cultural vocabulary pt 2

Question 1

to express agreement; an agreement

Answer 1

assent (verb or noun)

Question 2

to imitate

Answer 2

emulate

Question 3

the group following and attending to some important person

Answer 3

entourage

Question 4

attentive to detail

Answer 4

fastidious

Question 5

to be soothed or calmed

Answer 5

mollified

Question 6

overly submissive; eager to please

Answer 6

obsequious

Question 7

overly self-important in speech and manner

Answer 7

pompus

Question 8

disagreeably harsh-sounding; disorderly

Answer 8

raucous

Question 9

cheerful; optimistic

Answer 9

sanguine

Question 10

one who seeks favor by flattery

Answer 10

sycophant

Question 11

a covered passageway usually lined with shops

Answer 11

arcade

Question 12

roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

Answer 12

asperity

Question 13

someone who pretends to have knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack

Answer 13

charlatan

Question 14

a loud ringing sound

Answer 14

clangor

Question 15

to be happy with a situation that should be changed or improved

Answer 15

complacement

Question 16

A way of behaving by talking down to a person where the speaker feels that they are better than the other person.

Answer 16

condescension

Question 17

the sides of a doorway

Answer 17

jamb

Question 18

a noisy, confused fight

Answer 18

melee

Question 19

a sign of something about to happen

Answer 19

omen

Question 20

worthless; mean, despicable

Answer 20

paltry