Vocab List 18

Question 1

Anathema

Answer 1

N- Someone or something that is very strongly disliked

Question 2

Buffet

Answer 2

N- A blow especially with the hand: something that strikes with telling force

Question 3

Clemency

Answer 3

N- Kind or merciful treatment of someone who could be given harsh punishment

Question 4

Contrite

Answer 4

Adj- Feeling or showing regret for bad behavior

Question 5

Dither

Answer 5

V- To delay taking action because you are not sure about what to do

Question 6

Ebullient

Answer 6

Adj- Lively and enthusiastic

Question 7

Execrable

Answer 7

Adj- Very bad

Question 8

Iconoclast

Answer 8

N- A person who criticizes or opposes beliefs and practices that are widely accepted

Question 9

Inveterate

Answer 9

Adj- Always or often doing something specified; always or often happening or existing

Question 10

Limpid

Answer 10

Adj- Perfectly clear; clear and simple in style

Question 11

Modicum

Answer 11

N- A small amount

Question 12

Obdurate

Answer 12

Adj- Refusing to do what other people want; not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something

Question 13

Penurious

Answer 13

Adj- Very poor

Question 14

Precocious

Answer 14

Adj- Of a child; having or showing the qualities or abilities of an adult at an unusually early age

Question 15

Propitious

Answer 15

Adj- Likely to have or produce good results

Question 16

Reprobate

Answer 16

V- To condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil

Question 17

Solipsistic

Answer 17

Adj- a theory in philosophy that your own existence is the only thing that is real or that can be known

Question 18

Turpitude

Answer 18

N- A very evil quality or way of behaving

Question 19

Upbraid

Answer 19

V- To speak in an angry or critical way (to someone who has done something wrong)

Question 20

Vacuous

Answer 20

Adj- Having or showing a lack of intelligence or serious thought; lacking meaning, importance, or substance

Question 21

Vicissitude

Answer 21

N- The quality or state of being changeable; mutability; natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human afairs

Question 22

Zenith

Answer 22

N- The strongest or most successful period of time; the highest point reached in the sky by the sun, moon, etc.