Vocabulary Deck 12

Question 1

Abysmal

Answer 1

very deep; very bad

Question 2

Approbation

Answer 2

approval

Question 3

Bent

Answer 3

inclination; aptitude

Question 4

Cadge

Answer 4

get by begging

Question 5

Debacle

Answer 5

disaster

Question 6

Extemporize

Answer 6

speak without preparation or rehearsal

Question 7

Incumbents

Answer 7

occupiers of a job or position

Question 8

Lambaste

Answer 8

attack verbally

Question 9

Noisome

Answer 9

disgusting

Question 10

Pastiche

Answer 10

work which imitates or is composed of parts taken from varied sources

Question 11

Arboreal

Answer 11

living in trees; concerned with trees

Question 12

Centrifuge

Answer 12

device to separate substances by spinning them at high speed

Question 13

Cloistered

Answer 13

isolated

Question 14

Disabuse

Answer 14

make someone aware of an error in thinking

Question 15

Engendering

Answer 15

causing; bringing into being

Question 16

Intemperate

Answer 16

excessive; immoderate

Question 17

Lugubrious

Answer 17

sad; gloomy

Question 18

Nonplussed

Answer 18

confused

Question 19

Pedagogy

Answer 19

science of education; teaching

Question 20

Satiate

Answer 20

satisfy; fill completely

Question 21

Slake

Answer 21

quench; satisfy

Question 22

Artless

Answer 22

without effort; without trickery; simple

Question 23

Comeliness

Answer 23

beauty; pettiness

Question 24

Doff

Answer 24

take off

Question 25

Don

Answer 25

pot on

Question 26

Erudition

Answer 26

learning; scholarly knowledge

Question 27

Plaintive

Answer 27

sad; mournful

Question 28

Suborn

Answer 28

bribe

Question 29

Tendentious

Answer 29

dogmatic; biased

Question 30

Tortuous

Answer 30

indirect; winding

Question 31

Verbiage

Answer 31

excessive or meaningless wordiness

Question 32

Atonement

Answer 32

making amends for a sin or crime

Question 33

Complaisance

Answer 33

flexibility; willingness to please

Question 34

Daguerreotype

Answer 34

forerunner of the photograph

Question 35

Fawn

Answer 35

behave in a sycophantic way; grovel

Question 36

Gregariousness

Answer 36

sociability; liking for crowds

Question 37

Nascent

Answer 37

emerging; newly formed

Question 38

Paean

Answer 38

praise; tribute

Question 39

Reproof

Answer 39

scolding; criticism

Question 40

Scurvy

Answer 40

1. disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2. contemptible rascally

Question 41

Tutelary

Answer 41

serving as a guardian

Question 42

Abscission

Answer 42

cutting; process causing leaves to fall off

Question 43

Contentious

Answer 43

causing argument

Question 44

Debilitating

Answer 44

weakening

Question 45

Foible

Answer 45

quirk; minor weakness

Question 46

Importune

Answer 46

beg; solicit

Question 47

Slew

Answer 47

glut; excess

Question 48

Toady

Answer 48

sycophant; flatterer

Question 49

Torrid

Answer 49

hot and steamy

Question 50

Veracious

Answer 50

true

Question 51

Asperity

Answer 51

using harsh or critical tone

Question 52

Blowhard

Answer 52

boastful person

Question 53

Disingenuous

Answer 53

crafty

Question 54

Evanescent

Answer 54

short-lived

Question 55

Intangible

Answer 55

cannot be touched; abstract

Question 56

Labile

Answer 56

changing rapidly; unstable

Question 57

Malapropism

Answer 57

use of similar sounding but incorrect word

Question 58

Posture

Answer 58

to put on an act

Question 59

Proximate

Answer 59

immediate; nearest

Question 60

Pugnacious

Answer 60

aggressive, ready to fight

Question 61

Foreshadowed

Answer 61

indicated a future event

Question 62

Gaucherie

Answer 62

awkwardness

Question 63

Heterodox

Answer 63

unorthodox

Question 64

Inscrutability

Answer 64

quality of being difficult to comprehend

Question 65

Limerick

Answer 65

short amusing poem

Question 66

Mannered

Answer 66

stylized; pretentious

Question 67

Pluck

Answer 67

courage

Question 68

Sedulous

Answer 68

persevering; eager and through

Question 69

Syllogism

Answer 69

type of logical reasoning

Question 70

Vicissitude

Answer 70

unexpected change in fortune or circumstances

Question 71

Acolyte

Answer 71

disciple; follower or attendant

Question 72

Admonitory

Answer 72

scolding

Question 73

Caprices

Answer 73

whimsies; fancies

Question 74

Cornucopia

Answer 74

symbol denoting natural abundance

Question 75

Deferential

Answer 75

showing respect

Question 76

Intractability

Answer 76

stubbornness; resistance

Question 77

Luminary

Answer 77

eminent person

Question 78

Minion

Answer 78

underling; servant

Question 79

Undergird

Answer 79

support; strengthen

Question 80

Vitiate

Answer 80

weaken; sap energy

Question 81

Coterie

Answer 81

clique; small group with common interests

Question 82

Denigrate

Answer 82

decry; criticize; belittle

Question 83

Empirical

Answer 83

found by experiment or practice

Question 84

Gainsay

Answer 84

contradict

Question 85

Hyperbole

Answer 85

exaggeration

Question 86

Modest

Answer 86

1. bashful; unpretentious; 2. not excessive

Question 87

Prolixity

Answer 87

wordiness

Question 88

Rebus

Answer 88

puzzle in which pictures give clues

Question 89

Sere

Answer 89

withered; old

Question 90

Vulpine

Answer 90

like a fox

Question 91

Corroborate

Answer 91

give supportive evidence

Question 92

Exacerbated

Answer 92

made worse

Question 93

Exact

Answer 93

to demand; extort

Question 94

Faddish

Answer 94

whimsical; following a fashion

Question 95

Hapless

Answer 95

unlucky

Question 96

Misconstrue

Answer 96

put a wrong interpretation on something

Question 97

Perennial

Answer 97

long-lasting

Question 98

Rent

Answer 98

torn

Question 99

Shard

Answer 99

fragment of pottery

Question 100

Xenophobe

Answer 100

person afraid of foreigners