

orderly and regular

Question 34

synod

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a council, especially of churches or church officials

Question 35

pastoral

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having to with the country

Question 36

repast

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a meal; food and drink for a meal

Question 37

aggregate

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gathered into a whole

Question 38

egregious

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standing out sharply as wrong or bad

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gregarious

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liking to be with other people

Question 40

agarian

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having to do with farming

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peregrination

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the act of traveling about

Question 42

fruition

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fulfillment of an effort or desire

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fruitless

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yielding no positive results

Question 44

rustic

Answer 44

having to do with three countryside

Question 45

bucolic

Answer 45

having to do with the country life or farms

Question 46

idyllic

Answer 46

simple and pleasant

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abscond

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to leave in a hurry

Question 48

recondite

Answer 48

difficult to understand

Question 49

cryptic

Answer 49

hard to understand

Question 50

aprocryphal

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coming from an unreliable source

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aperture

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an opening or hole

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overt

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public, unhidden, open

Question 53

covert

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done in a hidden or secret manner

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context

Answer 54

the circumstances or setting surrounding an event

Question 55

subtext

Answer 55

the hidden or underlying meaning of something

Question 56

pretext

Answer 56

a stated reason for doing something