Vocab List 14

Question 1

Annuity

Answer 1

N- a fixed amount of money that is paid to someone each year: an insurance policy or an investment that pays someone a fixed amount of money each year

Question 2

Aquiline

Answer 2

Adj- curving like an eagle’s beak: like an eagle

Question 3

Arrant

Answer 3

Adj- of the worst kind

Question 4

Cerement

Answer 4

N- a shroud for the dead

Question 5

Comport

Answer 5

V- to be fitting

Question 6

Contiguous

Answer 6

Adj- being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point

Question 7

Deleterious

Answer 7

Adj- damaging or harmful

Question 8

Disparagement

Answer 8

N- (definition is V) to describe (someone or something) as unimportant, weak, bad, etc.

Question 9

Excoriate

Answer 9

V- to criticize (someone or something) very harshly

Question 10

Entreat

Answer 10

V- to ask (someone) in a serious and emotional way

Question 11

Freshet

Answer 11

N- a great rise or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow

Question 12

Indefatigable

Answer 12

Adj- able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired

Question 13

Inscrutable

Answer 13

Adj- difficult to understand : causing people to feel curious or confused

Question 14

Junta

Answer 14

N- a military group controlling a government after taking control of it by force

Question 15

Lascivious

Answer 15

Adj- filled with or showing sexual desire

Question 16

Panoply

Answer 16

N- a group or collection that is impressive because it is so big or because it includes so many different kinds of people or things

Question 17

Peregrinate

Answer 17

V- to travel especially on foot: walk

Question 18

Poppet

Answer 18

N- used to talk in a loving way to or about a child

Question 19

Portent

Answer 19

N- a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Question 20

Quaff

Answer 20

V- to drink a large amount of (something) quickly

Question 21

Rakish

Answer 21

Adj- of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute

Question 22

Rectitude

Answer 22

N- the quality of being honest and morally correct