Vocab 6

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

bitter and caustic in temper, manner, speech

Question 2

apropos

Answer 2

fitting to the occasion, relevant

Question 3

atavism

Answer 3

recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination appearance in an individual of some
characteristic found in a remote ancestor but not in nearer
ancestors

Question 4

billingsgate

Answer 4

foul, vulgar, abusive talk

Question 5

cathartic

Answer 5

purging, effecting catharsis [the purification or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. by

Question 6

circumlocution

Answer 6

a roundabout, indirect or lengthy way of expressing something

Question 7

commiserate

Answer 7

to feel or show sorrow or pity for

Question 8

diffident

Answer 8

lacking self-confidence, timid, shy

Question 9

duplicity

Answer 9

hypocritical cunning or deception, double-dealing

Question 10

equivocate

Answer 10

to mislead, to hedge, to be deliberately ambiguous

Question 11

fastidious

Answer 11

refined in too dainty or over sensitive way, so as to be disgusted easily or not easy to please, very critical / discriminating

Question 12

fortuitous

Answer 12

happening by chance, accidental or bringing [or happening by] good luck, fortunate

Question 13

germane

Answer 13

truly relevant, pertinent, to the point

Question 14

inculcate

Answer 14

to impress upon the mind by frequent repetition or persistent urging

Question 15

lexicon

Answer 15

the special vocabulary of a particular author, field of
study or a record or inventory [a notable case in the lexicon of
subversion]

Question 16

petulant

Answer 16

impatient or irritable esp. over a petty annoyance

Question 17

sententious

Answer 17

full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, sayings esp. in a
way that is ponderously trite and moralizing

Question 18

keb

Answer 18

A ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is stillborn.

Question 19

pandowdy

Answer 19

A dessert, usually of apples, baked in a deep dish and topped with a crust which is broken up into the fruit midway
through cooking

Question 20

twitterpated

Answer 20

1. Love-struck, besotted. Also: thrilled, excited; obsessed. 2. Foolish, silly;
   flighty, scatterbrained.

Question 21

flotsam

Answer 21

1 floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo; broadly : floating debris 2a : a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways) <human> b miscellaneous or unimportant material <a
notebook filled with</human>

Question 22

jetsam

Answer 22

the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo
that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of
distress and that sinks or is washed ashore