Week 2 Day 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

accrue

Answer 1

(v. )
1. to happen or result as a natural growth, addition
2. to be added as a matter of periodic gain or advantage

Question 2

annotation

Answer 2

(n. )
1. a critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to a text
2. to act of annotating

Question 3

bedlam

Answer 3

(n. )

1. a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion

Question 4

covert

Answer 4

(adj. )
1. concealed; secret
2. covered; sheltered
(n. )
1. a covering
2. a shelter or a hiding place
3. concealment or disguise

Question 5

debonair

Answer 5

(adj. )
1. courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated dream
2. jaunty, carefree, sprightly

Question 6

dun

Answer 6

(v. )
1. to make repeated or insistent demands upon
(n. )
1. a person who duns another
2. a demand for payment

Question 7

efficacious

Answer 7

(adj. )

1. capable of having the desired result or effect, effective as a means

Question 8

equanimity

Answer 8

(n.) a mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under stress

Question 9

fortuitous

Answer 9

(adj. )
1. happening or produced by chance; accidental
2. lucky, fortunate

Question 10

gist

Answer 10

(n. )
1. the main or essential part of a matter
2. the ground of a legal action

Question 11

gratuitous

Answer 11

(adj. )
1. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment
2. being without apparent reason

Question 12

imperious

Answer 12

(adj. )
1. domineering in a haughty manner; overbearing
2. urgent; imperative

Question 13

invective

Answer 13

(n. )
1. vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach
2. a railing accusation
(adj. )
1. vituperative, censoriously abusive

Question 14

motley

Answer 14

(adj. )

1. exhibiting great diversity of elements

Question 15

munificent

Answer 15

(adj. )
1. extremely liberal in giving, generous
2. characterized by great generosity

Question 16

procrastinate

Answer 16

(v. )

1. to defer action, delay

Question 17

provocative

Answer 17

(adj. )
1. tending or serving to provoke, stimulating, irritating, vexing
(n. )
1. something provactive

Question 18

recondite

Answer 18

(adj. )
1. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject manner
2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding
3. little known, obscure

Question 19

reprobate

Answer 19

(n. )
1. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person
2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation
(adj. )
1. morally depraved, unprincipled, bad
2. rejected by God, beyond hope of salvation

Question 20

sedentary

Answer 20

(adj. )
1. characterized by or requiring a sitting
2. accustomed to sit or rest