Download Vocabulary Mastery: Exploring Nuanced Meanings and more Exams Law in PDF only on Docsity! P.o.s.t (pellet b) CORRECT Questions & Solutions Abdicate - ANSWER To cast off, renounce, or relinquish Aberrant - ANSWER A state or condition markedly different from the norm Abject - ANSWER Sunk to a low condition or in miserable circumstances Abolish - ANSWER Do away with Abide - ANSWER Accept or act in accordance with a rule,decision,or recommendation Abridge - ANSWER lessen, diminish Accolade - ANSWER a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction Accomplice - ANSWER a person who joins with another person in carrying out a plan (illegal) Accord - ANSWER agreement, harmony Acquiesce - ANSWER too agree or express agreement Acumen - ANSWER shrewdness shown by keen insight Adversary - ANSWER someone who offers opposition Affable - ANSWER friendly, outgoing disposition Affect - ANSWER act on; produce an effect or change in Affirmation - ANSWER a statement asserting the existence or truth of something Belittle - ANSWER lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; cause to seem less serious Belligerence - ANSWER hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a natural disposition to be hostile Benign - ANSWER pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; kindness if disposition or manner; not dangerous to health Bizarre - ANSWER grossly, unconventional or unusual Blatant - ANSWER noisy in a vulgar or offensive manner Brevity - ANSWER the attribute of being or fleeting; the use of brief expressions Cajole - ANSWER to deceive or persuade with false pretenses Callous - ANSWER make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals; emotionally hardened Candid - ANSWER openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; informal or natural Capitulate - ANSWER surrender under agreed conditions Assault - ANSWER a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped Augment - ANSWER enlarge or increase, grow or intensify Belie - ANSWER represent falsely; be in contradiction with Disingenuous - ANSWER not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness Docile - ANSWER easily handled or managed; ready and willing to be taught Corrupt - ANSWER alter from the original; lacking in integrity Counterfeit - ANSWER not genuine; a copy that is represented as the original Cursory - ANSWER hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough Credence - ANSWER the attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true Cryptic - ANSWER having a puzzling terseness; of an obscure nature; having a secret or hidden message Debilitate - ANSWER make weak Delinquency - ANSWER an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor Delusion - ANSWER deception by creating illusory ideas; a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea Deplete - ANSWER use or exhaust resources Derelict - ANSWER abandoned duty or neglected by owner or occupant Deviate - ANSWER to stray from the norm or standard Detain - ANSWER deprive of freedom Discrepancy - ANSWER a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; an event that departs from expectations Disdain - ANSWER lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike Dubious - ANSWER not convinced; fraught with uncertainty or doubt; open to doubt or suspicion
