List 8 Vocab

Question 1

Criterion

Answer 1

N: standard for judging; a test.

Question 2

Deter

Answer 2

V: to discourage; to keep someone from from doing something.

Question 3

Forlorn

Answer 3

Adj: left alone and neglected; unhappy.

Question 4

Incipient

Answer 4

Adj: in an early stage.

Question 5

Pique

Answer 5

V: to hurt the feelings of or to make resentful; to arouse or excite.

Question 6

Profane

Answer 6

Adj: not holy; not connected with religion; irreverent.

Question 7

Rebuff

Answer 7

V: to refuse in a sharp or rude way; to snub; to beat back.

Question 8

Squalid

Answer 8

Adj: dirty; morally repulsive.

Question 9

Stagnate

Answer 9

V: to lie inactive; to fail to progress or develop.

Question 10

Critical

Answer 10

Incline to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.

Question 11

Forthright

Answer 11

Directly frank without hesitation; blunt; candid.

Question 12

Intimate

Answer 12

Closely acquainted; familiar, close.

Question 13

Optimistic

Answer 13

Hopeful, cheerful; believe that the best will happen.

Question 14

Abstract

Answer 14

Adj: not applied or practical; hard to understand.

Question 15

Pessimistic

Answer 15

Seeing the worst side of things; tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful.

Question 16

Sardonic

Answer 16

Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic; cynical.