Week 6 Of Long Words

Question 0

Carry off or lead away by force; kidnap

Answer 0

Abduct

Question 1

Formally remove oneself from; give up; relinquish; renounce; resign

Answer 1

Abdicate

Question 2

Shrink from; detest; loathe; hate

Answer 2

Abhor

Question 3

Deviating from the normal; unusual; irregular

Answer 3

Abnormal

Question 4

Scraping or wearing away of the skin by friction; irritation

Answer 4

Abrasion

Question 5

Broken off; sudden; unexpected

Answer 5

Abrupt

Question 6

Steal off and hide; depart secretly ; flee; escape

Answer 6

Abscond

Question 7

1. ) set free from some duty or responsibility; exempt ; excuse
2. ) declare free from guilt or blame; exculpate; exonerate

Answer 7

Absolve

Question 8

Fully taking away one’s attention; extremely interesting; engrossing

Answer 8

Absorbing

Question 9

Withhold oneself deliberately from doing something; refrain; desist

Answer 9

Abstain

Question 10

Literally,”turned from”; opposed; disinclined; unwilling

Answer 10

Averse

Question 11

Turn away; ward off; prevent; forestall

Answer 11

Avert

Question 12

Occupation away from one’s customary occupation; hobby

Answer 12

Avocation

Question 13

1. )(Literally, “fit to”) adjust; suit; fit

2. ) make suitable for a different use; modify

Answer 13

Adapt

Question 14

Given over ( to a habit) ; habituated ; devoted

Answer 14

Addicted

Question 15

Equal to, or sufficient for, a specific need; enough; sufficient

Answer 15

Adequate

Question 16

One who sticks to a leader, party, etc.; follower; faithful supporter

Answer 16

Adherent

Question 17

Lying near; nearby; neighboring; bordering

Answer 17

Adjacent

Question 18

Be next to; be in contact with; border; abut

Answer 18

Adjoin

Question 19

Put off to another day; suspend a meeting to resume at a future time; defer; recess

Answer 19

Adjourn

Question 20

A “ coming to” ; arrival; approach

Answer 20

Advent

Question 21

Person “turned toward” or facing another as an opponent; foe; antagonist

Answer 21

Adversary

Question 22

In opposition to one’s interests; hostile; unfavorable

Answer 22

Adverse

Question 23

Ancestors; forebears; predecessors

Answer 23

Antecedents

Question 24

1. ) assign a date before the true date

2. ) come before in date; predate; precede

Answer 24

Antedate

Question 25

Assign a date after the true date

Answer 25

Postdate

Question 26

Before noon

Answer 26

Ante meridiem

Question 27

After noon

Answer 27

Post meridiem

Question 28

Room placed before and forming an entrance to another; antechamber; waiting room

Answer 28

Anteroom

Question 29

Having to do with study after graduation, especially after graduation from college

Answer 29

Postgraduate

Question 30

1. ) thorough examination of a body after death; autopsy

2. ) detailed analysis or discussion of an event just ended

Answer 30

Postmortem

Question 31

Note added to a letter after it has been written

Answer 31

Postscript

Question 32

Consisting of two chambers or legislative houses

Answer 32

Bicameral

Question 33

Two- hundredth anniversary

Answer 33

Bicentennial

Question 34

Occurring every two years

Answer 34

Biennial

Question 35

Occurring every half month, or twice a month

Answer 35

Semimonthly

Question 36

Having two sides

Answer 36

Bilateral

Question 37

1. ) speaking two languages equally well

2. ) written in two languages

Answer 37

Bilingual

Question 38

Representing two political parties

Answer 38

Bipartisan

Question 39

Divide into two equal parts

Answer 39

Bisect

Question 40

Half of a circle

Answer 40

Semicircle

Question 41

Half conscious; not fully conscious

Answer 41

Semiconscious

Question 42

Partly detached; sharing a wall with an adjoining building on one side, but detached on the other

Answer 42

Semidetached

Question 43

Partly skilled

Answer 43

Semiskilled