Word List 7

Question 1

Adumbrate

Answer 1

To foreshadow

Question 2

Desultory

Answer 2

Lacking a purpose

Question 3

Castigate

Answer 3

To criticize

Question 4

Commingling

Answer 4

Combining

Question 5

Espouse

Answer 5

Promote

I was surprised to learned that Michael espoused a pro-life ideal

Question 6

Obviate

Answer 6

Render unnecessary

cell phones obviated the landline phone

Question 7

Ardent

Answer 7

Passionate

Ardent fruit

Question 8

Vapid

Answer 8

Bland, uninteresting

Question 9

Acquiescent

Answer 9

Submissive

AKA: obsequious

Question 10

Convalescent

Answer 10

Recovering

I am a PTSD convalescent

Question 11

Strident

Answer 11

Shrill

Question 12

Bellicose

Answer 12

Eager to fight

Question 13

Consternation

Answer 13

Anxiety or dismay at something unexpected

I was filled with consternation when I got the new clinical job

Question 14

Aberrant

Answer 14

Incorrect

Question 15

Borne

Answer 15

Tolerated

Question 16

Ascetic

Answer 16

Simple

Question 17

Sycophantic

Answer 17

Flattering

Question 18

Eschew

Answer 18

Shun

Question 19

Admonish

Answer 19

To warn or reprimand

The job of a lifeguard requires admonishing kids not to do a million different things

Question 20

Abstemious

Answer 20

Modest

Question 21

Esconce

Answer 21

To settle

Question 22

Disparate

Answer 22

Different

Some twins try to be disparate to set themselves apart

Question 23

Succored

Answer 23

Helped

Question 24

Beleagured

Answer 24

Troubled

The rising COVID cases beleagured public health specialists

Question 25

Exult

Answer 25

To rejoice

Question 26

Inexorable

Answer 26

Relentless

Question 27

Voguish

Answer 27

Popular

Question 28

Incipient

Answer 28

Just beginning to happen

Question 29

Brandish

Answer 29

Wave something as a threat or excitement

Question 30

Averred

Answer 30

Stated to be the case

Question 31

Rhapsodize

Answer 31

Write or speak about something highly

Question 32

Sagacious

Answer 32

Having keen judgment

Question 33

Anathematize

Answer 33

Condemn

Question 34

Reproach

Answer 34

To accuse someone of something

Question 35

Impertinent

Answer 35

Rude

Question 36

Extricate

Answer 36

Free from difficulty

Question 37

Ostensible

Answer 37

Appearing to be true

Similar to apocryphal which is something that is stated to be true but actually isn’t.