Horror Unit Vocabulary

Question 1

amiably

Answer 1

amiably (adj)- good-natured, friendly and pleasantly

S:pleasant

A:crabby

Our waiter amiably served us in the restaurant.

Question 2

presumptuous

Answer 2

presumptuous(adj)- overly bold or confident; expecting too much

S:overconfident

A:humble

I felt Obama was presumptuous with his expectations with the citizens agreeing to rising taxes.

Question 3

credulity

Answer 3

credulity(n)- quality of believing too readily; gullibility

S:belief

A:disbelief

Bo had so much credulity that if you said his rainbow afro was on fire, he would believe you

Question 4

malign

Answer 4

Malign(v)- to say bad things about(someone or something) publicly; to criticize (someone or something) harshly or unfairly

S:dispiteful

A:nice

I could not believe bob had the audacity to malign the disabled child in McDonalds.

Question 5

prosaic

Answer 5

prosaic(adj)- having the style or direction of prose; lacking poetic buety; ordinary

S:humdrum, drab

A:exciting, unusual

The preschooler’s poem was prosiac.

Question 6

palpable

Answer 6

Palpable (adj.) - able to be felt; so intense as to be almost able to be felt physically

During the raffle victory was palpable.

s: tangible, real
a: immaterial, imperceptible

Question 7

condone

Answer 7

condone(v)- to regard something that is considered immoral or wrong in a tolerant way

We all know to not condone cheating on a test.

S: excuse, tolerate

A: acknowledge, object to

Question 8

debacle

Answer 8

debacle(n)- a sudden disaster, defeat, or humiliating failure

It was a major debacle when the Lions lost to the raiders, when the loins were winning by 28 points in the fourth quarter.

S: calamity, misfortune

A: success, victory

Question 9

zealous

Answer 9

zealous(adj)- actively and unreserved enthusiastic; full of zeal(passion)

The third string QB was zealous when the 2nd string QB got hurt.

S: eager, passionate

A:apathy

Question 10

affable

Answer 10

Affable(adj)- good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to

The man on the side of the road is affable because he likes to give people free food.

S:friendly, pleasant, amiable

A:hostile, unfavorable

Question 11

futile

Answer 11

futile(adj)- having no practical effect or useful result: pointless; useless

A train with a steering wheel is futile.

S:hopeless, wasted

A:valuable, useful

Question 12

scruple

Answer 12

Scruple(n)- a moral or ethical consideration that tends to restrain action or behavior

(use with an “S” most of the time)

Osama bin laden did not have a good scruples.

S:hesitation, second thought

A:

Question 13

droll

Answer 13

droll(adj)- amusing in a wry or odd way; oddly entertaining

The bunny dying in “Quitters” was droll to the doctor.

S:comic, absurd

A:dull, uninteresting

Question 14

equivocate

Answer 14

Equivocate(v)- to speak vaguely or ambiguously, especially in order to mislead

S:elude

A:be honest

During election time, presidents tend to equivocate when telling the country their plan for themselves.

Question 15

pragmatism

Answer 15

pragmatism(n)- a straightforward practical way of thinking about things or dealing with problems, concerned with results rather than with theories and principles

S:criterion

A:

The way bob solved things, I could tell he was full of pragmatism.

Question 16

aversion

Answer 16

aversion(n)- a strong feeling of dislike of somebody or something

S:hate, antipathy

A:like

Bob had a huge aversion towards Ohio State since he was a Michigan fan.

Question 17

clandestine

Answer 17

clandestine(adj)- secret; needing to be concealed, usually because it is illegal or unauthorized

S:hidden

A:legal, known

when Bob smuggled Mexicans over the border he had to make sure that the clandestine operation didn’t fail since the Mexicans often tried to jump out of the duffle bags they were in.

Question 18

audit

Answer 18

audit (v)- to carry out systematic check or assessment to evaluate efficiency or effectiveness

Every year the investing business has to audit their system to make sure they aren’t losing money

S:review

A:neglect

Question 19

nonchalantly

Answer 19

nonchalantly(adv.)- calmly; indifferently; unconcerned or casually

S:coolly

A:

When the teacher passed back the test Bob took his so nonchalantly, I knew he already found out his grade.

Question 20

pernicious

Answer 20

pernicious(adj)- causing serious harm; malicious

S:destructive

A:beneficial

During the football games the parents are always worried their child will be hit hard by a pernicious man.