Module 2 vocabulary

Question 1

aesthetic

Answer 1

• Attractive or appealing
• a heightened sensitivity to beauty
• being or relating to a work of art; artistic:

Question 2

chateau

Answer 2

A castle or manor house in a French-speaking region.

Question 3

debacle

Answer 3

A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout.

Question 4

deplore

Answer 4

To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn.

Question 5

deride

Answer 5

To laugh at, speak of, or write about dismissively or contemptuously.

Question 6

flounder

Answer 6

To act or function in a confused or directionless manner, struggle.

Question 7

grievous

Answer 7

Causing grief, pain, or anguish.

Question 8

inconsequential

Answer 8

Lacking importance.

Question 9

inevitable

Answer 9

Impossible to avoid or prevent; certain to happen.

Question 10

inscrutable

Answer 10

Difficult to understand or interpret; impenetrable.

Question 11

insolent

Answer 11

Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.

Question 12

malodorous

Answer 12

Having a bad odor; foul.

Question 13

moiety

Answer 13

A part, portion, or share.

Question 14

naive

Answer 14

Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially.

Question 15

palate

Answer 15

The roof of the mouth in vertebrates having a complete or partial separation of the oral and nasal cavities and consisting of the hard palate and the soft palate.

Question 16

parsimony

Answer 16

Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess.

Question 17

progressive

Answer 17

Moving forward; advancing.

Question 18

pungent

Answer 18

Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.

Question 19

recompose

Answer 19

To compose again; reorganize or rearrange.

Question 20

repast

Answer 20

A meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal.

Question 21

rhapsody

Answer 21

Exalted or excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.

Question 22

sallow

Answer 22

Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.

Question 23

sensuous

Answer 23

• Relating to enjoyment of the senses
• Sensory: direct, sensuous experience of the world.

Question 24

surmount

Answer 24

To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.

Question 25

palette

Answer 25

A board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed.