Vocabulary 7

Question 0

To rise above or beyond, exceed

Answer 0

Transcend

Question 1

Pertaining to an outlying area;

Local, narrow in mind or outlook

Answer 1

Provincial

Question 2

Shade cast by trees
Foliage giving shade
Overshadowing influence or power
Offense, resentment
A vague suspicion

Answer 2

Umbrage

Question 3

To improve, make better, Forrest a flaw or shortcoming

Answer 3

Ameliorate

Question 4

Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Answer 4

Aplomb

Question 5

Pompous or overblown in language

Full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Answer 5

Bombastic

Question 6

Without experience;
Immature, not fully developed;
lacking sophistication and poise;
Without feathers;

Answer 6

Callow

Question 7

To urge strongly, advise earnestly

Answer 7

Exhort

Question 8

By virtue of holding certain office

Answer 8

Ex officio

Question 9

One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be; an intruder

Answer 9

Interoper

Question 10

Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent;

Answer 10

Intrinsic

Question 11

To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

Answer 11

Inveigh

Question 12

Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Answer 12

Lassitude

Question 13

Modification of the social patterns, traits or structures of one group or society by contract with those of another

Answer 13

Acculturation

Question 14

Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character;
Accidental, not essential

Answer 14

Adventitious