English9VocabFinal

Question 1

inanimate

Answer 1

(adjective) not having life; dead

My inanimate toys would come to life at night.

Question 2

supercilious

Answer 2

(adj) full of hate, arrogant

“supercilious look on his face”

Question 3

doleful

Answer 3

(adj) sad

Question 4

meander

Answer 4

(verb) to wander about

Some students meander to school, instead of going directly there.

Question 5

flippant

Answer 5

(adj) disrespectful

Flippant responses have a time and place.

Question 6

larceny

Answer 6

(Noun) theft

If you steal property worth $1000s, you commit grand larceny.

Question 7

pliant

Answer 7

(adj) flexible, easily influenced.

People with pliant personalities always do as their friends want them to do.

Question 8

reprieve

Answer 8

(noun) temporary relief or delay

Mom went to San Diego to take a reprieve from her duties back home.

Question 9

hoodwink

Answer 9

(verb) trick, deceive

Internet scams intend to hoodwink people into giving out their bank account info.

Question 10

abscond

Answer 10

(verb) to run off and hide

Thieves absconded the museum’s artwork.

Question 11

anarchy

Answer 11

(noun) lack of government

At the end of wars, people often find themselves living in anarchy

Question 12

daunting

Answer 12

(adj) intimidating; difficult to deal with

Homework at Rocky is often daunting.

Question 13

auspicious

Answer 13

(adj) fortunate

Good weather in April is an auspicious sign, so people plant gardens.

Question 14

intrepid

Answer 14

(adj) fearless

Question 15

marauder

Answer 15

(noun) pirate or robber

Marauders sneak onto ships to steal treasures.

Question 16

pauper

Answer 16

(noun) very poor person

My great-grandfather was a pauper during the Depression of the 1930’s.

Question 17

rift

Answer 17

(noun) split or break

Rifts often occur in families when they divide up their deceased parents belongings.

Question 18

trite

Answer 18

(adj) overused, old

Trite sayings can be annoying to hear again & again.

Question 19

altercation

Answer 19

(noun) angry argument

As voices rose, we feared an altercation may take place.

Question 20

cherubic

Answer 20

(adj) round, angel-like face

Newborn babies often look cherubic.

Question 21

condone

Answer 21

(verb) overlook

Most bosses do not condone disrespectful behavior.

Question 22

deadlock

Answer 22

(noun) situation where no further progress can be made.

Question 23

perennial

Answer 23

(adj) everlasting

Question 24

illegible

Answer 24

(adj) hard to read

Dad’s handwriting is often illegible.

Question 25

lucrative

Answer 25

(adj) making money His business was very lucrative.

Question 26

subjugate

Answer 26

(verb) conquer by force The troops worked fast to subjugate the enemy.

Question 27

fabricate

Answer 27

(Verb) to make, or to lie Silkworms fabricate silk. The girl fabricated a story about how she lost her homework.

Question 28

exorcise

Answer 28

(verb) to drive out something troublesome We should do all we can to exorcise the prejudice in our society.

Question 29

fodder

Answer 29

(noun) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a purpose Life's experiences are fodder for a poet's imagination.

Question 30

salvage

Answer 30

(verb) to save from a disaster. We tried to salvage as much as we could from our flooded basement.

Question 31

dissolute

Answer 31

(adj) loose morals or behaviors Some emperors led dissolute lives.

Question 32

erratic

Answer 32

(adj) inconsistent; undependable Erratic attendance at school can get you expelled.

Question 33

admonish

Answer 33

(verb) to scold mildly The teacher admonished the student for forgetting her homework in her locker again.

Question 34

circumspect

Answer 34

(adj) careful; cautious Government officials need to be circumspect in their behavior.

Question 35

cumbersome

Answer 35

(adj) hard to handle; slow-moving Some furniture is cumbersome to move.

Question 36

muddle

Answer 36

(verb) confuse The big words in a poem can muddle it's true meaning.

Question 37

spurious

Answer 37

(adj) not genuine, false

Question 38

biased

Answer 38

(adj) favors one side more than the other | Referees in sports are sometimes biased.

Question 39

succumb

Answer 39

(verb) to give in or yield to I often succumb to anything chocolate depending on the time of day.