Week 1 Day 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

(v. )
1. to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen, diminish
2. to deduct or subtract
3. to omit

Question 2

adulation

Answer 2

(n.) excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery

Question 3

anathema

Answer 3

(n. )
1. a person or thing detested or loathed
2. any imprecation of divine punishment
3. a curse; execration

Question 4

astute

Answer 4

(adj. )
1. of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious
2. clever; cunning; shrewd

Question 5

avarice

Answer 5

(n.) insatiable greed for riches; inordinate; miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth

Question 6

culpable

Answer 6

(adj.) deserving blame or censure; blameworthy

Question 7

dilatory

Answer 7

(adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy

Question 8

egregious

Answer 8

(adj. )
1. extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant
2. distinguished or eminent

Question 9

equivocate

Answer 9

(v.) to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge

Question 10

evanescent

Answer 10

(adj. )
1. vanishing; fading away; fleeting
2. tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible

Question 11

irresolute

Answer 11

(adj.) not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating

Question 12

nebulous

Answer 12

(adj. )
1. hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
2. cloudy
3. of or resembling a nebula; nebular

Question 13

novice

Answer 13

(n. )
1. a person who is new to the circumstances where he or she is placed
2. a recent convert to Christianity

Question 14

penury

Answer 14

(n. )
1. extreme poverty; destitution
2. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficient

Question 15

recapitulate

Answer 15

(v. )
1. to review by a brief summary
2. to repeat in its development

Question 16

resuscitate

Answer 16

(v.) to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconciousness

Question 17

slovenly

Answer 17

(adj. )
1. untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
2. characteristics of a sloven

Question 18

supposition

Answer 18

(n. )
1. the act of supposing
2. something that is supposed; assumption; hypothesis

Question 19

pretentious

Answer 19

(adj. )
1. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved
2. ostentatious
3. full of pretense or pretension

Question 20

torpid

Answer 20

(adj. )
1. inactive or sluggish
2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic
3. dormant