Vocabulary I

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

Becoming less intense or widespread

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

Fail to fulfill or undertake

Question 3

Aberration

Answer 3

A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome

Question 4

Abstain

Answer 4

Refrain from doing or enjoying something

Question 5

Adversity

Answer 5

Difficulties or misfortune

Question 6

Aesthetic

Answer 6

Concerned with beauty

Question 7

Amicable

Answer 7

Having a spirit of friendliness

Question 8

Anachronistic

Answer 8

Error in chronological events or persons

Question 9

Arid

Answer 9

Lack in interest, excitement, or meaning

Question 10

Asylum

Answer 10

Shelter or protection

Question 11

Benevolent

Answer 11

Well meaning and kind

Question 12

Bias

Answer 12

Prejudice in favor of one thing, usually being unfair

Question 13

Boisterous

Answer 13

Noisy, energetic, or cheerful

Question 14

Brazen

Answer 14

Bold and without shame

Question 15

Brusque

Answer 15

Abrupt or offhand in speech and manner

Question 16

Camaraderie

Answer 16

Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a significant amount of time together

Question 17

Canny

Answer 17

Having shrewdness, or, pleasant and nice

Question 18

Capacious

Answer 18

Having a lot of space inside

Question 19

Capitulate

Answer 19

Cease to resist and opponent or an unwelcome demand

Question 20

Clairvoyant

Answer 20

A person claiming to have a supernatural ability beyond normal sensory contact

Question 21

Collaborate

Answer 21

To work together on an activity

Question 22

Compassion

Answer 22

Sympathetic pity or concern on the welfare of others

Question 23

Compromise

Answer 23

An agreement on a dispute with both sides making concessions

Question 24

Condescending

Answer 24

Acting in a way that betrays a feeling of superiority

Question 25

Conditional

Answer 25

Subject to one or more conditions being met