LA Vocab 5-6

Question 1

Meticulous

Answer 1

Overly or unduly careful about small details; extremely difficult to

Question 2

Overly or unduly careful about small details; extremely difficult to

Answer 2

Meticulous

Question 3

Altruism

Answer 3

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

Question 4

To improve or make better

Answer 4

Ameliorate

Question 5

Characteristic of the country and country people; simple and unsophisticated

Answer 5

Rustic

Question 6

Deride

Answer 6

To make fun of or to scorn

Question 7

Diffident

Answer 7

Lacking self-confidence; timid; shy

Question 8

Ostracize

Answer 8

To exclude someone from a social group by General consent

Question 9

Truculent

Answer 9

Savage; cruel; fierce; warlike

Question 10

Vindicate

Answer 10

To clear suspicion as of a charge of wrongdoing

Question 11

Pugnacious

Answer 11

Eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome

Question 12

Forbidding

Answer 12

Looking dangerous, threatening, disagreeable repellent

Question 13

Inane

Answer 13

Foolish, silly, lacking, sense, or meaning

Question 14

Inure

Answer 14

To become cooled to something difficult or painful

Question 15

Anarchy

Answer 15

The complete obedience of government political disorder or violence disorder in any activity

Question 16

Enmity

Answer 16

Hostility, antagonism, hatred; the better feelings of an enemy

Question 17

Sinecure

Answer 17

Any officer position that brings profit or advantage without involving much work or responsibility

Question 18

Tacit

Answer 18

Not expressed or declared openly but implied or understood

Question 19

Inveigle

Answer 19

The trick into doing something to lead on with deception

Question 20

Anachronism

Answer 20

Anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time or history

Question 21

Avarice

Answer 21

Two great desire to have wealth; greed for riches

Question 22

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

Answer 22

Altruism

Question 23

Ameliorate

Answer 23

To improve or make better

Question 24

Rustic

Answer 24

Characteristic of the country and country people; simple and unsophisticated

Question 25

To make fun of or to scorn

Answer 25

Deride

Question 26

Lacking self-confidence; timid; shy

Answer 26

Diffident

Question 27

To exclude someone from a social group by General consent

Answer 27

Ostracize

Question 28

Savage; cruel; fierce; warlike

Answer 28

Truculent

Question 29

To clear suspicion as of a charge of wrongdoing

Answer 29

Vindicate

Question 30

Eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome

Answer 30

Pugnacious

Question 31

Looking dangerous, threatening, disagreeable repellent

Answer 31

Forbidding

Question 32

Foolish, silly, lacking, sense, or meaning

Answer 32

Inane

Question 33

To become cooled to something difficult or painful

Answer 33

Inure

Question 34

The complete obedience of government political disorder or violence disorder in any activity

Answer 34

Anarchy

Question 35

Hostility, antagonism, hatred; the better feelings of an enemy

Answer 35

Enmity

Question 36

Any officer position that brings profit or advantage without involving much work or responsibility

Answer 36

Sinecure

Question 37

Not expressed or declared openly but implied or understood

Answer 37

Tacit

Question 38

The trick into doing something to lead on with deception

Answer 38

Inveigle

Question 39

Anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time or history

Answer 39

Anachronism

Question 40

Two great desire to have wealth; greed for riches

Answer 40

Avarice