Vocab-List 8

Question 1

criterion

Answer 1

• standard for judging

- a test

Question 2

deter

Answer 2

-discourage, keep someone from doing something

Question 3

forlorn

Answer 3

• left alone and neglected

- unhappy

Question 4

incipient

Answer 4

-in an early stage

Question 5

pique

Answer 5

• to hurt the feelings of or to make resentful

- to arouse or excited

Question 6

profane

Answer 6

• not holy
• not connected with religion
• irreverent

Question 7

rebuff

Answer 7

• to refuse in a sharp or rude way
• to snub
• to beat back

Question 8

squalid

Answer 8

• dirty

- morally repulsive

Question 9

stagnate

Answer 9

• to lie inactive

- to fail to progress or develop

Question 10

critical

Answer 10

• inclined to find fault or to judge with severity

- often too readily

Question 11

forthright

Answer 11

• direct frank without hesitation
• blunt
• candid

Question 12

intimate

Answer 12

closely acquainted

• familiar
• close

Question 13

optimistic

Answer 13

• hopeful
• cheerful
• believe the best will happen

Question 14

pessimistic

Answer 14

• seeing the worst side of things
• tendency to expect only bad outcomes
• gloomy,joyless,unhopeful

Question 15

sardonic

Answer 15

• scornfully butter and sarcastic

- cynical

Question 16

abstract

Answer 16

• not applied or practical

- hard to understand