Vocabulary Context Log

Front 1

Presumptuous

Back 1

Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

Hint 1

The students are presumptuous to assume that they know more about physics than their professor

Front 2

Unperturbed

Back 2

Not concerned or worried

Hint 2

The music was so loud that I couldn't study, but Kevin seemed unperturbed

Front 3

Preoccupied

Back 3

Dominate or engross the mind (of someone) to the exclusion of other thoughts

Hint 3

Instead of listening to the professor, I was preoccupied with my math homework

Front 4

Brazen

Back 4

Bold and without shame

Hint 4

The thiefs were brazen to steal the money in front of the police officer

Front 5

Conjure

Back 5

Call an image to mind

Hint 5

I was looking at the old photographs of my father and I have to admit that I've always tried to conjure up how my grandfather was

Front 6

Salvation

Back 6

Deliverance from the power and effects of sin

Hint 6

I prayed to God for salvation to protect me from evil consequences of sin

Front 7

Speculating

Back 7

To ponder a subject in its different aspects, relations and implication

Hint 7

I was speculating about the weather, that it would not rain on Sunday but I was wrong it was a rainy day

Front 8

Consternation

Back 8

A strong feeling of surprise or sudden disappointment that causes confusion

Hint 8

Much to his parent's consternation, he had decided to quit his job and travel around the world; They thought he would be smarter than that

Front 9

Doom

Back 9

Inevitable ending in frustration, desolation or tragedy

Hint 9

If I do not study for my final exams all I have to do is prepare myself for the doom of failing class

Front 10

Spare

Back 10

To show restraint or mercy(to refrain from attacking)

Hint 10

The storm has destroyed all of the neighbor's houses but I'm glad that our house has been spared

Front 11

Ambrosia

Back 11

The food of the gods; something very pleasing to taste or smell

Hint 11

This juice was so good that it seemed like ambrosia coming down from the gods in heaven

Front 12

Bona fide

Back 12

Genuine, real

Hint 12

I broke my leg so I had a bona fide excuse for not going to my baseball practice

Front 13

Righteous

Back 13

Morally right

Hint 13

People took the righteous decision when they decided to stand against racism

Front 14

Immunity

Back 14

The condition that permits either natural or acquired resistance to disease

Hint 14

The vaccine that the doctor prescribed gave me the immunity against malaria so I could travel in Africa without getting the disease

Front 15

Eclectic

Back 15

Taking ideas from a wide range of sources

Hint 15

I have eclectic taste in music because I can listen to music from classical music to hip hop music