Vocab

Question 1

Prodigality

Answer 1

Excessive or extravagant spending

Question 2

Rotogravure

Answer 2

A printing system using a rotary

Question 3

Erroneous

Answer 3

Wrong; Incorrect

Question 4

Somnambulatory

Answer 4

Relating to sleepwalking

Question 5

Laudable

Answer 5

Worthy of praise

Question 6

Effeminate

Answer 6

Having feminine qualities; not manly

Question 7

Turgid

Answer 7

Excessively embellished; pretentious; grandiose

Question 8

Debauchee

Answer 8

Someone addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

Question 9

Pap

Answer 9

Food OR an idea lacking quality

Question 10

Dilatory

Answer 10

Tending or inclined to waste time

Question 11

Contingency

Answer 11

A possible but unlikely future event; eventuality; possibility

Question 12

Portentous

Answer 12

Of ominous significance; foreboding; ominous

Question 13

Rancor

Answer 13

Resentfulness or hostility; spite

Question 14

Expostulation

Answer 14

Expressing earnest opposition or protest

Question 15

Fractiousness

Answer 15

The tendency to be troublesome and quarrelsome; unruly

Question 16

Peremptory

Answer 16

Leaving no opportunity for opposition; Assertive and demanding

Question 17

Meretricious

Answer 17

Attractive but having no value; artificial

Question 18

Denizen

Answer 18

A person who frequently inhabits a place; local

Question 19

Strident

Answer 19

Loud and harsh

Question 20

Din

Answer 20

A loud continued noise