Week 6 words

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
(adj) Intended for moral education
(adj) Excessively given to lecturing or moralizing

A boring, didactic speaker

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

(v) To criticize or express disapproval, often formally

The newspaper were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.

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; in an initial stage

An incipient cold

Question 6

Incursion

Answer 6

(n) An invasion, raid, or hostile entrance of another’s territory
(n) The act of entering

Question 7

Engender

Answer 7

(v) To give rise to, create, or cause
(v) To beget or propagate - reproduce/cause to multiply

Hatred engenders violence

Question 8

Autonomous

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Equanimity

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Indeterminate

Answer 10

(adj) Vague or uncertain; not precisely fixed or established
(adj) Having an infinite number of solutions

Question 11

Corrugated

Answer 11

(adj) Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in corrugated** cardboard)
(adj) Wrinkled, as in the skin or face

Question 12

Unseemly

Answer 12

(adj) Not in accordance with standards of good behavior or taste; inappropriate for time and place

an unseemly hour

Question 13

Indigence

Answer 13

(n) utter poverty, without comfort

Question 14

Indigenous

Answer 14

(adj) Native to or naturally occurring in a region or environment
(adj) Innate or natural

Question 15

Sentient

Answer 15

(adj) Conscious, experiencing feeling or sensation

Question 16

Esoteric

Answer 16

(adj) Understood by or inteded for only a select group, often of poeple with specialized knowledge
(adj) Confidential

Question 17

Chicanery

Answer 17

(n) Deception through subterfuge or trickery

Question 18

Estimable

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Aberrant

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Crass

Answer 20

(adj) Crude, gross, and unrefined, lacking in discrimination
(adj) 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
(n) Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal, or deviating from the norm

Question 24

Avid

Answer 24

(adj) Urgently, keenly desirous, the point of greed
(adj) Marked by enthusiam or voracious interest

Question 25

Coalesce

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Summaritly

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, especially 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 (adj) 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 - make less energetic; hold back or retard the energy of; stifle, suffocate, restrain

Question 32

Tout

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Fallacious

Answer 33

(adj) Built on unsound logic; containing a fallacy; 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 (n) A rout or violent downfall

Question 36

Tribute

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Inundate

Answer 37

(v) To cover in water, as in a flood or torrential rain (v) 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 flatter (V) To obtain by flattery or coaxing

Question 40

Ferment

Answer 40

(v) 1. To undergo or cause fermentation (to age food) 2. To excite or agitate; to foment (n) A state of agitation, unrest, or tumult ("The political ferment may lead to revolt")

Question 41

Alacrity

Answer 41

(n) Cheerful willingness or promptness

Question 42

Fetid

Answer 42

(adj) Offensive-smelling

Question 43

Decorous

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

Question 44

Jabber

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(v) To talk rapidly, incoherently, or nonsesically

Question 45

Jibe

Answer 45

(v) To be in harmony, agree

Question 46

Gibe

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(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