Vocabulary VII

Question 1

Temerity

Answer 1

Reckless boldness.
Rashness.
Gall.

Question 2

Wet blanket

Answer 2

Killjoy.

Drag.

Question 3

Pecuniary

Answer 3

Of or relating to money

Question 4

Self-induced

Answer 4

Caused by oneself.

Question 5

Impunity

Answer 5

Exempt from punishment

Question 6

Impunity

Answer 6

Immunity from punishment

Question 7

Prescribed

Answer 7

To lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or course of action to be taken.

Question 8

Abstract

Answer 8

Thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.
Hypothetical.
“Beauty in the abstract”

ALSO

(noun)
Abstract - a summarization of

Question 9

Abstract art

Answer 9

• Nonrepresentational art style of the 20th century.

- Emphasizes lines, colors, geometric forms, especially with reference to their relationship to one another.

Question 10

Abstruse

Answer 10

Complex.

Abstract.

Question 11

Esoteric

Answer 11

Hidden.
Mystic.
Understood by only a select few.

Question 12

Apocryphal

Answer 12

(uh-POK-ruh-full)
Of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
Not genuine.

Question 13

Manifest

Answer 13

(verb) to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding.
(Ex: “he manifested his approval with a hearty laugh”)

(adjective) readily perceived by the eye or understanding. 
Apparent.
Plain.
Visible.
(Ex: "a manifest error")

Question 14

Tantamount

Answer 14

Equivalent.

Same as.

Question 15

Fire Sale

Answer 15

A sale at reduced prices to raise money quickly.

Question 16

In the offing

Answer 16

In the distance but within sight.

In the projected future, but likely to happen.

Question 17

Triangulate

Answer 17

To make triangular

OR

Composed of triangles.

Question 18

Taciturn

Answer 18

(tas-i-turn)

Silent and reserved.

Question 19

Umbrage

Answer 19

Annoyance.
Displeasure.
(ex: “to feel umbrage at a a social snub”).

Question 20

Tacit

Answer 20

(tas-it)

Understood without being expressed.
Implied.

Question 21

Virulent

Answer 21

(veer-you-lent)

Poisonous; noxious

OR

Hostile; bitter

Question 22

Philistine

Answer 22

A person who is smugly indifferent to cultural values or intellectual pursuits.

Question 23

Inscrutable

Answer 23

Not capable of being analyzed or understood.

Mysterious.

Question 24

Undue

Answer 24

Unwarranted.
Excessive.

Inappropriate.

Question 25

Sub-cellar

Answer 25

A cellar below the main cellar.

Question 26

Ancillary

Answer 26

Something that serves in an assisting or accessory type way.

Question 27

Sovereign

Answer 27

1) . A person who has supreme power
2) . Self-governing; independent.
3) . Supreme; indisputable (“a sovereign right”)

Question 28

Craven

Answer 28

Cowardly.

Contemptuously timid.

Question 29

Diaspora

Answer 29

The aggregate of Jews scattered, or living, in exile outside Israel.

• Jews perceive a special relationship between themselves and the land of Israel.

Question 30

Marginal

Answer 30

(adverb)
Imperceptible; barely noticeable

Ex: “the change in price was marginal”

Question 31

Harangue

Answer 31

(huh-rang)

A scolding verbal attack

Question 32

Transitory

Answer 32

Lasting only a short time.

Brief.

Question 33

Temporal

Answer 33

Temporary

Question 34

Posit

Answer 34

To lay down as a fact or principle.