Vocab 1

Question 1

Noun

The state of being fertile or fruitful

Answer 1

Fecundity

Question 2

Adjective

Clear, easily understandable

Answer 2

Lucid

Question 3

Noun

believability, reasonableness

Answer 3

Plausibility

Question 4

Adjective

Deeply affecting, moving

Answer 4

Poignant

Question 5

Adjective

Diversified, distinctly marked (as with colors)

Answer 5

Variegated

Question 6

Noun

Placing something at a time different than its own historical time; an error in chronology

Answer 6

Anachronism

Question 7

Adjective

Abandoned or rundown

Answer 7

Derelict

Question 8

Noun

Self satisfied ignorance of danger

Answer 8

Complacency

Question 9

Adjective

Incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech

Answer 9

Inarticulate

Question 10

Verb

Directly announce or suggest

Answer 10

Intimate

Question 11

Adjective

Deserted, dreary, lifeless

Answer 11

Desolate

Question 12

Noun

Confusion

Answer 12

Perplexity

Question 13

Noun

A mark or trace of something lost or vanished

Answer 13

Vestige

Question 14

Noun

A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something

Answer 14

Diminution

Question 15

Adjective

Proceeding in a gradual perhaps appealing way but with harmful effects

Answer 15

Insidious

Question 16

Noun

Feeling of wanting to do something; tendency to do something: syn- won’t

Answer 16

Inclination

Question 17

Adjective

Unending

Answer 17

Incessant

Question 18

Adjective

Ghastly, sensational

Answer 18

Lurid

Question 19

Adjective

Moving in waves

Answer 19

Undulating

Question 20

Noun

and apparently contradictory statement that is perhaps true

Answer 20

Paradox