Vocab 57-88

Question 1

Fatalistic

Answer 1

Characteristic of the notion that all things are controlled by fate and thus beyond human influence; willing to accept every event as inevitable;

Question 2

galvanize

Answer 2

to startle (electrically) into action; to excite; to spur

Question 3

sagacity

Answer 3

the quality of wisdom and good judgement; the type of wisdom that comes with age and experience

Question 4

tenacity

Answer 4

the quality of holding on firmly, as to beliefs or long-range goals; persistent toughness

Question 5

embellish

Answer 5

to add to; to ornament, improve, or enhance

Question 6

extraneous

Answer 6

coming from without or existing on the outside; not an essential part of; not pertinent or relevant

Question 7

extrovert

Answer 7

a person much interested in the external world; outgoing

Question 8

interlude

Answer 8

a brief period between events of greater significance, as a minor entertainment between halves of an athletic contest

Question 9

introspection

Answer 9

a looking into one’s own thoughts and feelings

Question 10

introvert

Answer 10

a person greatly occupied with inner thoughts and feelings

Question 11

civility

Answer 11

politeness; a courteous act, gesture, or statement

Question 12

feckless

Answer 12

without vitality or purpose; careless, irresponsible, or ineffectual; feeble

Question 13

futility

Answer 13

the condition or quality of hopelessness or uselessness; a useless act or gesture

Question 14

hapless

Answer 14

without much luck; unfortunate, as if by nature

Question 15

jocose

Answer 15

given to good-natured joking; playful, merry, and humorous

Question 16

morose

Answer 16

sullen, gloomy, fretful, peevish, and generally unpleasant

Question 17

eccentric

Answer 17

out of center; odd, unusual, strange; a person who consistently exhibits unconventional behavior

Question 18

eclectic

Answer 18

drawing from the best of several methods, instead of one; a person who does this

Question 19

effervescent

Answer 19

bubbling over; as with high liveliness and optimism

Question 20

efficacious

Answer 20

producing or resulting in the desired effect; effective

Question 21

eradicate

Answer 21

to root out; to get rid of, uproot, or destroy completely

Question 22

exhume

Answer 22

to take out of the ground; to disinter; to bring light to, reveal, uncover

Question 23

contrition

Answer 23

the feeling of sorrow and remorse resulting from having done something wrong

Question 24

grotesque

Answer 24

unnaturally strange and bizarre; markedly different from that which is considered normal and natural

Question 25

indelible

Answer 25

that which can not be removed, washed away, or erased

Question 26

intangible

Answer 26

not able to be touched, seen, or easily defined; not concrete

Question 27

laudable

Answer 27

worthy of praise, commendable

Question 28

statuesque

Answer 28

like a statue, thus possessing a well-proportioned and graceful physical appearance

Question 29

illuminate

Answer 29

to give light, to light up; to instruct or inform

Question 30

imminent

Answer 30

likely to occur at any moment; threatening

Question 31

impale

Answer 31

to torture; to piercer with something pointed

Question 32

incarnate

Answer 32

literally, in the flesh, and thus in bodily form