english vocab

Question 1

infinitesimal

Answer 1

adjective, extremly small, tiny, the chances of him succeeding are infinitesimal

Question 2

contiguous

Answer 2

adjective, sharing a common border, adjecent, the 48 contiguous states

Question 3

mincing

Answer 3

adjective, moving in a dainty or delicate way, She took short, mincing steps.

Question 4

strident

Answer 4

adjective, loud and harsh, his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident

Question 5

punctilious

Answer 5

adjective, showing great attention to detail or correct behvoir, She’s very punctilious about grammar.

Question 6

corrugate

Answer 6

verb, contract or cause to contract wrinkles, Micky’s brow corrugated in a frown

Question 7

Nebulous

Answer 7

adjective, hazy, unclear, vauge, She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.

Question 8

conceit

Answer 8

adjective, pride in oneslef, he had the conceit to imagine that he might win the prize

Question 9

ineffable

Answer 9

adjective , too great or too extreme to be expressed or decribed, And we all went beyond this and found something ineffable… an experience of profound mystery

Question 10

adventitious

Answer 10

adjective, Happening or carried on according to chance, good mistake, It was strange how you can run into people in such an adventitious way

Question 11

surmise

Answer 11

verb, to suppose something is true without having evidence to support it, assume, infer, he could only surmise what had happened

Question 12

transitory

Answer 12

adjective, not perminent, People come and go The people, on the other hand, are transitory

Question 13

eschew

Answer 13

To shun or avoid

Question 14

Haggard

Answer 14

Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering

Question 15

Ubiquitous

Answer 15

Existing everywhere, widespread

Question 16

Evanescent

Answer 16

Fleeting or momentary

Question 17

Flagrant

Answer 17

Blatantly offensive

Question 18

Impervious

Answer 18

Impenetrable, incapable of being affected

Question 19

Reprove

Answer 19

To scold or rebuke

Question 20

Deprecate

Answer 20

To belittle or disapprove

Question 21

Inane

Answer 21

Devoid of intelligence or senseless

Question 22

Putrid

Answer 22

Strong, bad smell

Question 23

Vindicated

Answer 23

Freed from any question of guilt

Question 24

Platitude

Answer 24

Uninspired remark or a meaningless cliché “everyhing happens for a reason”