Word List 4

Question 1

animated

Answer 1

lively; spirited

Question 2

animosity

Answer 2

active enmity

Question 3

anomaly

Answer 3

irregularity; something out of place or abnormal

Question 4

antagonism

Answer 4

hostility; active resistance

Question 5

antecedents

Answer 5

preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background

Question 6

anticlimax

Answer 6

letdown in thought or emotion

Question 7

antipathy

Answer 7

aversion; dislike

Question 8

antiquated

Answer 8

obsolete; outdated

Question 9

antiseptic

Answer 9

substance that prevents infection

Question 10

antithesis

Answer 10

contrast; direct opposite of or to

Question 11

apathy

Answer 11

lack of caring; indifference

Question 12

aplomb

Answer 12

poise; assurance

Question 13

apocryphal

Answer 13

untrue; made up

Question 14

apostate

Answer 14

one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

Question 15

append

Answer 15

to attach

Question 16

apprehension

Answer 16

fear; discernment; capture

Question 17

apprenticeship

Answer 17

time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker

Question 18

appropriate

Answer 18

fitting or suitable; pretinent

Question 19

appropriate

Answer 19

to acquire; take possession of for one’s own use; set aside for a special purpose

Question 20

arable

Answer 20

fit for growing crops

Question 21

arbiter

Answer 21

a person with power to decide a dispute; judge

Question 22

arbitrary

Answer 22

unreasonable or capricious; randomly selected without any reason; based solely on one’s unrestricted will or judgment

Question 23

archipelago

Answer 23

group of closely located islands

Question 24

arduous

Answer 24

hard; strenuous

Question 25

aria

Answer 25

operatic solo

Question 26

arid

Answer 26

dry; barren

Question 27

aristocracy

Answer 27

hereditary nobility; privileged class