English Vocab. Misc. II

Question 1

moiety

Answer 1

1. a half, one of 2 equal parts; 2. an indefinite share or part

Question 2

sybarite

Answer 2

anyone very fond of luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary

Question 3

uxorious

Answer 3

greatly or excessively fond of one’s wife; doting

Question 4

demit

Answer 4

to resign (a position or office)

Question 5

habile

Answer 5

able, skillful, handy, clever

Question 6

flagitious

Answer 6

shamefully wicked; vie and scandalous

Question 7

éclat

Answer 7

brilliant or conspicuous success; dazzling display

Question 8

to redound (to the honor or discredit of smb)

Answer 8

to have a result or effect, usu. in context of recoiling or bouncing back.

Question 9

appanage

Answer 9

money, land, etc., granted by monarch for support of children; a person’s rightful extra gain, perquisite; an accompanying endowment

Question 10

paladin

Answer 10

a knight or heroic champion

Question 11

lissome

Answer 11

bending or moving gracefully or withe ease and lightness

Question 12

sapid

Answer 12

1.) having a strong, pleasant taste; or 2.) (of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting

Question 13

preterhuman

Answer 13

beyond that which is human

Question 14

bier

Answer 14

catafalque; A movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave.

Question 15

arch

Answer 15

1. cunning, sly, shrewd, clever; pert, waggish, mirthful; 2 chief, principal, of the first class.

Question 16

agrestic

Answer 16

rural, rustic; crude, unpolished.

Question 17

renitent

Answer 17

resistant, opposing stubbornly.

Question 18

heuristic

Answer 18

serving to guide, discover, or reveal; specif., valuable for empirical research but unproven or incapable of being proven.

Question 19

fissiparous

Answer 19

tending to break up into parts or groups.

Question 20

stonk

Answer 20

bombard with concentrated artillery fire

Question 21

bantam

Answer 21

n.: a small and feisty or quarrelsome person; adj.: diminutive; tiny

Question 22

bromide

Answer 22

a platitude or trite saying; a person who is platitudinous and boring

Question 23

bumptious

Answer 23

offensively self-assetive

Question 24

captious

Answer 24

1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; 2. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: “captious questions”

Question 25

feckless

Answer 25

1. ineffective, incompetent; 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent;lazy

Question 26

indolent

Answer 26

slothful

Question 27

picayune

Answer 27

of little value or account; small, trifling; 2. petty, carping, or prejudiced.

Question 28

hoary

Answer 28

ver old, gray or white as from old age

Question 29

imprecation

Answer 29

a curse; a prayer for har to come to someone

Question 30

incarnadine

Answer 30

blood-red or flesh colored

Question 31

invidious

Answer 31

hateful, offensive, injurious

Question 32

larceny

Answer 32

theft of personal property

Question 33

legerdemain

Answer 33

slight-of-hand; trickery or deception

Question 34

martinet

Answer 34

a person who adheres to rules extremely closely; a strict disciplinarian

Question 35

mendicant

Answer 35

beggar; religious follower who lives by begging

Question 36

meretricious

Answer 36

attractive in a vulgar or flashy way; tawdry; 2. deceptive

Question 37

orotund

Answer 37

full, rich, and clear (of the voice or speaking); pompous, bombastic

Question 38

pallid

Answer 38

abnormally pale; lacking color or vitality

Question 39

olio

Answer 39

a miscellaneous mixture; hodgepodge; a miscellaneous collection ("the performance was an old-fashioned olio of songs, dances, and puppetry")

Question 40

1. a half, one of 2 equal parts; 2. an indefinite share or part

Answer 40

moiety

Question 41

anyone very fond of luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary

Answer 41

sybarite

Question 42

greatly or excessively fond of one's wife; doting

Answer 42

uxorious

Question 43

to resign (a position or office)

Answer 43

demit

Question 44

able, skillful, handy, clever

Answer 44

habile

Question 45

shamefully wicked; vie and scandalous

Answer 45

flagitious

Question 46

brilliant or conspicuous success; dazzling display

Answer 46

éclat

Question 47

to have a result or effect, usu. in context of recoiling or bouncing back.

Answer 47

to redound (to the honor or discredit of smb)

Question 48

money, land, etc., granted by monarch for support of children; a person's rightful extra gain, perquisite; an accompanying endowment

Answer 48

appanage

Question 49

a knight or heroic champion

Answer 49

paladin

Question 50

bending or moving gracefully or withe ease and lightness

Answer 50

lissome

Question 51

growing old, aging

Answer 51

sapid

Question 52

beyond that which is human

Answer 52

preterhuman

Question 53

catafalque; A movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave.

Answer 53

bier

Question 54

1. cunning, sly, shrewd, clever; pert, waggish, mirthful; 2 chief, principal, of the first class.

Answer 54

arch

Question 55

rural, rustic; crude, unpolished.

Answer 55

agrestic

Question 56

resistant, opposing stubbornly.

Answer 56

renitent

Question 57

serving to guide, discover, or reveal; specif., valuable for empirical research but unproven or incapable of being proven.

Answer 57

heuristic

Question 58

tending to break up into parts or groups.

Answer 58

fissiparous

Question 59

bombard with concentrated artillery fire

Answer 59

stonk

Question 60

n.: a small and feisty or quarrelsome person; adj.: diminutive; tiny

Answer 60

bantam

Question 61

a platitude or trite saying; a person who is platitudinous and boring

Answer 61

bromide

Question 62

offensively self-assetive

Answer 62

bumptious

Question 63

1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; 2. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: "captious questions"

Answer 63

captious

Question 64

1. ineffective, incompetent; 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent;lazy

Answer 64

feckless

Question 65

slothful

Answer 65

indolent

Question 66

of little value or account; small, trifling; 2. petty, carping, or prejudiced.

Answer 66

picayune

Question 67

ver old, gray or white as from old age

Answer 67

hoary

Question 68

a curse; a prayer for har to come to someone

Answer 68

imprecation

Question 69

blood-red or flesh colored

Answer 69

incarnadine

Question 70

hateful, offensive, injurious

Answer 70

invidious

Question 71

theft of personal property

Answer 71

larceny

Question 72

slight-of-hand; trickery or deception

Answer 72

legerdemain

Question 73

a person who adheres to rules extremely closely; a strict disciplinarian

Answer 73

martinet

Question 74

beggar; religious follower who lives by begging

Answer 74

mendicant

Question 75

attractive in a vulgar or flashy way; tawdry; 2. deceptive

Answer 75

meretricious

Question 76

full, rich, and clear (of the voice or speaking); pompous, bombastic

Answer 76

orotund

Question 77

abnormally pale; lacking color or vitality

Answer 77

pallid

Question 78

a miscellaneous mixture; hodgepodge; a miscellaneous collection ("the performance was an old-fashioned olio of songs, dances, and puppetry")

Answer 78

olio