Vocabulary 51-100

Question 1

Gratuitous

Answer 1

adj.,uncalled- for; given without expectation or return; The gratuitous student gave the teacher flowers for no occasion

Question 2

Eclectic

Answer 2

adj.,based on a wide variety of sources; “An eclectic paper is the best one.” said the teacher.

Question 3

Assail

Answer 3

v.,to attack; The robber assailed the mail man for a gold bar sent through the mail

Question 4

Convivial

Answer 4

adj.,sociable, friendly; A convivial carnival is the best for friends to go

Question 5

Opulent

Answer 5

adj.,luxurious; characterized by wealth; Billy Bob is noted as an opulent person due to his house size

Question 6

Acuity

Answer 6

n.,sensory sharpness, keenness; Doctors have acuity vision and hearing in order to do their job

Question 7

Renounce

Answer 7

v.,to take back a previously stated position; disavow; The woman renounced her love towards the peasant for a rich man.

Question 8

Despot

Answer 8

n.,tyrant; harsh, absolute ruler; The despot was made all of his citizens do 10000 pushups every 30min.

Question 9

Altruistic

Answer 9

adj.,self-sacrificing; charitable; The newspaper talked about an altruistic person who jumped into a volcano to save the city

Question 10

Iconoclast

Answer 10

n.,one who works against the accepted order: heretic; The iconoclast fought the police to enter a restricted area

Question 11

Burgeon

Answer 11

v.,to grow or flourish; The store burgeoned once it got more candy in stock

Question 12

Paragon

Answer 12

n.,an ideal model, example of perfection; The paragon hangs on the wall so people can use it as an example

Question 13

Deprecate

Answer 13

v.,to express disapproval of someone; My mother deprecated the boy know to do drugs when I brought him over

Question 14

Dissonance

Answer 14

n.,a harsh sound; disharmony; The Dissonance hurt peoples ear

Question 15

Exacerbate

Answer 15

v.,-to make worse; aggravate; When 9/11 happened the second plane exacerbated the situation by destroying the second tower

Question 16

Decry

Answer 16

v.,to criticize, bemoan; When your teacher notices your awful paper they will decry you until it is up to their standards

Question 17

Odious

Answer 17

adj.,hateful, despised; The mother warned her children about going into the odious store because it had drugs

Question 18

Callous

Answer 18

adj.,showing lack of feeling or- sympathy; I try not to be in a callous mode when someone is having difficulty.

Question 19

Squalor

Answer 19

n.,filth and misery; The poor man lived in squalor

Question 20

Hamper

Answer 20

v.,to get in the way of, impede; Machines hamper the workspace due to their size

Question 21

Debilitate

Answer 21

v.,to weaken or disable; I debilitated the army by destroying the tank holding loads of people

Question 22

Refute

Answer 22

v.,to disprove, show to be false; My father enjoys to refute the opposing counsel

Question 23

Conjecture

Answer 23

n/v,(to make) an educated guess; a hypothesis; I conjectured that the pot on the stove is hot

Question 24

Desultory

Answer 24

adj.,random, aimless, haphazard; A desultory driver is dangerous bbecause they wave in and out of the lane

Question 25

Stolid

Answer 25

adj.,unemotional; Stolid men are the best in battle when their friends are dying around them

Question 26

Antithesis

Answer 26

n.,the opposite of something; My sister are the antithesis of nice

Question 27

Paucity

Answer 27

n.,lack of something; dearth; I have a paucity of interest in this homework

Question 28

Ascertain

Answer 28

v.,to make sure of something, to verify; I need to ascertain if the information is correct.

Question 29

Sporadic

Answer 29

adj.,inconsistent; fitful, on and off; This homework is sporadic in the definitions.

Question 30

Supplant

Answer 30

v.,to replace; I supplanted the SAT words with word I know.

Question 31

Vigilant

Answer 31

adj.,watchful, extremely alert; Hawks are vigilant when they get their prey.

Question 32

Atrophy

Answer 32

v.,to waste away as a result of disuse; When I had my foot surgery, my calf muscles atrophied.

Question 33

Satiate

Answer 33

v.,to satisfy completely; My mother satiated me by giving me loads of money.

Question 34

Extol

Answer 34

v.,to praise highly; I extolled my mother when she gave me loads of money.

Question 35

Hiatus

Answer 35

n.,a break in activity; respite; My mother took a hiatus from giving me money.

Question 36

Mitigate

Answer 36

v.,to lessen (the effect of); ease; My father tried to mitigate my anger toward my mother for giving me less money.

Question 37

Innocuous

Answer 37

adj.,harmless; The frog is innocuous because is contained.

Question 38

Rhetoric

Answer 38

n.,things that are said for effect (the art of speaking); I think that people who use rhetoric instead of speaking directly are showing off.

Question 39

Laconic

Answer 39

adj.,untalkative; taciturn; I am not laconic.

Question 40

Obdurate

Answer 40

adj.,stubborn, intransigent; I was obdurate in my requests for money when my mother stopped giving it to me.

Question 41

Vapid

Answer 41

adj.,Lacking in intelligence or content, vacuous; My sister is vapid.

Question 42

Disseminate

Answer 42

v.,to spread or disperse; I disseminated my ideas about pain.

Question 43

Reticent

Answer 43

adj.,reluctant to speak, quiet (shy); The new girl who just moved to the US was reticent to speak in class.

Question 44

Irreproachable

Answer 44

adj.,perfect, ideal in behavior; I am not irreproachable because of my disinterest in doing vocabulary homework.

Question 45

Deference

Answer 45

n.,respect, courteous yielding; I showed my deference to the Scoutmaster of my Scout troop when he suggested something.

Question 46

Pugnacious

Answer 46

adj.,combative, belligerent, quarrelsome; The pug was very pugnacious when I didn’t feed it until I got home after Air Bands.

Question 47

Rectify

Answer 47

v.,to correct, fix; I rectified the dog’s hunger by feeding him.

Question 48

Idiosyncratic

Answer 48

adj.,peculiar to an individual, quirky; I have an idiosyncratic dislike for noise.

Question 49

Provincial

Answer 49

adj.,narrow-minded due to inexperience; I often feel provincial when studying new vocabulary words.

Question 50

Malevolence

Answer 50

n.,ill-will, malice; I showed my malevolence toward the dog by not feeding him.