Word Master: Definition - List 1

Question 1

Definition of salve

Answer 1

(noun) an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores
(noun) a remedial or soothing influence or agency
(verb) to remedy (something, such as disease) with or as if with a salve

Question 2

Definition of immure

Answer 2

(verb) “to enclose within or as if within walls”
(verb) to build into a wall

Question 3

Definition of robust

Answer 3

(adjective) having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health
(adjective) having or showing vigor, strength, or firmness
(adjective) strongly formed or constructed
(adjective) capable of performing without failure
(adjective) requiring strength or vigor

Question 4

Definition of nettle

Answer 4

(noun) any of various prickly or stinging plants other than the true nettles
(verb) to strike or sting with or as if with nettles
(verb) to arouse to sharp but transitory annoyance or anger

Question 5

Definition of abjure

Answer 5

(verb) to renounce upon oath
(verb) to reject solemnly
(verb) to abstain from

Question 6

Definition of manifest

Answer 6

(adjective) readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
(adjective) easily understood or recognized by the mind
(verb) to make evident or certain by showing or displaying
(noun) a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle

Question 7

Definition of balm

Answer 7

(noun) an aromatic preparation
(noun) any of several aromatic plants
(noun) a spicy aromatic odor
(noun) a soothing restorative agency

Question 8

Definition of placate

Answer 8

(verb) to soothe or mollify especially by concessions

Question 9

Definition of tenuous

Answer 9

(adjective) having little substance or strength
(adjective) lacking thickness or density

Question 10

Definition of anarchy

Answer 10

(noun) absence of government
(noun) a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority
(noun) absence or denial of any authority or established order

Question 11

Definition of desiccate

Answer 11

(verb) to dry up
(verb) to preserve (a food) by drying
(verb) to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality
(verb) to become dried up

Question 12

Definition of inchoate

Answer 12

(adjective) being only partly in existence or operation
(adjective) imperfectly formed or formulated

Question 13

Definition of savant

Answer 13

(noun) a person of learning
(noun) a person affected with a developmental disorder (such as autism or intellectual disability) who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field

Question 14

Definition of augment

Answer 14

(verb) to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
(verb) to add an augment to (a verb form)
(noun) a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time especially in Greek and Sanskrit verbs

Question 15

Definition of brash

Answer 15

adjective) heedless of the consequences
(adjective) done in haste without regard for consequences
(adjective) uninhibitedly energetic or demonstrative
(adjective) lacking restraint and discernment
(adjective) piercingly sharp
(adjective) marked by vivid contrast
adjective) a mass of fragments

Question 16

Definition of temerity

Answer 16

(noun) unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition
(noun) a rash or reckless act

Question 17

Definition of abate

Answer 17

(verb) to decrease in force or intensity
(verb) to become defeated or become null or void
(verb) to put an end to
(verb) to reduce in degree or intensity

Question 18

Definition of devoid

Answer 18

(adjective) being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment —used with of

Question 19

Definition of psyche

Answer 19

(noun) the totality of elements forming the mind

Question 20

Definition of vacillate

Answer 20

(verb) to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
(verb) to sway through lack of equilibrium

Question 21

Definition of latent

Answer 21

(adjective) present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
(noun) a fingerprint (as at the scene of a crime) that is scarcely visible but can be developed for study

Question 22

Definition of detritus

Answer 22

(noun) loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration
(noun) a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away

Question 23

Definition of impugn

Answer 23

(verb) to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity

Question 24

Definition of hale

Answer 24

(adjective) free from defect, disease, or infirmity
(verb) to compel to go

Question 25

Definition of dissuade

Answer 25

(noun) to advise (a person) against something
(noun) to turn from something by persuasion