NLN-PAX VOCABULARY FROM STUDY
GUIDE/234 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
callous - √Answer :made hard
Quiz :explicit - √Answer :fully and clearly expressed
Quiz :partisan - √Answer :biased, emotional allegiance
Quiz :limbo - √Answer :an intermediate, transitional
Quiz :succumbing - √Answer :to give way to superior
force; yield
Quiz :malingering - √Answer :to pretend illness, to avoid
work, etc
Quiz :avarice - √Answer :insatiable greed for riches
Quiz :admonition - √Answer :counsel, advice, or caution
Quiz :veneration - √Answer :the act of treating with
profound respect
Quiz :animosity - √Answer :strong dislike
Quiz :menial - √Answer :lowly / degrading
Quiz :nominal - √Answer :not real; too small to be
considered or taken seriously
,Quiz :cynical - √Answer :distrusting the motives of
others
Quiz :candid - √Answer :completely honest,
straightforward
Quiz :eloquent - √Answer :fluent, forceful, and
appropriate speech
Quiz :continuum - √Answer :a continuous extent, series,
or whole
Quiz :symposium - √Answer :a meeting or conference
for the discussion of some subject
Quiz :presumptuous - √Answer :bold of forward; going
beyond that which is proper
Quiz :vacillated - √Answer :indecisive or irresolute
Quiz :transgressed - √Answer :go beyond (a limit,
boundary, etc.)
Quiz :ascetic - √Answer :self-denying
Quiz :agitated - √Answer :to move or force into violent,
irregular action; shake
Quiz :incongruous - √Answer :out of place;
inappropriate; unbecoming;
Quiz :dissident - √Answer :disagreeing
, Quiz :adamant - √Answer :unyielding; persistent
Quiz :nondescript - √Answer :of no particular type or
kind;uninteresting; dull
Quiz :lope - √Answer :to move or run with bounding
steps
Quiz :canter - √Answer :an easy gallop
Quiz :saunter - √Answer :to walk with a leisurely gait;
stroll
Quiz :falter - √Answer :to hesitate; to move unsteadily
Quiz :pretentious - √Answer :done for show, striving to
make a big impression; ambitious
Quiz :taciturn - √Answer :reserved in speech; reluctant
to join in conversation
Quiz :garrulous - √Answer :excessively talkative in a
rambling, especially about trivial matters
Quiz :voluble - √Answer :glib; talkative
Quiz :culpable - √Answer :deserving blame
Quiz :mundane - √Answer :common; ordinary,
Quiz :melancholy - √Answer :a gloomy state of mind
GUIDE/234 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (A+)
callous - √Answer :made hard
Quiz :explicit - √Answer :fully and clearly expressed
Quiz :partisan - √Answer :biased, emotional allegiance
Quiz :limbo - √Answer :an intermediate, transitional
Quiz :succumbing - √Answer :to give way to superior
force; yield
Quiz :malingering - √Answer :to pretend illness, to avoid
work, etc
Quiz :avarice - √Answer :insatiable greed for riches
Quiz :admonition - √Answer :counsel, advice, or caution
Quiz :veneration - √Answer :the act of treating with
profound respect
Quiz :animosity - √Answer :strong dislike
Quiz :menial - √Answer :lowly / degrading
Quiz :nominal - √Answer :not real; too small to be
considered or taken seriously
,Quiz :cynical - √Answer :distrusting the motives of
others
Quiz :candid - √Answer :completely honest,
straightforward
Quiz :eloquent - √Answer :fluent, forceful, and
appropriate speech
Quiz :continuum - √Answer :a continuous extent, series,
or whole
Quiz :symposium - √Answer :a meeting or conference
for the discussion of some subject
Quiz :presumptuous - √Answer :bold of forward; going
beyond that which is proper
Quiz :vacillated - √Answer :indecisive or irresolute
Quiz :transgressed - √Answer :go beyond (a limit,
boundary, etc.)
Quiz :ascetic - √Answer :self-denying
Quiz :agitated - √Answer :to move or force into violent,
irregular action; shake
Quiz :incongruous - √Answer :out of place;
inappropriate; unbecoming;
Quiz :dissident - √Answer :disagreeing
, Quiz :adamant - √Answer :unyielding; persistent
Quiz :nondescript - √Answer :of no particular type or
kind;uninteresting; dull
Quiz :lope - √Answer :to move or run with bounding
steps
Quiz :canter - √Answer :an easy gallop
Quiz :saunter - √Answer :to walk with a leisurely gait;
stroll
Quiz :falter - √Answer :to hesitate; to move unsteadily
Quiz :pretentious - √Answer :done for show, striving to
make a big impression; ambitious
Quiz :taciturn - √Answer :reserved in speech; reluctant
to join in conversation
Quiz :garrulous - √Answer :excessively talkative in a
rambling, especially about trivial matters
Quiz :voluble - √Answer :glib; talkative
Quiz :culpable - √Answer :deserving blame
Quiz :mundane - √Answer :common; ordinary,
Quiz :melancholy - √Answer :a gloomy state of mind
