Vocab

Question 1

Dilettante

Answer 1

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

Question 2

Discern

Answer 2

To perceive; to recognize

Question 3

Decorum

Answer 3

behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

Question 4

Dissemble

Answer 4

To present a false appearance to disguise ones real intentions

Question 5

Dogmatic

Answer 5

strong expression of opinions as if they were facts

Question 6

Dupe

Answer 6

To deceive

Question 7

Disparate

Answer 7

different; entirely unlike

Question 8

Dogma

Answer 8

firmly held opinion; often a religious belief

Question 9

Dissonance

Answer 9

harsh and disagreeable combination; often in sounds

Question 10

Engender

Answer 10

To produce, cause , or bring about

Question 11

Enervate

Answer 11

To reduce in strength

Question 12

Emulate

Answer 12

To copy; to try to equal or excel

Question 13

Eclectic

Answer 13

selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

Question 14

Elegy

Answer 14

a sorrowful poem or speech

Question 15

Eloquent

Answer 15

persuasive and moving, especially in speech

Question 16

Convoluted

Answer 16

complex and difficult to follow

Question 17

Dilatory

Answer 17

intended to delay

Question 18

Credulous

Answer 18

too trusting; gullible

Question 19

Desultory

Answer 19

Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

Question 20

Deride

Answer 20

To mock

Question 21

Assuage

Answer 21

To make something unpleasant less severe

Question 22

Disabuse

Answer 22

to set right; to free from error