Vocab List 13

Question 1

Aggrieve

Answer 1

V- To give pain or trouble to: distress

Question 2

Apathetic

Answer 2

Adj- Not having or showing much emotion or interest

Question 3

Advent

Answer 3

N- The coming of Christ at the Incarnation: Time of fasting and prayer for Christians

Question 4

Colloquy

Answer 4

N- Conversation, dialogue

Question 5

Congeal

Answer 5

V- Of a liquid: to become thick or solid

Question 6

Convivial

Answer 6

Adj- Of or relating to social events where people can eat, drink, and talk in a friendly way with others

Question 7

Disconsolate

Answer 7

Adj- Very unhappy or sad

Question 8

Discomfiture

Answer 8

N- The act of discomfiting: The state of being discomfited (Discomfit- To make someone confused or upset)

Question 9

Ebb

Answer 9

N- The time when the tide flows out from the land: a low point or condition: a condition of weakness, failure, etc.

Question 10

Epoch

Answer 10

N- A period of time that is very important in history

Question 11

Evanescence

Answer 11

N- The process or fact of evanescent: evanescent quality (Evanescent- Lasting a very short time)

Question 12

Fatuity

Answer 12

N- A foolish or stupid quality: a fatuous quality: something foolish or stupid: a fatuous remark

Question 13

Florid

Answer 13

Adj- Very fancy or too fancy: having a red or reddish color

Question 14

Fractiousness

Answer 14

Adj- Causing trouble: hard to manage or control: full of anger and disagreement

Question 15

Ideological

Answer 15

Adj- Relating to or concerned with ideas

Question 16

Insipid

Answer 16

Adj- Not interesting or exciting: dull or boring: lacking strong flavor

Question 17

Lucidity

Answer 17

N- Cleanses of thought or style: A presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously

Question 18

Motif

Answer 18

N- Something that is repeated throughout a book, story, etc.: a single or repeated design or pattern

Question 19

Nonentity

Answer 19

N- A person who isn’t famous or important

Question 20

Prolixity

Answer 20

Adj- Using too many words

Question 21

Thwart

Answer 21

V- To prevent someone from doing something or to stop something from happening