Vocab 3,041 - 3,060

Question 1

Plumage

Answer 1

– noun

1) the entire feathery covering of a bird.

Question 2

Intersperse

Answer 2

– verb

1) to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.

Question 3

Rambunctious

Answer 3

– adjective

1) difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.

Question 4

Despicable

Answer 4

– adjective

1) deserving to be despised: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.

Question 5

Antics

Answer 5

– noun / adjective

1) a ludicrous gesture, act, or posture: We are tired of his churlish antics. He has an antic disposition.

Question 6

Divisive

Answer 6

– adjective

1) creating dissension or discord.

Question 7

Congruent

Answer 7

– adjective

1) agreeing; accordant; congruous.

Question 8

Brazen

Answer 8

– adjective

1) shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.

Question 9

Domesticable

Answer 9

– adjective

1) capable of being made acceptable.

Question 10

Scoundrel

Answer 10

– noun

1) an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.

Question 11

Indicative

Answer 11

– adjective

1) showing, signifying, or pointing out: behavior indicative of mental disorder.

Question 12

Prejudicial

Answer 12

– adjective

1) causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.

Question 13

Crucible

Answer 13

– noun

1) a severe, searching test or trial.

Question 14

Libertine

Answer 14

– adjective

1) free of moral, especially sexual, restraint.

Question 15

Wherewithal

Answer 15

– noun

1) the money or other means needed for a particular purpose: the wherewithal to pay my rent.

Question 16

Spoliation

Answer 16

– noun

1) the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.

Question 17

Retardant

Answer 17

– noun / adjective

1) any substance capable of reducing the speed of a given reaction.

Question 18

Specialism

Answer 18

– noun

1) a subject that someone knows a lot about

Question 19

Calculative

Answer 19

– adjective

1) of or relating to calculation.

Question 20

Mucilaginous

Answer 20

– adjective

1) sticky, viscid or secreting mucilage.