Vocab 2.7

Question 1

blathering

Answer 1

engaging in or characterized by foolish, nonsensical talking or writing

Question 2

appalled

Answer 2

affected by strong feelings of shock or dismay

Question 3

dislodge

Answer 3

to force out of a secure or settled position

Question 4

privation

Answer 4

lack of what is needed for existence

Question 5

imbecile

Answer 5

foolish or stupid person

Question 6

insinuate

Answer 6

to suggest something in an artful and indirect way

Question 7

prerogative

Answer 7

a discretionary power or special right to have/do something

Question 8

rummage

Answer 8

to engage in undirected or haphazard search

Question 9

vacuous

Answer 9

marked by lack of ideas or intelligence, inane

Question 10

cringe

Answer 10

to recoil in distaste, or shrink in fear

Question 11

tauten

Answer 11

to make taut/tightly drawn

Question 12

conciliating

Answer 12

to reconcile, make compatible

Question 13

magnanimous

Answer 13

nobility of feeling and generosity of mind

Question 14

incredulous

Answer 14

unwilling to accept or admit that something offered is true

Question 15

dally

Answer 15

to waste time

Question 16

effeminate

Answer 16

having feminine qualities untypical of a man

Question 17

cretin

Answer 17

stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person

Question 18

affectation

Answer 18

unnatural form of behavior assumed to impress others

Question 19

mollify

Answer 19

to soothe in temper or disposition

Question 20

indefatigable

Answer 20

incapable of being fatigued