Word List 5

Question 1

artifact

Answer 1

object made by human beings

Question 2

artifice

Answer 2

deception, trickery

Question 3

artisan

Answer 3

manually skilled worker, craftsman, as opposed to artist

Question 4

artless

Answer 4

without guile, open and honest

Question 5

ascendancy

Answer 5

controlling influence, dominance

Question 6

ascertain

Answer 6

find out for certain

Question 7

ascetic

Answer 7

practicing self denial

Question 8

asinine

Answer 8

stupid

Question 9

aspire

Answer 9

seek to attain, long for

Question 10

assail

Answer 10

assault

Question 11

assent

Answer 11

agree or accept

Question 12

assertion

Answer 12

confident statement, demand for others respect or acceptance

Question 13

assessment

Answer 13

evaluation, judgement

Question 14

assiduous

Answer 14

diligent

Question 15

assimilate

Answer 15

absorb, cause to become homogeneous

Question 16

assuage

Answer 16

ease or lessen pain, satisfy hunger, soothe anger

Question 17

assumption

Answer 17

something taken for granted, taking possession of

Question 18

assurance

Answer 18

promise or pledge, certainty

Question 19

astronomical

Answer 19

enormously large or extensive

Question 20

astute

Answer 20

wise, shrewd, keen

Question 21

asylum

Answer 21

place for refuge or shelter, protection

Question 22

asymmetric

Answer 22

not identical on both sides of a dividing central line

Question 23

atheistic

Answer 23

denying the existence of god

Question 24

atlas

Answer 24

bound volume off maps, charts, or tables

Question 25

atone

Answer 25

make amends for, pay for

Question 26

atrocity

Answer 26

brutal deed

Question 27

atrophy

Answer 27

waste away

Question 28

attain

Answer 28

achieve or acomplish

Question 29

attentive

Answer 29

alert, considerate

Question 30

attenuate

Answer 30

make thin, weaken

Question 31

attest

Answer 31

testify, near witness

Question 32

attribute

Answer 32

ascribe, explain

Question 33

attrition

Answer 33

gradual decrease in numbers, reduction in the workspaces without firing employees

Question 34

atypical

Answer 34

not normal

Question 35

audacious

Answer 35

daring, bold

Question 36

audit

Answer 36

examination of accounts

Question 37

auditory

Answer 37

pertaining to the sense of hearing

Question 38

augment

Answer 38

increase, add to

Question 39

august

Answer 39

impressive majestic

Question 40

auspicious

Answer 40

favoring success

Question 41

austere

Answer 41

forbiddingly stern, severely simple and unornamented

Question 42

attribute

Answer 42

inherent quality or characteristic

Question 43

authenticate

Answer 43

confirm as genuine

Question 44

authoritarian

Answer 44

subordinating the individual to the state, completely dominating another’s will

Question 45

authoritative

Answer 45

having weight of authority

Question 46

autocratic

Answer 46

having absolute unchecked power

Question 47

automaton

Answer 47

robot,

Question 48

autonomous

Answer 48

self-governing

Question 49

auxiliary

Answer 49

helper, additional or subsidiary

Question 50

avalanche

Answer 50

great mass of falling snow and ice