Semester 2 Quiz 1

Question 1

Inscrutable

Answer 1

impossible to understand or interpret

Question 2

Insidious

Answer 2

proceeding in a gradual, steady way, but with harmful effects

Question 3

Inveigh

Answer 3

to speak or write about with great hostility

Question 4

Ire

Answer 4

anger

Question 5

Irksome

Answer 5

irritating, annoying

Question 6

Itinerant

Answer 6

traveling from place to place

Question 7

Kaleidoscopic

Answer 7

having complex patterns of colors, colorful

Question 8

Ken

Answer 8

one’s range of knowledge or sight

Question 9

Labyrinth

Answer 9

a maze

Question 10

Lachrymose

Answer 10

tearful or given to weeping

Question 11

Laconic

Answer 11

using very few words

Question 12

Larceny

Answer 12

theft of personal property

Question 13

Lavish

Answer 13

sumptuously rich, elaborate, luxurious

Question 14

low

Answer 14

to make the sound of a cow???

Question 15

ludicrous

Answer 15

so foolish, unreasonable, out of place as to be amusing, ridiculous

Question 16

machiavellian

Answer 16

cunning, scheming, especially in politics or someone’s job

Question 17

maudlin

Answer 17

self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness

Question 18

meretricious

Answer 18

apparently attractive but having no real value or integrity

Question 19

mettle

Answer 19

a person’s ability to cope with difficulties or face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way

Question 20

microcosm

Answer 20

a small place, society, or situation that has the same characteristics of something much larger

Question 21

insatiable

Answer 21

impossible to satisfy