Semester two; vocab #1

Question 1

Assiduous

Answer 1

showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application.

Question 2

Condescending

Answer 2

showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people

Question 3

Disdain

Answer 3

to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself

Question 4

Extenuating

Answer 4

acting to excuse something bad or causing something bad to be judged less seriously

Question 5

Facetious

Answer 5

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

Question 6

Inconsequential

Answer 6

not important; able to be ignored

Question 7

Novice

Answer 7

a person who is new to or inexperienced in a certain task, situation, etc; beginner

Question 8

Querulous

Answer 8

often complaining, especially in a weak high voice

Question 9

Spurious

Answer 9

not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit

Question 10

Winsome

Answer 10

attractive and pleasing, with simple qualities, sometimes like those a child has