Vocabulary List 29

Question 1

Transgression

Answer 1

N.

Violation of a law; sin

Question 2

Transient

Answer 2

Adj.

Fleeting; quickly passing away; staying for a short time

Question 3

Transition

Answer 3

N.

Going from one state of action to another

Question 4

Translucent

Answer 4

Adj.

Partly transparent

Question 5

Transmute

Answer 5

V.

Change; convert to something different

Question 6

Transparent

Answer 6

Adj.

Permitting light to pass through freely; easily detected

Question 7

Transpire

Answer 7

V.

Exhale; become known; happen

Question 8

Travail

Answer 8

N.

Painful labor

Question 9

Traverse

Answer 9

V.

Go through or across

Question 10

Travesty

Answer 10

N.

Comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous

Question 11

Treatise

Answer 11

N.

Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly

Question 12

Trek

Answer 12

V.

Travel; migrate

Question 13

Tremor

Answer 13

N.

Trembling; slightly quiver

Question 14

Tremulous

Answer 14

Adj.

Trembling; wavering

Question 15

Trenchant

Answer 15

Adj.

Cutting; keen

Question 16

Trepidation

Answer 16

N.

Fear; trembling agitation

Question 17

Tribulation

Answer 17

N.

Distress; suffering

Question 18

Tribunal

Answer 18

N.

Court of justice

Question 19

Tribute

Answer 19

N.

Tax levied by a ruler; mark of respect

Question 20

Trident

Answer 20

N.

Three-pronged spear

Question 21

Trilogy

Answer 21

N.

Group of three works

Question 22

Trite

Answer 22

Adj.

Hackneyed; commonplace

Question 23

Troth

Answer 23

N.

Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal

Question 24

Truculent

Answer 24

Adj.

Aggressive; savage

Question 25

Truism

Answer 25

N. Self-evident truth

Question 26

Trumpery

Answer 26

N. Objects that are showy, valueless, deceptive

Question 27

Tryst

Answer 27

N. Meeting

Question 28

Tumbrel

Answer 28

N. A farm tipcart

Question 29

Tumid

Answer 29

Adj. Swollen; pompous; bombastic

Question 30

Turbid

Answer 30

Adj. Muddy; having the sediment disturbed

Question 31

Turbulence

Answer 31

N. State of violent agitation

Question 32

Turgid

Answer 32

Adj. Swollen; distended

Question 33

Turnkey

Answer 33

N. Jailer

Question 34

Turpitude

Answer 34

N. Depravity

Question 35

Tutelage

Answer 35

N. Guardianship; training

Question 36

Tyro

Answer 36

N. Beginner; novice

Question 37

Ubiquitous

Answer 37

Adj. Being everywhere; omnipresent

Question 38

Ulterior

Answer 38

Adj. Situated beyond; unstated

Question 39

Ultimate

Answer 39

Adj. Final; not susceptible to further analysis

Question 40

Ultimatum

Answer 40

N. Last demand; warning

Question 41

Umbrage

Answer 41

N. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult

Question 42

Unanimity

Answer 42

N. Complete agreement

Question 43

Unassuaged

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Adj. Unsatisfied; not soothed

Question 44

Unassuming

Answer 44

Adj. Modest

Question 45

Unbridled

Answer 45

Adj. Violent

Question 46

Uncanny

Answer 46

Adj. Strange: mysterious

Question 47

Unconscionable

Answer 47

Adj. Unscrupulous; excessive

Question 48

Uncouth

Answer 48

Adj. Outlandish; clumsy; boorish

Question 49

Unction

Answer 49

N. The act of anointing with oil

Question 50

Unctuous

Answer 50

Adj. Oily; bland; insincerely suave

Question 51

Undulate

Answer 51

V. Move with a wavelike motion

Question 52

Unearth

Answer 52

V. Dig up

Question 53

Unearthly

Answer 53

Adj. Not earthly; weird

Question 54

Unequivocal

Answer 54

Adj. Plain; obvious

Question 55

Unerringly

Answer 55

Adv. Infallibly

Question 56

Unfaltering

Answer 56

Adj. Steadfast

Question 57

Unfeigned

Answer 57

Adj. Genuine; real

Question 58

Ungainly

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Adj. Awkward

Question 59

Unguent

Answer 59

N. Ointment

Question 60

Unimpeachable

Answer 60

Adj. Blameless and exemplary

Question 61

Uninhibited

Answer 61

Adj. Unrepressed

Question 62

Unique

Answer 62

Adj. Without an equal; single in kind

Question 63

Unison

Answer 63

N. Unity of pitch; complete accord

Question 64

Unkempt

Answer 64

Adj. Disheveled

Question 65

Unmitigated

Answer 65

Adj. Harsh; severe; not lightened

Question 66

Unruly

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Adj. Disobedient; lawless

Question 67

Unseemly

Answer 67

Adj. Unbecoming; indecent

Question 68

Unsullied

Answer 68

Adj. Untarnished

Question 69

Untenable

Answer 69

Adj. Unsupportable

Question 70

Unwitting

Answer 70

Adj. Unintentional; not knowing

Question 71

Unwonted

Answer 71

Adj. Unaccustomed

Question 72

Upbraid

Answer 72

V. Scold; reproach

Question 73

Upshot

Answer 73

N. Outcome

Question 74

Urbane

Answer 74

Adj. Suave; refined; elegant

Question 75

Usury

Answer 75

N. Lending money at illegal rates of interest

Question 76

Uxorious

Answer 76

Adj. Excessively devoted to one’s wife

Question 77

Vacillation

Answer 77

N. Fluctuation; wavering

Question 78

Vacuous

Answer 78

Adj. Empty; inane

Question 79

Vagary

Answer 79

N. Caprice; whim

Question 80

Vainglorious

Answer 80

Adj. Boastful; excessively conceited

Question 81

Validate

Answer 81

V. Confirm; ratify

Question 82

Vanguard

Answer 82

N. Forerunners; advance forces

Question 83

Vantage

Answer 83

N. Position giving an advantage

Question 84

Vapid

Answer 84

Adj. Insipid; inane

Question 85

Variegated

Answer 85

Adj. Many-colored

Question 86

Vaunted

Answer 86

Adj. Boasted; bragged; highly publicized

Question 87

Veer

Answer 87

V. Change in direction