Vocabulary HW#10

Question 0

Affable

Answer 0

Friendly; good-natured; amiable; congenial

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

Not self-indulgent especially when eating or drinking; self-denying; temperate; ascetic

Question 2

Altruistic

Answer 2

Unselfish; compassionate; selfless

Question 3

Blunder

Answer 3

A stupid or careless mistake;

Stumble; stagger

Question 4

Bombastic

Answer 4

High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated; pompous;

Question 5

Botch

Answer 5

Carry our badly or carelessly; mishandle; mismanage

Question 6

Circumscribe

Answer 6

Restrict something with limits; confine; bound

Question 7

Circumspect

Answer 7

Wary and unwilling to take risks; cautious; careful; guarded

Question 8

Conspicuous

Answer 8

Standing out as to be clearly visible; attracting notice or attention; noticeable; clear

Question 9

Indigent

Answer 9

Poor; needy; destitute; impecunious;

Pauper; vagrant

Question 10

Magnanimous

Answer 10

Generous; forgiving; benevolent

Question 11

Parsimonious

Answer 11

Stingy; penny-pinching; cheap; unwilling to spend money or use resources

Question 12

Penurious

Answer 12

Extremely poor; poverty-stricken;

Parsimonious; miserly

Question 13

Venerate

Answer 13

Regard with great respect; revere

Question 14

Autonomy

Answer 14

Self-government; self-rule