PAX PREP VOCAB NLN PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW SHEET TESTED QUESTIONS
MASTER FILE
●● explicit.
Answer: fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing
merely implied
●● partisan.
Answer: an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause,
especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance
●● limbo.
Answer: an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place; a place
or state of imprisonment or confinement
●● succumbing.
Answer: to give way to superior force; yield
●● malingering.
Answer: to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid
work, etc
,●● avarice.
Answer: insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain
and hoard wealth
●● admonition.
Answer: counsel, advice, or caution
●● veneration.
Answer: the act of regarding or treating with profound respect, awe, or
admiration
●● animosity.
Answer: a feeling of strong dislike
●● menial.
Answer: lowly and sometimes degrading
●● nominal.
Answer: existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or
taken seriously
●● cynical.
Answer: distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
,●● candid.
Answer: completely honest, straightforward
●● eloquent.
Answer: having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and
appropriate speech
●● continuum.
Answer: a continuous extent, series, or whole
●● symposium.
Answer: a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject,
especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic
before an audience
●● presumptuous.
Answer: bold of forward; going beyond that which is proper
●● vacillated.
Answer: to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute
●● transgressed.
, Answer: to violate a law, command, moral code, etc, offend; or to pass
over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.)
●● ascetic.
Answer: self-denying
●● agitated.
Answer: to move or force into violent, irregular action; shake
●● incongruous.
Answer: out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming; not
harmonious in character; inconsistent
●● dissident.
Answer: disagreeing
●● adamant.
Answer: unyielding; persistent
●● nondescript.
Answer: of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind;
undistinguished or uninteresting; dull
REVIEW SHEET TESTED QUESTIONS
MASTER FILE
●● explicit.
Answer: fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing
merely implied
●● partisan.
Answer: an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause,
especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance
●● limbo.
Answer: an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place; a place
or state of imprisonment or confinement
●● succumbing.
Answer: to give way to superior force; yield
●● malingering.
Answer: to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid
work, etc
,●● avarice.
Answer: insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain
and hoard wealth
●● admonition.
Answer: counsel, advice, or caution
●● veneration.
Answer: the act of regarding or treating with profound respect, awe, or
admiration
●● animosity.
Answer: a feeling of strong dislike
●● menial.
Answer: lowly and sometimes degrading
●● nominal.
Answer: existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or
taken seriously
●● cynical.
Answer: distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
,●● candid.
Answer: completely honest, straightforward
●● eloquent.
Answer: having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and
appropriate speech
●● continuum.
Answer: a continuous extent, series, or whole
●● symposium.
Answer: a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject,
especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic
before an audience
●● presumptuous.
Answer: bold of forward; going beyond that which is proper
●● vacillated.
Answer: to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute
●● transgressed.
, Answer: to violate a law, command, moral code, etc, offend; or to pass
over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.)
●● ascetic.
Answer: self-denying
●● agitated.
Answer: to move or force into violent, irregular action; shake
●● incongruous.
Answer: out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming; not
harmonious in character; inconsistent
●● dissident.
Answer: disagreeing
●● adamant.
Answer: unyielding; persistent
●● nondescript.
Answer: of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind;
undistinguished or uninteresting; dull
