Week 6 Vocab

Question 1

Aggregate

Answer 1

(v) To gather together
(n) Formed by the collection of smaller parts.

Question 2

Didactic

Answer 2

(adj.) Designed to teach or instruct; intended for moral education; excessively given to lecturing or moralizing.

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

(v) To criticize or express disapproval, often formally.

Question 4

Anarchy

Answer 4

(n) A state of lawlessness, without government oversight or authority.

Question 5

Incipient

Answer 5

(adj.) Coming into existence or beginning to appear.

Question 6

Incursion

Answer 6

(n) An invasion, rapid or hostile entrance of another’s territory; the act of entering.

Question 7

Engender

Answer 7

(v) To give rise to; create, or cause; to beget or propagate.

Question 8

Autonomous

Answer 8

(adj.) Independent, self-governing; Existing or capable of functioning independently, without reliance on others.

Question 9

Equanimity

Answer 9

(n) Calmness; ;mental or emotional stability under stress; balance or equilibrium.

Question 10

Indeterminate

Question 11

Corrugated

Answer 11

(adj.) Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in corrugated cardboard); wrinkled, as in skin or face.

Question 12

Unseemly

Answer 12

(adj.) Not in accordance with standards of good behavior or taste.

Question 13

Indigence

Answer 13

(n) Utter poverty, without comfort.

Question 14

Indigenous

Answer 14

(adj.) Native to or naturaly occuring in a region or environment; Innate or natural

Question 15

Sentient

Answer 15

(adj.) Conscious, experiencing feeling or sensation.

Question 16

Esoteric

Answer 16

(adj.) Understood by or intended for only a select group, often people with specialized knowledge; Confidential.

Question 17

Chicanery

Answer 17

(n) Deception through subterfuge or trickery.

Question 18

Estimable

Answer 18

(adj.) Worthy of esteem or admiration; Capable of being estimated.

Question 19

Aberrant

Answer 19

(adj.) Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior; Deviating from the normal or expected type, atypical.

Question 20

Crass

Answer 20

(adj.) Crude, gross and unregined, lacking in discrimination; excessively materialistic or base.

Question 21

Ingrate

Answer 21

(n) An ungrateful person.

Question 22

Craven

Answer 22

(adj.) Cowardly or contemptibly fearful.

Question 23

Anomaly

Answer 23

(n) Deviation from the norm; irregularity; Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal or deviation from the norm.

Question 24

Avid

Answer 24

(adj.) Urgently, keenly desirious, to the point of greed; Marked by enthusiasm or voracious interest.

Question 25

Coalesce

Answer 25

(v) To grow or unite into one mass or body; to fuse.

Question 26

Summarily

Answer 26

(adv.) Immediately, in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice.

Question 27

Insularity

Answer 27

(n) The state or quality of being insular, esp. the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community.

Question 28

Extenuating

Answer 28

(adj.) Lessening or mitigating the seriousness or extent of something.

Question 29

Cryptic

Answer 29

(adj.) Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying; Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher.

Question 30

Tirade

Answer 30

(n) An angry, protracted, harshly censorious speech or rant.

Question 31

Damp

Answer 31

(v) To deaden; hold back or retard the energy of; stifly, suffocate, restrain.

Question 32

Tout

Answer 32

(v) To solicit business, votes, etc., in a persistent or annoying way; To describe or advertise boastfully; promote or praise excessively.

Question 33

Fallazious

Answer 33

(adj.) Containing a fallacy; built on unsound logic; Misleading or delusive.

Question 34

Pragmatic

Answer 34

(adj) Practical; dealing in facts or real-world occurrences rather than theory or ideals.

Question 35

Debacle

Answer 35

(n) An utter disaster, collapse, or failure; A rout or violent downfall.

Question 36

Tribute

Answer 36

(n) A gift, service or other demonstation or gratitude, admiration, or affection; Evidence or something indicating a praiseworthy quality or characteristic; Payment given or extracted as a sign of submission or in exchange for protection.

Question 37

Inundate

Answer 37

(v) To cover in water, as in a floor or torrential rain; To overwhelm.

Question 38

Turbulence

Answer 38

(n) Violent commotion or disorder.

Question 39

Inveigle

Answer 39

(v) To lure, induce, or win over by using flattery; To obtain by flattery or coaxing.

Question 40

Ferment

Answer 40

(v) 1. To undergo or cause fermentation; 2. To excite or afitate; 3. To foment; A state of afitation, unrest, or tumult.

Question 41

Alacrity

Answer 41

(n) Cheerful willingness or promptness.

Question 42

Fetid

Answer 42

(adj.) Offensive-smelling.

Question 43

Decorous

Answer 43

(adj.) Dignified, correct, or proper in manner or conduct.

Question 44

Jabber

Answer 44

(v) To talk rapidly, incoherently, or nonsensically.

Question 45

Jibe

Answer 45

(v) To be in harmony, agree

Question 46

Gibe

Answer 46

(v) To jeer, taunt, deride; (n) a mocking or sarcastic remark.

Question 47

Jocular

Answer 47

(adj.) Characterized by or given to playful jesting; jolly.

Question 48

Vituperative

Answer 48

(adj.) Characterized by tendency to censure, condemn, or verbally abuse.

Question 49

Labile

Answer 49

(adj.) Apt or likely to change