NLN Pax VerbalExam Study Guide

NLN Pax VerbalExam Study Guide Elicit* - answerto get (a response, info) from someone; extract; provoke Opportune* - answerwell-chosen; favorable Waived* - answerto give up one's right to do something Vouch* - answerconfirm, reliable Kindred* - answerfamily Consolidate* - answermake something physically stronger or more solid; combine Emancipated* - answerset free; independent Agnostic* - answera person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God; skeptic Voraciously?* - answerhaving a huge appetite; excessively eager Incredulous* - answerlack of belief Prevaricate?* - answerto avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question Plaintiff* - answera person who brings a case against another in a court of law Callous* - answerheartless Prevelant* - answerwidespread, frequent Random* - answerhaphazard Continence* - answercharity? holding back Ephemeral - answerlasting a very short time (temporary) Expiate - answermake up for it Lassitude - answerweariness Terse - answerconcise and carefully chosen Hiatus - answera break in the usual routine Feasible - answerpossible