Vocabulary

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal

Question 2

Appellation

Answer 2

a name, title, or designation

Question 3

Arcane

Answer 3

known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric

Question 4

Artless

Answer 4

free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous

Question 5

Asperity

Answer 5

harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony

Question 6

Assiduous

Answer 6

constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive

Question 7

Bemused

Answer 7

bewildered or confused; mildly amused, especially in a detached way

Question 8

Cavil

Answer 8

–Verb: to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about):
He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
–Noun: a trivial and annoying objection

Question 9

coeval

Answer 9

of the same age, date, or duration; equally old

Question 10

Defenestrate

Answer 10

to throw (a person or thing) out of a window

Question 11

Demure

Answer 11

characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved

Question 12

Eponymous

Answer 12

giving one’s name to a tribe, place, etc.

Question 13

Febrile

Answer 13

pertaining to or marked by feveŕ feverish

Ex: “In the febrile atmosphere of Greece waiting for the onslaught everyone knows is coming…”

Question 14

Feckless

Answer 14

1. ineffective; incompetent; futile

2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy

Question 15

Fiduciary

Answer 15

–Noun: (Law) a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another

Question 16

Indefatigable

Answer 16

incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring

Question 17

Ineluctable

Answer 17

incapable of being evaded; inescapable

Question 18

Ingenuous

Answer 18

free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere; artless

Question 19

Inimitable

Answer 19

incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless

Question 20

Inveterate

Answer 20

firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic

Question 21

Littoral

Answer 21

of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean

Question 22

Lurid

Answer 22

1. gruesome; horrible; revolting

2. glaringly vivid or sensational

Question 23

Mendacious

Answer 23

telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful

Question 24

Moribund

Answer 24

in a dying state; near death

Question 25

Nexus

Answer 25

1. a means of connection; tie; link

2. the core or center, as of a matter or situation

Question 26

Nugatory

Answer 26

1. of no real value; trifling; worthless.

2. of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain.

Question 27

Obdurate

Answer 27

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding

Question 28

Obstreperous

Answer 28

resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly

Question 29

Opprobrium

Answer 29

the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy

Question 30

Paucity

Answer 30

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

Question 31

Precocious

Answer 31

1. unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development
2. of or relating to premature development

Question 32

Probity

Answer 32

integrity and uprightness; honesty

Question 33

Puerile

Answer 33

of or relating to a child or to childhood; childishly foolish; immature or trivial

Question 34

Pulchritude

Answer 34

physical beauty; comeliness