Vocab 81-120

Question 1

fatuity

Answer 1

foolishness; complacent stupidity

Question 2

voluptuous

Answer 2

pleasing to the five senses; indulging in pleasure

Question 3

seductive

Answer 3

enticing, captivating, leading astray

Question 4

aureole

Answer 4

halo

Question 5

skeptic

Answer 5

doubter; one who suspects the validity of something

Question 6

morbid

Answer 6

gloomy, in a diseased mental state; unhealthily obsessed with death

Question 7

enigmatic

Answer 7

perplexing, mysterious

Question 8

incongruous

Answer 8

not harmonious, inappropriate

Question 9

provocative

Answer 9

tending to incite, irritate, or anger

Question 10

fatality

Answer 10

governed by destiny, and capable of causing death and ruin
Synonym: mortality

Question 11

dispossessed

Answer 11

deprived of some kind of real of symbolic property (such as social standing or identity)
Synonym: rejected, spurned

Question 12

figment

Answer 12

a fabrication of the imagination, an arbitrary notion

Question 13

emaciated

Answer 13

made thin, as by starvation or illness

Question 14

alienated

Answer 14

to cause (someone previously friendly or affectionate) to become unfriendly or indifferent.
Synonym: estrange

Question 15

sophistry

Answer 15

a plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
Synonym: speciousness

Question 16

incongruous

Answer 16

not harmonious; made up of disparate, inappropriate, or discordant parts.
Synonym: inconsistent

Question 17

inarticulate

Answer 17

unable to speak with clarity or eloquence
Synonym: speechless

Question 18

perceptive

Answer 18

keen in discernment, understanding, and knowing
Synonym: sensitive

Question 19

enervated

Answer 19

weakened, deprived of strength or vitality
Synonym: debilitated

Question 20

dissonance

Answer 20

harsh disagreement between strongly opposed and incongruous positions
Synonym: clash

Question 21

defiant

Answer 21

inclined to resolutely resist opposing force or authority
Synonym: challenging

Question 22

anguish

Answer 22

agonizing physical or mental pain
Synonym: torment

Question 23

honor

Answer 23

to show respect and esteem for; to conger distinction upon
Synonym: reverence, homage, veneration, deference

Question 24

self-respect

Answer 24

appropriate regard for oneself, one’s character, and one’s conduct
Synonym: self-esteem

Question 25

corrupt

Answer 25

decaying, contaminated, dishonest Synonym: depraved

Question 26

non-committal

Answer 26

refusing to pledge oneself to any particular course of action or opinion Synonym: reserved

Question 27

predicament

Answer 27

a problematic situation demanding rational consideration involving a difficult decision about which one does not know what to do Synonym: plight, dilemma, quandary

Question 28

somber

Answer 28

gloomy, melancholy, dark Synonym: dismal

Question 29

guile

Answer 29

insidious treacherous cunning, craftiness Synonym: subterfuge

Question 30

duplicitous

Answer 30

deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech Synonym: double-dealing

Question 31

insistent

Answer 31

demanding notice Synonym: pertinacious

Question 32

mendacious

Answer 32

lying, untruthful Synonym: deceitful

Question 33

manipulative

Answer 33

shrewdly and deviously managing another person especially for one's own advantage

Question 34

denigration

Answer 34

belittling or calumniating the character or reputation of someone Synonym: defamation

Question 35

disparagement

Answer 35

reducing in dignity, esteem or rank Synonym: derogation, detraction

Question 36

ceremonial

Answer 36

done with strict attention to politeness and ritual Synonym: formal

Question 37

ludicrous

Answer 37

laughable and subject to scorn, through obvious absurdity or incongruity

Question 38

self-dramatizing

Answer 38

to present the self to others in an emphatic and self-indulgent way in an effort to attract attention, even negative attention

Question 39

empathetic

Answer 39

having intimate understanding so that one has a conscious involvement, akin to vicarious identification, in the thoughts, feeling, and motives of another Synonym: pity, compassion, sympathy

Question 40

degrade

Answer 40

reducing in worth or standing; exposing to contempt, dishonor or disgrace Synonym: demean, humble, humiliate, abase