lit vocab unit 10

Question 1

Accrue

Answer 1

(V.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

Question 2

Annotation

Answer 2

(N.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

Question 3

Bedlam

Answer 3

(N.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion

Question 4

Covert

Answer 4

(Adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded
(N.) a sheltered place, a hiding place

Question 5

Debonair

Answer 5

(Adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

Question 6

Dun

Answer 6

(V.) to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt
(N.) a creditor
(Adj.) dark, dull, drab, dingy

Question 7

Efficacious

Answer 7

(Adj.) effective, producing results

Question 8

Equanimity

Answer 8

(N.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic

Question 9

Fortuitous

Answer 9

(Adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance

Question 10

Gist

Answer 10

(N.) the essential part, main point, or essence

Question 11

Gratuitous

Answer 11

(Adj.) freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

Question 12

Imperious

Answer 12

(Adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling

Question 13

Invective

Answer 13

(N.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language

(Adj.) abusive, vituperative

Question 14

Motley

Answer 14

(Adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors
(N.) a jester’s costume; a jester

Question 15

Munificent

Answer 15

(Adj.) extremely generous, lavish

Question 16

Procrastinate

Answer 16

(V.) to delay, put off until later

Question 17

Provocative

Answer 17

(Adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying

Question 18

Recondite

Answer 18

(Adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

Question 19

Reprobate

Answer 19

(N.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel
(Adj.) corrupt or unprincipled
(V.) to disprove of, condemn

Question 20

Sedentary

Answer 20

(Adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

Question 21

Syn- collect, accumulate, proceed from

Ant- dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen

Answer 21

Accrue

Question 22

Syn- commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy

Ant- peace and quiet, order, tranquility

Answer 22

Bedlam

Question 23

Syn- (adj.) undercover, clandestine, sub-rosa

Ant- (adj.) open, overt, undisguised

Answer 23

Covert

Question 24

Syn- carefree, jaunty, gracious, urbane

Ant- distraught, agitated, boorish, churlish

Answer 24

Debonair

Question 25

Syn- (v.) hound, harass, nag

Answer 25

Dun

Question 26

Syn- effectual, efficient, potent, powerful

Ant- ineffective, worthless, useful

Answer 26

Efficacious

Question 27

Syn- tranquility, imperturbability

Ant- excitability, flappability, agitation

Answer 27

Equanimity

Question 28

Syn- unintentional, unplanned, random, lucky

Ant- intentional, deliberate, premeditated

Answer 28

Fortuitous

Question 29

Syn- substance, core, nucleus

Answer 29

Gist

Question 30

Syn- voluntary, unjustified

Ant- justified, warranted

Answer 30

Gratuitous

Question 31

Syn- domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative

Ant- fawning, obsequious, humble, unassuming

Answer 31

Imperious

Question 32

Syn- (n.) vituperation, abuse, philippic

Ant- (n.) tribune, panegyric, encomium

Answer 32

Invective

Question 33

Syn- (adj.) variegated, heterogeneous, diverse, (n.) fool

Ant- (adj.) homogeneous, monochromatic

Answer 33

Motley

Question 34

Syn- bounteous, liberal

Ant- miserly, parsimonious

Answer 34

Munificent

Question 35

Syn- stall, temporize, dillydally

Answer 35

Procrastinate

Question 36

Syn- stimulating, arousing, vexing, galling

Ant- dull, insipid, bland, unstimulating

Answer 36

Provocative

Question 37

Syn- arcane, abstruse

Ant- simple, uncomplicated

Answer 37

Recondite

Question 38

Syn- (n.) scoundrel, blackguard (adj.) immoral, corrupt

Ant- (n.) Saint (adj.) upright, virtuous, moral

Answer 38

Reprobate

Question 39

Syn- static, stationary

Ant- active, peripatetic

Answer 39

Sedentary