Vocab 16-18

Question 0

Attest

Answer 0

To bear witness to, certify

Question 1

Acidulous

Answer 1

Sarcastic

sickly taste, acid, sharp

Question 2

Devious

Answer 2

Crafty, sneaky in a bad way

Not straight foreword, deceiving

Question 3

Ensure

Answer 3

To secure or gaurentee

Question 4

Fallible

Answer 4

Liable to err, imperfect

Question 5

Gaudy

Answer 5

Tacky, trashy, showy

Question 6

Idolatry

Answer 6

Worship of idols or physical objects

Blind adoration, devotion

Question 7

Irrelevant

Answer 7

Not having to do with, not relevant

Question 8

Leach

Answer 8

To pull out of something

Question 9

Neophyte

Answer 9

A beginner, novice

Person newly baptized

Question 10

Noncommittal

Answer 10

Not fully committee to something

Ambiguous

Question 11

Prolific

Answer 11

Highly fruitful, highly productive,

Producing offspring, fertile

Question 12

Recompense

Answer 12

To repay, remunerate, make amends for, provide compensation

Question 13

Regimen

Answer 13

Systematic way of doing something

Question 14

Titanic

Answer 14

Huge, enormous

Question 15

Wraith

Answer 15

Visible spirit, apparition, ghost

Something that is thin

Question 16

Administer

Answer 16

To manage, to apply

Question 17

Aquiline

Answer 17

Shaped like an eagle’s beak, hooked

Curved and comes back

Question 18

Cache

Answer 18

A hiding place

Supply of something stored away

Question 19

Calumny

Answer 19

Slander, said to hurt/to ruin someone’s reputation

Question 20

Defunct

Answer 20

No longer in effect or use, out of circulation, outdated

Question 21

Delude

Answer 21

To mislead, deceive, evade, elude

Question 22

Elocution

Answer 22

Person’s manner of speaking, delivery of speech

Question 23

Envoy

Answer 23

Diplomatic agent, messenger, representative

Question 24

Guile

Answer 24

Extreme cunning in attaining a goal, skill

Question 25

Impel

Answer 25

Urge foreword, press on, propel

Question 26

Impermeable

Answer 26

Not permeable, unable to be penetrated, not porous

Question 27

Impervious

Answer 27

Unaffected by anything

Question 28

Impetuous

Answer 28

Doing something without thinking

Question 29

Ordinance

Answer 29

Edict issued by the town

Question 30

Rescind

Answer 30

Revoke, to take back

Question 31

Veneer

Answer 31

Thin outer covering of something
Thin
Layer of wood

Question 32

Advent

Answer 32

Start, beginning/arrival of something

Question 33

Appalled

Answer 33

Shocked, disgusted

Question 34

Craven

Answer 34

To act cowardly

Question 35

Dilate

Answer 35

To enlarge

Question 36

Ethereal

Answer 36

Light, airy

Heavenly, awesome

Question 37

Exemplify

Answer 37

Illustrate by example

Question 38

Illiterate

Answer 38

Unable to read and write

Question 39

Lateral

Answer 39

of, or pertaining to, the side

Question 40

Lissome

Answer 40

Flexible, agile, nimble

Question 41

Odometer

Answer 41

An instrument used for measuring distance traveled

Question 42

Ostentatious

Answer 42

(of actions or manner) intended to attract notice

Question 43

Pacify

Answer 43

To soothe, to please somebody

Quiet, calm

Question 44

Prone

Answer 44

Natural inclination or tendency to something

Lying flat

Question 45

Rangy

Answer 45

Tall and slender

Question 46

Sanctum

Answer 46

Sacred or holy place

Question 47

Variance

Answer 47

Act of doing something out of the ordinary