Austin Vocab Quiz #1

Sem 2

Extroverted

Outgoing, social, friendly, gregarious.

Theoretical

Concerned with thinking about an idea or concept as opposed to using or applying it.

Tortuous

Containing many irregular bends, turns, or complications.

Exculpate

To show or prove that someone is not guilty.

Defame

To slander or attack verbally.

Bestial

Animalistic; like an animal.

Isothermal

Describing two or more things that are equal in temperature.

Miscreant

A villain or wrongdoer.

Noxious

Harmful, dangerous.

Remnant

Something that is left over or continues to exist.

Stolid

Demonstrating little emotion; not easily excited.

Melancholy

A feeling of thoughtful sadness.

Olfactory

Of or relating to the sense of smell.

Proclivity

The tendency to choose or do something.

Adhesive

Sticky; having the ability to stick to something else.

Cacophony

Loud, confusing, disagreeable sounds.

Proboscis

A long, flexible snout, similar to that of an elephant or mosquito.

Ravenous

Extremely hungry, starving, voracious.

Censor

To exclude or omit parts or all of an artistic work.

Obligatory

Required by some rule (legal, moral, etc.).

Demagogue

A leader who seeks support by appealing to the popular desires of the people.

Fallacious

Illogical; based on faulty logic.

Emissary

A person sent on a certain mission, often as a political ambassador.

Dolorous

Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

Endoscopy

A procedure by which a doctor inspects a person’s large intestine using a long, thin, flexible camera.

Autocratic

Describing a ruler or leader who has absolute power.

Hypothermia

A dangerous condition in which a person’s body temperature falls far below normal levels.

Neophyte

A beginner; a person who is very new to something.

Heliocentric

Representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted view of our solar system.

Sentient

Able to feel or perceive things.

Subside

To wear off or die down.

Divert

To turn aside; to turn away from.

Insidious

Working or plotting in a hidden, sinister way.

Linguist

One who specializes in the study of language and its structure.

Invigorate

To energize; to give life to.

Manifest

To appear in physical form.

Verbose

Using or expressing more words than are needed.

Beatific

Blissfully happy.

Cognizant

Having knowledge of; being aware of.

Benevolence

Any act of kindness or goodwill.