7-9 vocab study guide

Question 1

Unreasonably high; excessive

Answer 1

exorbitant

Question 2

To flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

Answer 2

inundate

Question 3

Noisy; unruly, disorderly

Answer 3

obstreperous

Question 4

dangerous

Answer 4

perilous

Question 5

An idle wanderer, tramp, wandering aimlessly

Answer 5

vagrant

Question 6

To absorb fully, to adapt fully

Answer 6

assimilate

Question 7

Angry and bad tempered

Answer 7

surly

Question 8

Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy

Answer 8

flippant

Question 9

Quarrelsome, fond of fighting

Answer 9

pugnacious

Question 10

refuse, waste products

Answer 10

dross

Question 11

Ridiculous, senseless

Answer 11

preposterous

Question 12

Work that is hard and tiresome

Answer 12

drudgery

Question 13

A means to an end

Answer 13

expedient

Question 14

Advantageous, useful

Answer 14

expedient

Question 15

Disbelieving, skeptical

Answer 15

incredulous

Question 16

A forecast of the probable course or outcome of a disease or situation

Answer 16

prognosis

Question 17

Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Answer 17

pugnant

Question 18

Composed of different kinds, diverse

Answer 18

heterogenous

Question 19

to pretend

Answer 19

feign

Question 20

To reward, pay, reimbuse

Answer 20

remunerate