Content Vocab 141-160

Question 1

cosmopolitan

Answer 1

something that is common to most parts of the world OR a person who feels at home all over the world

Question 2

inelegant

Answer 2

lack of elegance

Question 3

posturing

Answer 3

behavior that is intended to impress or mislead

Question 4

comical

Answer 4

humorous

Question 5

reduction

Answer 5

taking away; making something smaller or less

think: when something is reduced

Question 6

liberal

Answer 6

favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms

Question 7

grim

Answer 7

uninviting or unapproachable

Question 8

monopolize

Answer 8

obtain exclusive possession or control of

Question 9

amalgamation

Answer 9

process of uniting or combining

Question 10

dissertation

Answer 10

a long essay on a particular subject

Question 11

consummate

Answer 11

complete; to make perfect

Question 12

epochs

Answer 12

the beginning of a distinctive period in history of someone or something

Question 13

permeate

Answer 13

spread throughout

Question 14

rattlebrain

Answer 14

a thoughtless person

Question 15

pomps

Answer 15

a show of magnificence

Question 16

laud

Answer 16

praise highly publicly

Question 17

vainglorious

Answer 17

excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements

Question 18

exquisite

Answer 18

finely or delicately made or done

think: when someone says their food is exquisite

Question 19

acquiescing

Answer 19

accept something reluctantly but without protest

Question 20

complicated syntax

Answer 20

has a lot of clauses and phrases together in various ways