vocabulary list one

Question 1

abased

Answer 1

v. behaves in a way that belittles someone, to lower in rank, belittle or humiliate

Question 2

acquiesced

Answer 2

v. to accept something reluctantly but without protest

Question 3

aversion

Answer 3

n. a strong dislike

Question 4

benevolent

Answer 4

adj. well meaning, kind, charitable

Question 5

bias

Answer 5

n. prejudice in favor of or against one thing compared with another

Question 6

cajoled

Answer 6

v. to persuade with flattery or coaxing

Question 7

conciliatory

Answer 7

adj. intended to reduce hostility, pacify

Question 8

dearth

Answer 8

n. a scarcity or lack of something

Question 9

emaciated

Answer 9

adj. abnormally thin or weak

Question 10

emollient

Answer 10

adj. softening or soothing

Question 11

evince

Answer 11

v. to display clearly, to indicate

Question 12

guile

Answer 12

n. sly or cunning intelligence

Question 13

hackneyed

Answer 13

adj. lacking significance from overuse, lacking originality

Question 14

hierarchy

Answer 14

n. a system that organizes or ranks people according to status or authority

Question 15

imperious

Answer 15

adj. domineering, commanding, dominant

Question 16

inane

Answer 16

adj. silly

Question 17

irascible

Answer 17

adj. a tendency to be easily angered

Question 18

juxtaposition

Answer 18

n. comparison, contrast

Question 19

largesse

Answer 19

n. generosity in bestowing money or gifts

Question 20

licentious

Answer 20

adj. lacking legal or moral restraints

Question 21

malleable

Answer 21

adj. easily influenced

Question 22

mollified

Answer 22

v. to soothe in temper, to appease

Question 23

nefarious

Answer 23

adj. wicked or evil

Question 24

oration

Answer 24

n. a formal speech

Question 25

panacea

Answer 25

n. a solution, or cure

Question 26

quagmire

Answer 26

n. an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation

Question 27

razed

Answer 27

v. to destroy a building, town, or other site

Question 28

stolid

Answer 28

adj. calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation

Question 29

truculent

Answer 29

adj. aggressively self-assertive

Question 30

vacillating

Answer 30

v. to hesitate in choices, to be indecisive