Vocab Group 2

Question 0

Accolade (n)

Answer 0

an expression of praise

Question 1

Abate (v)

Answer 1

To lessen in intensity or degree

Question 2

Adulation (n)

Answer 2

Excessive praise; intense adoration

Question 3

Ameliorate (v)

Answer 3

To make better or more tolerable

Question 4

Ascetic (n)

Answer 4

One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

Question 5

Avarice (n)

Answer 5

Greed, especially for wealth

Question 6

Burgeon (v)

Answer 6

To grow rapidly; flourish

Question 7

Bucolic (adj)

Answer 7

Rustic and pastoral

Question 8

Castigation (n)

Answer 8

Severe criticism or punishment

Question 9

Chary (adj)

Answer 9

Wary; sparing

Question 10

Cogent (adj)

Answer 10

Convincing (in mind or reason)

Question 11

Dearth (n)

Answer 11

Smallness of quantity; scarcity; lack

Question 12

Demur (v)

Answer 12

To question or oppose

Question 13

Didactic (adj)

Answer 13

Intending to teach or instruct

Question 14

Disinterested (adj)

Answer 14

Free of bias or self interest; impartial

Question 15

Ebullience (n)

Answer 15

The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Question 16

Elegy (n)

Answer 16

Mournful poem

Question 17

Ephemeral (adj)

Answer 17

Brief; fleeting

Question 18

Facetious (adj)

Answer 18

Playful; humorous

Question 19

Harangue (v/n)

Answer 19

To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; the pompous speech

Question 20

Impecunious (adj)

Answer 20

Lacking funds; without money

Question 21

Incipient (adj)

Answer 21

Beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 22

Intransigent (adj)

Answer 22

Refusing to compromise

Question 23

Inveigle (v)

Answer 23

To obtain by deception or flattery

Question 24

Odious (adj)

Answer 24

Evoking intense aversion/dislike

Question 25

Penurious (adj)

Answer 25

Penny-pinching

Question 26

Preen (v)

Answer 26

To dress up; primp

Question 27

Prolific (adj)

Answer 27

Producing large volumes or amounts; productive

Question 28

Quaff (v)

Answer 28

To drink deeply

Question 29

Quiescence (n)

Answer 29

Stillness, being at rest

Question 30

Redoubtable (adj)

Answer 30

Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

Question 31

Supplant (v)

Answer 31

To take the place of; to supersede

Question 32

Torpid (adj)

Answer 32

Lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n form: torpor)

Question 33

Urbane (adj)

Answer 33

Sophisticated; refined; elegant

Question 34

Vilify (v)

Answer 34

To defame; to characterize harshly