Vocab 6

Question 1

Puerile

Answer 1

Juvenile

Question 2

Umbrage

Answer 2

Offense annoyance displeasure

Question 3

Ephemeral

Answer 3

Lasting a very short time

Question 4

Blasphemy

Answer 4

Irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred

Question 5

Droll

Answer 5

Amusing in an odd way whimsically humorous

Question 6

Taciturn

Answer 6

Temperamentally disinclined to talk

Question 7

Stentorian

Answer 7

Extremely loud

Question 8

Enervate

Answer 8

To deprive of force or strength

Question 9

Wry

Answer 9

Twisted, bent crooked

Question 10

moot

Answer 10

Open to discussion or debate

Question 11

Dogma

Answer 11

A system of principles or tenets

Question 12

Demure

Answer 12

Modest and reserved in manner or behavior

Question 13

Coterie

Answer 13

A group of people who associate closely

Question 14

Turgid

Answer 14

swollen, distended, bloated

Question 15

Antebellum

Answer 15

Belonging to the period before a war

Question 16

Sublime

Answer 16

Elevated or lofty in thought and language

Question 17

Livid

Answer 17

Very angry or in raged

Question 18

Dissipation

Answer 18

A wasting by misuse or mental distraction

Question 19

Loquacious

Answer 19

Talking or tending to talk much or freely

Question 20

Extricate

Answer 20

To free or release from entanglement

Question 21

Dissemble

Answer 21

To give a false or misleading appearance

Question 22

Rankle

Answer 22

To cause persistent irritation or resentment

Question 23

Aplomb

Answer 23

Complete and confident composure or self-assurance

Question 24

Officious

Answer 24

Volunteering one services where they are neither asked nor needed

Question 25

Sanguine

Answer 25

Marked by cheerfulness and optimism

Question 26

Enthrall

Answer 26

To captivate or charm

Question 27

Travesty

Answer 27

Literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject

Question 28

Histrionic

Answer 28

Overly dramatic in behavior or speech

Question 29

Denigrate

Answer 29

To speak damagingly of

Question 30

Ennui

Answer 30

A feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of content