List 9 Vocab

Question 1

Adulation

Answer 1

N: excessive admiration or praise

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

V: to improve

Question 3

Cajole

Answer 3

V: to persuade by pleasant words or false promises

Question 4

Celestial

Answer 4

Adj: having to do with the heavens; divine.

Question 5

Dearth

Answer 5

N: Shortage; lack.

Question 6

Enigma

Answer 6

N: A puzzle; a baffling situation.

Question 7

Lassitude

Answer 7

N: state or feeling of being tired; weariness.

Question 8

Levity

Answer 8

N: lack of sersiousness; fickleness

Question 9

Pugnacious

Answer 9

Adj: eager and ready to fight.

Question 10

Sectarian

Answer 10

Adj: Pertaining to a group within a larger group that is limited by common beliefs or interest; narrow-minded.

Question 11

Tenet

Answer 11

N: a principle, doctrine or belief held as truth by a group.

Question 12

Contemotuous

Answer 12

Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect.

Question 13

Inedignant

Answer 13

Marked be anger or aroused by injustice; irate; furious.

Question 14

Patronizing

Answer 14

Treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.

Question 15

Obsequious

Answer 15

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree; polite and obedient in order to gain something

Question 16

Wry

Answer 16

Ironic; cynical; sarcastic.