S. Vocab week 6

Question 1

parody

Answer 1

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

Question 2

quarrelsome

Answer 2

apt to argue often in a petty manner

Question 3

ramshackle

Answer 3

in a state or severe disrepair

Question 4

salacious

Answer 4

treating situations in a indecent way, crude, or vulgar`

Question 5

tantalizing

Answer 5

torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable

Question 6

umbrage

Answer 6

offense or annoyance

Question 7

vagary

Answer 7

an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someones behavior

Question 8

warrant

Answer 8

a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice

Question 9

yuppie

Answer 9

young person with a well- paid job and a fashionable lifestyle

Question 10

zymurgy

Answer 10

the study of practice of fermentation in brewing, wine making, or distilling.