Vocabulary 38

Question 1

propinquity

Answer 1

(n) nearness; kinship

Question 2

proscenium

Answer 2

(n) part of stage in front of curtain

Question 3

proselytize

Answer 3

(v) convert to a religion or belief

Question 4

prototype

Answer 4

(n) original model used as a model for others

Question 5

provenance

Answer 5

(n) origin or source of something

Question 6

provincial

Answer 6

(adj) pertaining to a province; limited

Question 7

psychopathic

Answer 7

(adj) pertaining to mental derangement

Question 8

psychosis

Answer 8

(n) mental disorder

Question 9

pterodactyl

Answer 9

(n) extinct flying reptile

Question 10

pundit

Answer 10

(n) learned Hindu; any learned man; authority on a subject

Question 11

purblind

Answer 11

(adj) dim-sighted; obtuse

Question 12

putative

Answer 12

(adj) supposed; reputed

Question 13

quadruped

Answer 13

(n) four-footed animal

Question 14

quagmire

Answer 14

(n) bog; marsh

Question 15

quarantine

Answer 15

(n) isolation of person or ship to prevent spread of infection

Question 16

queasy

Answer 16

(adj) easily nauseated; squeamish

Question 17

quorum

Answer 17

(n) number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

Question 18

ramify

Answer 18

(v) divide into branches or subdivisions

Question 19

rampart

Answer 19

(n) defensive mount of earth

Question 20

rationalization

Answer 20

(n) bringing into conformity with reason

Question 21

reactionary

Answer 21

(adj & n) recoiling from progress; retrograde

Question 22

recherche

Answer 22

(adj) choice; sought after; rare

Question 23

recidivism

Answer 23

(n) habitual return to crime

Question 24

recrudescence

Answer 24

(n) reopening of wound or sore

Question 25

recusant

Answer 25

(n) person who refuses to comply; applied specifically to those who refused to attend Anglican services

Question 26

refurbish

Answer 26

(v) renovate; make bright by polishing

Question 27

rendition

Answer 27

(n) translation; artistic interpretation of song, etc.

Question 28

reprobate

Answer 28

(n) person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency

Question 29

reprove

Answer 29

(v) censure; rebuke

Question 30

residue

Answer 30

(n) remainder; balance

Question 31

resilient

Answer 31

(adj) elastic; having the power of springing back

Question 32

resurgent

Answer 32

(adj) rising again after defeat, etc.

Question 33

reticulated

Answer 33

(adj) covered with a network; having an appearance of a mesh

Question 34

rood

Answer 34

(n) crucifix

Question 35

rustic

Answer 35

(adj) pertaining to country people; uncouth

Question 36

saltatory

Answer 36

(adj) relating to leaping

Question 37

salver

Answer 37

(n) tray

Question 38

sanctimonious

Answer 38

(adj) displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness

Question 39

sarcophagus

Answer 39

(n) stone coffin, often highly decorated

Question 40

sartorial

Answer 40

(adj) pertaining to tailors

Question 41

satellite

Answer 41

(n) small body revolving a large one

Question 42

satire

Answer 42

(n) form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly

Question 43

satrap

Answer 43

(n) petty ruler working for a superior despot

Question 44

satyr

Answer 44

(n) half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionsibysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning

Question 45

scarify

Answer 45

(v) make slight incisions in; scratch

Question 46

sciolism

Answer 46

(n) quackery, superficial information

Question 47

screed

Answer 47

(n) long, tiresome harangue

Question 48

senescence

Answer 48

(n) state of growing old

Question 49

septic

Answer 49

(adj) putrid; producing putrefaction

Question 50

sequacious

Answer 50

(adj) eager to follow; ductile

Question 51

seraph

Answer 51

(n) high ranking; six-winged angel

Question 52

serpentine

Answer 52

(adj) winding; twisting

Question 53

serried

Answer 53

(adj) standing shoulder to shoulder; crowded

Question 54

sibylline

Answer 54

(adj) prophetic; oracular

Question 55

similitude

Answer 55

(n) similarity; using comparisons such as similes