Vocabulary Unit 1

Question 1

Aggrandize

Answer 1

1. (v.) To make greater, richer, more powerful.
2. (v.) To exaggerate.

Question 2

Banal

Answer 2

(adj.) Lacking freshness or originality; commonplace, ordinary.

Question 3

Chicanery

Answer 3

(n.) Trickery, especially in legal dealings; the use of subterfuge or trickery in debate.

Question 4

Denote

Answer 4

(v.) To indicate.

Question 5

Entrepreneur

Answer 5

One who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk of profit or loss.

Question 6

Fetish

Answer 6

1. An inanimate object thought to have inherent magical powers. therefore worshiped.
2. Anything irrationally reverenced; obsession.

Question 7

Heinous

Answer 7

Hatefully bad or wicked; abominable.

Question 8

Pensive

Answer 8

Thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things.

Question 9

Pique

Answer 9

1. To evoke resentment in.
2. To arouse

Question 10

Plaintive

Answer 10

Expressing sorrow; mournful

Question 11

Trenchant

Answer 11

Forceful and effective; keen, penetrating

Question 12

Verdant

Answer 12

1. Green with growing plants or grass; green in color.
2. Unripe knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated.