Word List 1-15

Question 1

enumerate

Answer 1

to count; numerate

Question 2

diametrical

Answer 2

emphasize how different two or more things are.

Question 3

circuitous

Answer 3

indirect; roundabout

Question 4

aggregate

Answer 4

form groups or clusters of

Question 5

imponderable

Answer 5

cannot be measured

Question 6

discrete

Answer 6

unrelated; disconnected; separate

Question 7

determinant

Answer 7

decisive

Question 8

opaque

Answer 8

non-transparent object

Question 9

resound

Answer 9

to be filled with sound; to be loudly and clearly heard

Question 10

leverage

Answer 10

gearing or any actions of borrowing funds to by an investment

Question 11

diffuse

Answer 11

to scatter; spread

Question 12

constituent

Answer 12

component

Question 13

incompatible

Answer 13

inconsistent; incongruous

Question 14

impetus

Answer 14

urge; momentum

Question 15

expedite

Answer 15

to speed up; hasten

Question 16

fathom

Answer 16

unit to measure water and equals 1.83 m; fully understand thoroughly

Question 17

tentative

Answer 17

trial

Question 18

combustible

Answer 18

flammable, easily aroused

Question 19

smolder

Answer 19

no flame; slowing burning

Question 20

ossify

Answer 20

to harden

Question 21

blast

Answer 21

explosion

Question 22

amalgam

Answer 22

a combination or mixture

Question 23

cosmopolitan

Answer 23

global

Question 24

extraterrestrial

Answer 24

of or from outside the earth and its atmosphere

Question 25

subterranean

Answer 25

underground

Question 26

abyssal

Answer 26

deep sea; unknown; unpredictable

Question 27

insularity

Answer 27

ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience.

Question 28

leeway

Answer 28

sideway drift of a ship or aircraft, due to winds; amount of freedom to move and change

Question 29

cataclysmic

Answer 29

big change; violently destructive

Question 30

fissure

Answer 30

a long, narrow and deep cleft or crack

Question 31

torrid

Answer 31

very hot

Question 32

arid

Answer 32

dry; dull and uninteresting

Question 33

gusty

Answer 33

windy

Question 34

amphibian

Answer 34

any organism that lives on land and water

Question 35

dormant

Answer 35

inactive

Question 36

primate

Answer 36

member of the most highly developed order of mammals such as humans, apes, monkeys, and lemurs.

Question 37

trot

Answer 37

jogging

Question 38

domesticate

Answer 38

to tame

Question 39

proliferate

Answer 39

to multiple; increase; to reproduce

Question 40

propagate

Answer 40

to multiple; increase; to reproduce

Question 41

assimilate

Answer 41

to absorb; intergate; incorporate

Question 42

metamorphosis

Answer 42

to change or transform

Question 43

mimicry

Answer 43

camouflage; to mimic