Vocab 13

Question 1

extremely difficult to understand

Answer 1

abstruse

Question 2

an open or intentional insult; a slight; to insult to ones face

Answer 2

affront

Question 3

a false rumor, fabricated story

Answer 3

canard

Question 4

excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism

Answer 4

captious

Question 5

aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction

Answer 5

cognizant

Question 6

regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt

Answer 6

contrite

Question 7

the center of attraction, attention, or interest

Answer 7

cynosure

Question 8

well behaved, dignified, socially proper

Answer 8

decorous

Question 9

to think it appropriate or suitable to ones dignity to do something

Answer 9

deign

Question 10

thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting

Answer 10

desiccated

Question 11

the power to produce a desired result

Answer 11

efficacy

Question 12

to bring into existence, give rise to, produce

Answer 12

engender

Question 13

light, airy, delicate

Answer 13

ethereal

Question 14

the front or face of a building; a surface appearance

Answer 14

façade

Question 15

revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead

Answer 15

ghoulish

Question 16

not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible

Answer 16

incongruous

Question 17

a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplished some

Answer 17

machination

Question 18

to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch

Answer 18

mesmerize

Question 19

disgrace arising from shameful conduct

Answer 19

opprobrium

Question 20

generally regarded as such; reputed; hypnotized

Answer 20

putative