Final exam vocabulary study guide

Abyss

Abyss

(n.) a deep or bottomless pit

Acme

(n.) the highest point

Adapt

(v.) to adjust or change to suit conditions

Bestow

(v.) to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

Calamitous

(adj.) causing great misfortune

Cryptic

(adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Curt

(v.) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce

Delve

(v.) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into

Ensue

(v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result

Exasperate

(v.) to irritate, annoy, or anger

Facetious

(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously

Fallacy

(n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

Impending

(adj., part.) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way

Impunity

(n.) freedom from punishment

Negate

(v.) to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

Oblique

(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

Pithy

(adj.) short but full of meaning and point

Tedious

(adj.) long and tiresome

Veritable

(adj.) actual, true, real

Vilify

(v.) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously