Vocab lessons 8-11

Question 0

conformity to accept standards of conduct; proper behavior

Answer 0

Decorum

Question 1

To lessen in violence or intensity

Answer 1

Abate

Question 2

To detest; to hate strongly

Answer 2

Abhor

Question 3

To distribute; to give out sparingly

Answer 3

Dole

Question 4

The whole range or extent

Answer 4

Gamut

Question 5

One who is outgoing; one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others

Answer 5

Extrovert

Question 6

Amusing in an odd or whimsical way

Answer 6

Droll

Question 7

Intentional deceit in speech or conduct

Answer 7

Duplicity

Question 8

A crude dummy or image representing a hated person or group

Answer 8

Effigy

Question 9

Stern;severe;plain

Answer 9

Austere

Question 10

To strive to be equal to; to imitate

Answer 10

Emulate

Question 11

Sere

Answer 11

Dry and withered

Question 12

To increase the value or beauty of something

Answer 12

Enhance

Question 13

Feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

Answer 13

Contrite

Question 14

Noble; generous and forgiving; free from Petty feelings or ask

Answer 14

magnanimous

Question 15

To state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce

Answer 15

Enunciate

Question 16

To work with another toward a goal

Answer 16

Collaborate

Question 17

To confine; to retain in legal custody

Answer 17

Impound

Question 18

Faultless; without sin or blemish

Answer 18

Impeccable

Question 19

To summon forth

Answer 19

Evoke

Question 20

Without sense or meaning; silly

Answer 20

Inane

Question 21

Exaggeratedly or insincerely polite

Answer 21

Unctuous

Question 22

Someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country

Answer 22

Expatriate

Question 23

Unkempt

Answer 23

Frowzy

Question 24

Hatefully or shockingly evil

Answer 24

Heinous

Question 25

To explain in detail, to clarify

Answer 25

Expound

Question 26

To persuade with false promises and flattery

Answer 26

Cajole

Question 27

Not easily understood; hard to fathom

Answer 27

Inscrutable

Question 28

To refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on

Answer 28

Balk

Question 29

Ill natured bitter hostility

Answer 29

Acrimony

Question 30

Stern and ill humored

Answer 30

Dour

Question 31

To rejoice; to feel triumphant

Answer 31

Exult

Question 32

Having unlimited knowledge; all-knowing

Answer 32

omniscient

Question 33

Reasonable; capable of being carried out

Answer 33

Feasible

Question 34

a complete ridiculous failure

Answer 34

Fiasco

Question 35

The work one is especially suited for; one specialty; an occupation

Answer 35

Métier

Question 36

To rise and fall; to vary irregularly

Answer 36

Fluctuate

Question 37

To annoy or harass

Answer 37

Harry

Question 38

Disguised ;pretending not to be oneself

Answer 38

Incognito

Question 39

Lack of energy; sluggishness

Answer 39

Lethargy

Question 40

A letter or literary composition in letter form

Answer 40

Epistle

Question 41

Enthusiastic; extremely interested

Answer 41

Avid

Question 42

An irritating and persistent person

Answer 42

Gadfly

Question 43

Absence of vanity; humbleness

Answer 43

Humility

Question 44

exhibiting sorrow or pain

Answer 44

Dolorous

Question 45

Of huge or extraordinary size and power

Answer 45

Gargantuan

Question 46

Difficult; requiring much effort

Answer 46

Arduous

Question 47

Friendly; agreeable; easy to talk to

Answer 47

Affable

Question 48

Pompous or high flown in speech

Answer 48

Grandiloquent

Question 49

concerning farms farmers or the use of land

Answer 49

Agrarian

Question 50

A facial expression of fear disapproval or pain

Answer 50

grimace

Question 51

a long strongly expressed speech or lecture

Answer 51

Harangue

Question 52

Arousing fear or awe

Answer 52

Formidable

Question 53

A flatterer; one who funds on others in order to gain favor

Answer 53

Sycophant

Question 54

Clearly and openly stated; leaving nothing to the imagination

Answer 54

Explicit