Vocabulary 4.1

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

Formally remove oneself from; give up; relinquish; renounce; resign

Question 2

Abduct

Answer 2

Take away or lead away by force; kidnap

Question 3

Abhor

Answer 3

Shrink from; detest; loathe; hate

Question 4

Abnormal

Answer 4

Deviating from normal; unusual; irregular

Question 5

Abrasion

Answer 5

Scraping or wearing away of the skin by friction; irritation

Question 6

Abrupt

Answer 6

Broken off; sudden; unexpected

Question 7

Abscond

Answer 7

Steal off and hide; depart secretly; flee; escape

Question 8

Absolve

Answer 8

Set free from some duty or responsibility; exempt; excuse

Question 9

Absorbing

Answer 9

Fully taking away one’s attention; extremely interesting; engrossing

Question 10

Abstain

Answer 10

Withhold oneself deliberately from doing something; refrain; desist

Question 11

Averse

Answer 11

Literally, “turned from”; opposed; disinclined; unwilling

Question 12

Avert

Answer 12

Turn away; ward off; prevent; forestall

Question 13

Avocation

Answer 13

Occupation away from one’s customary occupation; hobby

Question 14

Adapt

Answer 14

(Literally, “fit to”) Adjust; suit; fit

Question 15

Addicted

Answer 15

Given over (to a habit); habituated; devoted

Question 16

Adequate

Answer 16

Equal to, or sufficient for, a specific need; enough; sufficient

Question 17

Adherent

Answer 17

One who sticks to a leader, party, etc.; follower; faithful supporter

Question 18

Adjacent

Answer 18

Lying near; nearby; neighboring; bordering

Question 19

Adjoin

Answer 19

Be next to; be in contact with; border; abut

Question 20

Adjourn

Answer 20

Put off to another day; suspend a meeting to resume at a future time; defer; recess

Question 21

Advent

Answer 21

A “coming to”; arrival; approach

Question 22

Adversary

Answer 22

Person “turned toward” or facing another as an opponent; foe; antagonist

Question 23

Adverse

Answer 23

In opposition to one’s interests; hostile; unfavorable

Question 24

Antecedents

Answer 24

Ancestors; forebears; predecessors

Question 25

Antedate

Answer 25

Assign a date before the true date

Question 26

Postdate

Answer 26

Assign a date after the true date

Question 27

Ante Meridiem

Answer 27

Before noon

Question 28

Post Meridiem

Answer 28

After noon

Question 29

Anteroom

Answer 29

Room placed before and forming an entrance other; antechamber; waiting room

Question 30

Postgraduate

Answer 30

Having to do with study after graduation, especially after graduation from college

Question 31

Postmortem

Answer 31

Thorough examination of a body after death; autopsy

Question 32

Postscript

Answer 32

Note added to a letter after it has been written

Question 33

Bicameral

Answer 33

Consisting of two chambers or legislative houses

Question 34

Bicentennial

Answer 34

Two-hundredth anniversary

Question 35

Biennial

Answer 35

Occurring every two years

Question 36

Semiannual

Answer 36

Occurring every half year, or twice a year; semiyearly

Question 37

Bimonthly

Answer 37

Occurring every two months

Question 38

Semimonthly

Answer 38

Occurring every half month, or twice a month

Question 39

Bilateral

Answer 39

Having two sides

Question 40

Billingual

Answer 40

Speaking two languages equally well

Question 41

Bipartisan

Answer 41

Representing two political parties

Question 42

Bisect

Answer 42

Divide into two equal parts

Question 43

Semicircle

Answer 43

Half a circle

Question 44

Semiconscious

Answer 44

Half conscious; not fully conscious

Question 45

Semidetached

Answer 45

Partly detached; sharing a wall with an adjoining building on one side, but detached on the other.

Question 46

Semiskilled

Answer 46

Partly skilled