Additional Vocabulary 1

Question 1

vituperative

Answer 1

bitter and abusive

Question 2

impetuous

Answer 2

Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

Question 3

obsequious

Answer 3

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Question 4

dilatory

Answer 4

slow to act

Question 5

doggerel

Answer 5

Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm

Question 6

pernicious

Answer 6

harmful (in a gradual and subtle way)

Question 7

portent

Answer 7

A sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen

Question 8

vilify

Answer 8

Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

Question 9

duplicitous

Answer 9

Deceitful

Question 10

exculpate

Answer 10

Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing

Question 11

ubiquitous

Answer 11

Present, appearing, or found everywhere

Question 12

respite

Answer 12

A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

Question 13

censorious

Answer 13

Severely critical of others

Question 14

sallow

Answer 14

(Of a person’s face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color

Question 15

vareigated

Answer 15

Exhibiting different colors; marked by variety

Question 16

erudition

Answer 16

The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship

Question 17

laudatory

Answer 17

expressing praise and commendation

Question 18

prose

Answer 18

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure; plain, commonplace

Question 19

verdant

Answer 19

green with grass or other rich vegetation

Question 20

sonorous

Answer 20

(Of a person’s voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full