vocab 15

Question 1

ascribed

Answer 1

given as a reason for something

Question 2

asperity

Answer 2

harshness or severity of tone

Question 3

aspersion

Answer 3

a slanderous remark against someone’s character

Question 4

assay

Answer 4

an examination and analysis of something

Question 5

bore

Answer 5

dig, deep hole into something

Question 6

brio

Answer 6

lively, vigor

Question 7

conflate

Answer 7

mix things together

Question 8

congruent

Answer 8

in agreement, corresponding to or consistent with each other

Question 9

diffident

Answer 9

shy and lacking self confidence

Question 10

dilettante

Answer 10

someone who studies a subject in superficial way

Question 11

du jour

Answer 11

of the day, latest

Question 12

epoch

Answer 12

significant period of history

Question 13

epochal

Answer 13

significant

Question 14

foible

Answer 14

an idiosyncrasy or small weakness

Question 15

glib

Answer 15

nonchalant, showing little forethought or preparation

Question 16

gore

Answer 16

to pierce ot wound

Question 17

green

Answer 17

inexperienced, youthful, immature

Question 18

impugn

Answer 18

to criticize

Question 19

ineffability

Answer 19

the inability to express something in words

Question 20

inexorable

Answer 20

unstoppable, not moved by anyone’s attempt to persuade

Question 21

intolerable

Answer 21

so bad, difficult, or painful that it cannot be endured

Question 22

keen

Answer 22

sensitive to changes

Question 23

lassitude

Answer 23

state of weariness accompanied by apathy

Question 24

martinet

Answer 24

strict disciplinarian

Question 25

mercenary

Answer 25

soldier fighting for money, someone who workds only for personal gain

Question 26

obsequies

Answer 26

funeral or burial rites

Question 27

obstinate

Answer 27

stubborn, unwilling to change

Question 28

obtrusive

Answer 28

annoying, force opinions

Question 29

penultimate

Answer 29

second to lastp

Question 30

enurious

Answer 30

having very little money

Question 31

perambulate

Answer 31

to walk about a place

Question 32

perception

Answer 32

observation, attitude or understanding

Question 33

proclivity

Answer 33

natural tendency, penchant

Question 34

quiescent

Answer 34

inactive, at rest

Question 35

quintessence

Answer 35

purest or most perfect exampler

Question 36

aillery

Answer 36

good humored teasing

Question 37

rapacious

Answer 37

greedy

Question 38

recidivism

Answer 38

tendency to relpase into a previous undesirable behaviour

Question 39

recondite

Answer 39

dealing with material that requires specific knowledge to understand

Question 40

requisition

Answer 40

a formal demand for something that is needed

Question 41

sardonic

Answer 41

disdainfully or cynically mocking

Question 42

saturated

Answer 42

soaked with a liquid, completely full

Question 43

scion

Answer 43

younger member of family

Question 44

sententious

Answer 44

full of aphorisms; inclined to moralize more than is appreciated

Question 45

sidle

Answer 45

move sideways; move secretly

Question 46

temperate

Answer 46

mild in behavior

Question 47

tempoeral

Answer 47

temporary

Question 48

vestige

Answer 48

trace or sign of something now missing

Question 49

vulnerability

Answer 49

being open to attack; physically or psychologically weak

Question 50

wraith

Answer 50

ghostly apparition