Vocabulary List 6

Question 1

Divest

Answer 1

To deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title; to take away from a person.
To undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament, or equipment.
To rid, free

Question 2

Fecund

Answer 2

Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; prolific, fertile. Intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree.

Question 3

Insuperable

Answer 3

Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.

Question 4

Interlope

Answer 4

To intrude or interfere wrongly; to thrust oneself into the affairs of others.
One who intrudes or interferes wrongly; an intruder.

Question 5

Myriad

Answer 5

Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.
Composed of numerous diverse elements, aspects, or variations.

Question 6

Onerous

Answer 6

Involving, imposing, or constituting a burden; troublesome.

Having obligations or responsibilities that outweigh the advantages.

Question 7

Panacea

Answer 7

A remedy for all diseases; a cure-all.

A supposed answer or solution for all problems or difficulties.

Question 8

Precocious

Answer 8

Exceptionally early or mature in development.

Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age.

Question 9

Querulous

Answer 9

Apt to find fault; habitually complaining.

Expressing complaint; full of complaints; whining.

Question 10

Rue

Answer 10

To feel regret, remorse, or penitence for.

To wish that something had never been done or had never taken place.