Vocab, batch #5 (1-25)

Question 1

Dogmatic

Answer 1

marked by an authoritative stand on unprovable principles

Question 2

Verity

Answer 2

a truth

Question 3

Filch

Answer 3

to steal

Question 4

Indemnify

Answer 4

to protect from harm

Question 5

Pecuniary

Answer 5

having to do with money

Question 6

Abstruse

Answer 6

hard to understand

Question 7

Insipid

Answer 7

dull, unexciting, bland

Question 8

Refectory

Answer 8

unruly, resisting authority

Question 9

Saccharine

Answer 9

overly sweet or agreeable

Question 10

Supercilious

Answer 10

haughty

Question 11

Tacit

Answer 11

unspoken

Question 12

Vicarious

Answer 12

experience indirectly through another

Question 13

Amalgamate

Answer 13

to join/merge together

Question 14

Facsimilie

Answer 14

a precise copy

Question 15

Affiliate

Answer 15

to connect/associate oneself

Question 16

Coterie

Answer 16

clique

Question 17

Effigy

Answer 17

a crude figure of a despised person

Question 18

Proletarian

Answer 18

of the working class

Question 19

Curmudgeon

Answer 19

harsh, ill-tempered person

Question 20

Demagogue

Answer 20

leader who appeals to emotions and prejudices, not reason

Question 21

Gourmand

Answer 21

someone who eats & drinks excessively

Question 22

Ingrate

Answer 22

one who is ungrateful

Question 23

Neophyte

Answer 23

a beginner

Question 24

Waif

Answer 24

a homeless child

Question 25

Ascetic

Answer 25

one who renounces physical comforts for spiritual discipline