Vocab Exam

Front 1

Permeate

Back 1

To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout

Front 2

Persevere

Back 2

To hold fast to a task or purpose despite handicaps or obstacles.

Front 3

Defer

Back 3

To postpone; to delay

Front 4

Dilatory

Back 4

Tending to delay or to postpone

Front 5

Contend

Back 5

To engage in a quarrel, a struggle, or rivalry.

Front 6

Subvert

Back 6

To upset; to overthrow; to ruin.

Front 7

Contort

Back 7

To twist or been out of shape.

Front 8

Avert

Back 8

To turn away (one's eyes).

To prevent.

Front 9

Perverse

Back 9

Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required.

Front 10

Excerpt

Back 10

A passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, etc.

To take a passage from a book, etc.; To quote

Front 11

Exonerate

Back 11

To free from blame

To relieve of a task

Front 12

Exorbitant

Back 12

Excessive

Front 13

Expound

Back 13

To set forth an explanation or view of something in detail.

Front 14

Impose

Back 14

To set up, or two for something (or oneself) on others.

To take unfair advantage of someone.

Front 15

Imposter

Back 15

One who deceives by using a false identity.

Front 16

Proponent

Back 16

One who argues in support of something.

Front 17

Extraneous

Back 17

Coming from the outside; foreign.

Not essential or vital.

Front 18

Extrovert

Back 18

A person chiefly interested in things outside the self, directing thoughts outward rather inward.

Front 19

Mediate

Back 19

To act as a negotiator between opposing sides in dispute.

Front 20

Mediocre

Back 20

The condition of being commonplace or ordinary, somewhere in the middle between high and low; a very ordinary person.

Front 21

Non sequitur

Back 21

A statement that does not follow logically from evidence.

Front 22

Obsequious

Back 22

Excessively willing to yield to others.

Front 23

Coherent

Back 23

Showing an orderly relation of parts.

Sticking together.

Front 24

Colloquial

Back 24

Characteristics of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing.

Front 25

Commiserate

Back 25

To feel or express sorrow or pity, used with with.

Front 26

Condone

Back 26

To forgive; to disregard on offense

Front 27

Commodious

Back 27

Spacious, roomie, as in a house.

Front 28

Contrite

Back 28

Thoroughly remorseful and repentent of one's sins

Front 29

Abstain

Back 29

To refrain from something by one's choice.

Front 30

Impertinent

Back 30

Impudent; rude.

Irrelevant.

Front 31

Pertinacious

Back 31

Holding firmly, even stubbornly, to a belief.

Front 32

Tenacity

Back 32

Hanging onto something persistently or stubbornly.

Front 33

Aptitude

Back 33

A natural talent or ability; quickness and learning.

Front 34

Inept

Back 34

Without skill.

Inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd.

Front 35

Injunction

Back 35

An authoritative command or order.

Front 36

Subjugate

Back 36

To conquer; to dominate completely.

Front 37

Stringent

Back 37

Severe; constricted; tight.

Pertaining to scarcity of money.

Front 38

Abound

Back 38

To exist in great quantities or numbers.

To be fully supplied or filled.

Front 39

Abscond

Back 39

To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself

Front 40

Abhor

Back 40

To detest thoroughly.

Front 41

Abstemious

Back 41

Sparing or moderate, especially in eating or drinking.

Front 42

Ascertain

Back 42

To find out something for certain.

Front 43

Superfluous

Back 43

Beyond what is required; extra.

Front 44

Catalyst

Back 44

A force or person causing action, especially without being involved or changed by the consequences.

Front 45

Absolve

Back 45

To relieve from blame or obligation; to pardon a sin.

Front 46

Resolve

Back 46

To make a firm decision about.

To find a solution.

Front 47

Resolute

Back 47

Determined; unshakable.