NLN Pax Verbal Exam (Answered) Verified
Solution
Elicit*
to get (a response, info) from someone; extract; provoke
Opportune*
well-chosen; favorable
Waived*
to give up one's right to do something
Vouch*
confirm, reliable
Kindred*
family
Consolidate*
make something physically stronger or more solid; combine
Emancipated*
set free; independent
Agnostic*
a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God; skeptic
Voraciously?*
having a huge appetite; excessively eager
Incredulous*
lack of belief
Prevaricate?*
to avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question
Plaintiff*
a person who brings a case against another in a court of law
Callous*
heartless
Prevelant*
widespread, frequent
Random*
haphazard
Continence*
charity? holding back
Ephemeral
lasting a very short time (temporary)
Expiate
make up for it
Lassitude
weariness
Terse
concise and carefully chosen
Hiatus
a break in the usual routine
Feasible
, possible
Passé
outdated
Bibliophile
a person who loves books
Dogmatic
asserting the truth of his beliefs
Incongruous
out of place
Tractable
easily controlled by others
Haggard
thin and drawn
Obsolete
outmoded
Momentum
property of a rolling ball before comes to a stop
Foreboding
dread
Vociferous
loudly insistent on their point of view
Offended
umbrage
Neophyte
beginner
Milieu
environment
Emulate
imitate
Parasite
lives in digestive system of host and feeds there
Postscript
an added note
Precarious
dangerously uncertain
Alleviate
lessen
Incognito
concealed his identity
Quaff
drink
Etiquette
rules of behaviour that people are expected to follow
Renovate
remodel
Meandering
Solution
Elicit*
to get (a response, info) from someone; extract; provoke
Opportune*
well-chosen; favorable
Waived*
to give up one's right to do something
Vouch*
confirm, reliable
Kindred*
family
Consolidate*
make something physically stronger or more solid; combine
Emancipated*
set free; independent
Agnostic*
a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God; skeptic
Voraciously?*
having a huge appetite; excessively eager
Incredulous*
lack of belief
Prevaricate?*
to avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question
Plaintiff*
a person who brings a case against another in a court of law
Callous*
heartless
Prevelant*
widespread, frequent
Random*
haphazard
Continence*
charity? holding back
Ephemeral
lasting a very short time (temporary)
Expiate
make up for it
Lassitude
weariness
Terse
concise and carefully chosen
Hiatus
a break in the usual routine
Feasible
, possible
Passé
outdated
Bibliophile
a person who loves books
Dogmatic
asserting the truth of his beliefs
Incongruous
out of place
Tractable
easily controlled by others
Haggard
thin and drawn
Obsolete
outmoded
Momentum
property of a rolling ball before comes to a stop
Foreboding
dread
Vociferous
loudly insistent on their point of view
Offended
umbrage
Neophyte
beginner
Milieu
environment
Emulate
imitate
Parasite
lives in digestive system of host and feeds there
Postscript
an added note
Precarious
dangerously uncertain
Alleviate
lessen
Incognito
concealed his identity
Quaff
drink
Etiquette
rules of behaviour that people are expected to follow
Renovate
remodel
Meandering
