ISEE Upper Level Vocabulary UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

ISEE Upper Level Vocabulary UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
abjure - CORRECT ANSWER - solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)



ambivalent - CORRECT ANSWER - having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about
something or someone


assiduous - CORRECT ANSWER - persistent, attentive, diligent



asinine - CORRECT ANSWER - extremely stupid or foolish



anachronistic - CORRECT ANSWER - chronologically misplaced



apathetic - CORRECT ANSWER - showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern



avarice - CORRECT ANSWER - greed; desire for wealth



aspersion - CORRECT ANSWER - an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or
something


anodyne - CORRECT ANSWER - not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive,
often deliberately so


bureaucratic - CORRECT ANSWER - relating to the business of running an organization,
or government


buoyant - CORRECT ANSWER - cheerful

, curtail - CORRECT ANSWER - To cut short or reduce



clandestine - CORRECT ANSWER - (adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded



consternation - CORRECT ANSWER - feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at
something unexpected


complacent - CORRECT ANSWER - self-satisfied; smug



congruence - CORRECT ANSWER - agreement, harmony



dolorous - CORRECT ANSWER - exhibiting sorrow or pain



dissonance - CORRECT ANSWER - lack of agreement or harmony



desultory - CORRECT ANSWER - lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm



demagogue - CORRECT ANSWER - a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain
power


disparge - CORRECT ANSWER - to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue



debilitate - CORRECT ANSWER - to make weak or feeble



endorse - CORRECT ANSWER - declare one's public approval or support of



elucidate - CORRECT ANSWER - to clarify, explain