NLN Pax Verbal Exam (Answered) Verified Solution

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it Lassitude weariness Terse concise and carefully chosen Hiatus a break in the usual routine Feasible possible Passé outdated Bibliophile a person who loves books Dogmatic asserting the truth of his beliefs Incongruous out of place Tractable easily controlled by others Haggard thin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 wandered aimlessly Confection chef produced a sweet for dessert Lubricant reduce friction Nomad a person who wanders from place to place Durable long lasting Abstained refused to vote Ornate decorated Ravenous meal (hungry) Extravagent a person who spends a great deal of money in a short time Impoverished loses her financial assistance Aversion intense dislike Raconteur a good storyteller Trinket bauble (from street vendor); small ornament/jewelry of little value Aggregate total Allocated assigned Caustic stinging remarks Zenith highest point in his career Epilogue (to a play) placed at the end Audacity impudence Tyranny rebelled against the depotism of the king; cruel goverment/ rule Penchant need Affable behave in a polite and pleasant manner Charlatan impostor Vivacious (person) animated (manner) Fetish an object believed to be "magical" Callow lacks sophistication and maturity Pristine an area of the county that is spoiled Exacerbate aggravate Mirthful jocund look (cheerful) Synthesis resulting report Solvent what is doing the dissolving (water) Fuselage part of an airplane Monetary insurance Recluse hermit Knoll mound Eroded diminished Purported rumored Apathy indifference Discreet Secretive Perverse contrary Gibes taunts Chicanery trickery Bogus forged Complicit involved Fastidious a person who is difficult to please Recalcitrant defiantly Edicts