Vocabulary

Question 1

Asperity

Answer 1

1. A harshness of tone or manner
2. Harsh qualities or conditions
3. The rough edge of a surface, usually metal

Question 2

Dissemble

Answer 2

transitive verb
1 : to hide under a false appearance
2 : to put on the appearance of : simulate
intransitive verb
: to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense
Other forms: dis·sem·bled; dis·sem·bling

Question 3

Propinquity

Answer 3

1. Closeness of blood (kin)

2. Closeness of space (proximity)

Question 4

Plenary

Answer 4

1. Unqualified, absolute
2. To be attended by all members of a body

Noun - a session to be attended by all members of a conference or body

Question 5

Mésalliance

Answer 5

A marriage with someone thought to be unsuitable or of a lower social order

Question 6

Tenebrous

Answer 6

1. Shut off from the light
2. Hard to understand, obscure
3. Causing gloom

Question 7

Prevaricate

Answer 7

To avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question.
See: lie

Question 8

Proliferate

Answer 8

1. to increase rapidly in numbers, multiply
2. (of a cell, structure, or organism) to reproduce rapidly
3. to cause (a cell, tissue, or organism, etc.) to reproduce rapidly

Question 9

Balmoral

Answer 9

noun
1 : a laced boot or shoe
2 often capitalized : a round flat cap with a top projecting all around

Question 10

Cockade

Answer 10

a decoration that is worn on a hat especially as part of a uniform to show a person’s status, rank, etc.

Question 11

Vatic

Answer 11

Prophetic, oracular

Question 12

Vitiation

Answer 12

transitive verb
1 : to make faulty or defective : impair
2 : to debase in moral or aesthetic status <a>
3 : to make ineffective
synonyms see debase
Other forms: vi·ti·at·ed; vi·ti·at·in</a>

Question 13

Promontory

Answer 13

1 a : a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
b : a prominent mass of land overlooking or projecting into a lowland
2 : a bodily prominence
Other forms: plural prom·on·to·ries

Question 14

Imprecation

Answer 14

\ˌim-pri-ˈkā-shən\
noun
\: an offensive word or phrase that people say when they are angry
Full Definition
1 : curse
2 : the act of imprecating

Question 15

Desultory

Answer 15

1. Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
2. (of conversation or speech) going constantly from one subject to another in a halfhearted way, unfocused
3. occurring randomly or occasionally

Question 16

Rebarbative

Answer 16

Repellent, irritating

Question 17

Gamine

Gaminish

Answer 17

Simple: an attractive and usually thin and small woman or girl who often shows a playful desire to cause trouble

A gamine is a slim, often boyish, elegant young woman who is, or is perceived to be, mischievous, teasing or sexually appealing

Question 18

Refulgent

Answer 18

Shining brightly; radiant; gleaming

Question 19

Abnegation

Answer 19

1. The act of renouncing or rejecting something

2. Self-denial

Question 20

Discrepant

Answer 20

(usually of two or more objects, accounts, or findings, etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent

Question 21

Encomium

Answer 21

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.

Question 22

Contrapuntal

Answer 22

of or in counterpoint.

(of a piece of music) with two or more independent melodic lines.

Question 23

Stanch v Staunch

Answer 23

Stanch - verb - To stop something, especially blood, from flowing

Staunch - adjective - (of a wall) of strong or firm construction.

Question 24

Inveigle

Answer 24

To get someone to do something by clever or deceptive means

To get something in a clever or deceptive way

1. To win over by wiles
2. To acquire by ingenuity or flattery: wangle

Question 25

Silage

Answer 25

Food for farm animals that is stored in a silo

Question 26

Decorous

Answer 26

Correct and polite in a particular situation

Question 27

Vituperative

Answer 27

Uttering or given to censure: containing or characterized by verbal abuse

Question 28

Fecund

Answer 28

1. Fruitful in offspring or vegetation
2. Intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree (Galileo, Edison, Franklin, Musk)

Feh-kend

Question 29

Proscenium

Answer 29

1.
A. The stage of an Ancient Greek or Roman theater

B. The part of the stage that is in front of the curtain

C. The wall that separates the stage from the auditorium and provides the arch that frames it

2. Foreground