Vocabulary: Week 8

Question 1

: (verb)- accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Answer 1

acquiesce

Question 2

: (noun)- a friendly relationship

Syn: friendship, harmony

Answer 2

amity

Question 3

: (adj)-involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
Syn: hard, laborious

Answer 3

arduous

Question 4

: (noun)- an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts

Answer 4

gestalt

Question 5

: (verb)- overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with. / flood
Syn: overwhelm, drown

Answer 5

inundate

Question 6

: (noun)- the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.
Syn: lying under oath, giving false evidence

Answer 6

perjury

Question 7

: (noun)- 1. clarity, plainness, intelligibility. 2. transparency.

Answer 7

perspicuity

Question 8

: (adj)- contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
Syn: absurd, ridiculous, foolish

Answer 8

preposterous

Question 9

: (noun)- a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.
Syn: fear, apprehension, dread

Answer 9

trepidation

Question 10

: (adj): speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently.

Syn: talkative, verbose

Answer 10

voluble