Week 1: #1-7

Question 1

Inchoate

Answer 1

(adj. ) incipient, still developing or incomplete

(adj. ) imperfectly formed, incoherent or lacking order

Question 2

Obdurate

Answer 2

(adj. ) unyielding to persuasion; resistant to appeals or softening influences
(adj. ) persistent on wrongdoing or impenitent; hardened against emotions

Question 3

Amalgamate

Answer 3

(v.) to mix, merge, or combine into a whole

Question 4

Effrontery

Answer 4

(n.) insolence, boldness, or presumption

Question 5

Rarefy

Answer 5

(v. ) to make or become thin, less compact, or less sense

(v. ) to purify, refine, or make more spiritual

Question 6

Diatribe

Answer 6

(n.) bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation

Question 7

Precipitate

Answer 7

(v. ) to throw or fall down headlong
(v. ) to bring about or cause to happen, esp. abruptly or prematurely
(v. ) to cause (a substance) to separate from a solution; to condense or cause to condense and fall from the sky
(adj. ) speeding headlong, rapidly, or dangerously; proceeding with undue haste and without necessary forethought
(adj. ) occurring abruptly or unexpectedly
(adj. ) steep or rushing steeply downward