Vocab 7-9

Question 1

Allay

Answer 1

To calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve

Question 2

Bestial

Answer 2

Beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

Question 3

Convivial

Answer 3

Festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

Question 4

Coterie

Answer 4

A circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

Question 5

Counterpart

Answer 5

A person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

Question 6

Demur

Answer 6

To object or take exception to; an objection

Question 7

Effrontery

Answer 7

Shameless boldness, impudence

Question 8

Embellish

Answer 8

To decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

Question 9

Ephemeral

Answer 9

Lasting only a short time, short-lived

Question 10

Felicitous

Answer 10

Appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

Question 11

Furtive

Answer 11

Done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, shifty; stolen

Question 12

Garish

Answer 12

Glaring; tastelessly showy or over decorated in a vulgar or offensive way

Question 13

Illusory

Answer 13

Misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based in reality

Question 14

Indigent

Answer 14

Needy, impoverished

Question 15

Inordinate

Answer 15

Far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

Question 16

Jettison

Answer 16

To cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

Question 17

Misanthrope

Answer 17

A person who hates or despises people

Question 18

Pertinacious

Answer 18

Very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied

Question 19

Picayune

Answer 19

If little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small minded

Question 20

Raiment

Answer 20

Clothing, garments

Question 21

Allege

Answer 21

To assert without proof or confirmation

Question 22

Arrant

Answer 22

Thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

Question 23

Badinage

Answer 23

Light and playful conversation

Question 24

Conciliate

Answer 24

To overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent

Question 25

Countermand

Answer 25

To cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

Question 26

Echelon

Answer 26

One of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step like formation or arrangement

Question 27

Exacerbate

Answer 27

To make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

Question 28

Fatuous

Answer 28

Silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

Question 29

Irrefutable

Answer 29

Impossible to disprove; beyond argument

Question 30

Juggernaut

Answer 30

A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

Question 31

Lackadaisical

Answer 31

Lacking spirit or interest, halfheartedly

Question 32

Litany

Answer 32

A prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list

Question 33

Macabre

Answer 33

Grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

Question 34

Paucity

Answer 34

An inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

Question 35

Portend

Answer 35

To indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

Question 36

Raze

Answer 36

To tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

Question 37

Recant

Answer 37

To withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

Question 38

Saturate

Answer 38

To soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

Question 39

Saturnine

Answer 39

Of a gloomy or surely disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

Question 40

Slough

Answer 40

To cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; a mire; a state of depression

Question 41

Acclamation

Answer 41

A shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal note of approval

Question 42

Bucolic

Answer 42

Characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral

Question 43

Calumniate

Answer 43

To slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously

Question 44

Chary

Answer 44

Extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow; reserved, diffident

Question 45

Collusion

Answer 45

Secret agreement or cooperation

Question 46

Dilettante

Answer 46

A dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way, superficial

Question 47

Imperturbable

Answer 47

Not easily excited; emotionally steady

Question 48

Increment

Answer 48

An enlargement, increase, addition

Question 49

Mandate

Answer 49

An authoritative command, formal order, authorization, to issue such an order

Question 50

Paltry

Answer 50

Trifling, insignificant; mean, dispicable; inferior, trashy

Question 51

Paroxysm

Answer 51

A sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion

Question 52

Pedantry

Answer 52

A pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details

Question 53

Peregrination

Answer 53

The act if traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country

Question 54

Redolent

Answer 54

Fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to around memories or create an aura

Question 55

Refulgent

Answer 55

Shining, radiant, resplendent

Question 56

Shibboleth

Answer 56

A word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commonplace saying or truism

Question 57

Tyro

Answer 57

A beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill

Question 58

Unremitting

Answer 58

Not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless

Question 59

Vacillate

Answer 59

To swing indecisivelu from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will

Question 60

Vituperative

Answer 60

Harshly abusive, severely scolding