Vocab List 1

Question 0

Inscrutable

Answer 0

adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding

Question 1

Insatiable

Answer 1

adj. unable to be satisfied

Question 2

Insidious

Answer 2

adj. working secretly or slyly

Question 3

Inveigh

Answer 3

v. to speak angrily or bitterly

Question 4

Ire

Answer 4

n. anger

Question 5

Irksome

Answer 5

adj. tedious, monotonous

Question 6

Itinerant

Answer 6

adj. traveling about; wandering

Question 7

Kaleidoscopic

Answer 7

adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes

Question 8

Ken

Answer 8

n. range of sight or understanding

Question 9

Labyrinth

Answer 9

n. a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost

Question 10

Lachrymose

Answer 10

adj. causing or given to shedding tears

Question 11

Laconic

Answer 11

adj. saying much in few words

Question 12

Larceny

Answer 12

n. theft

Question 13

Lavish

Answer 13

adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance

Question 14

Low

Answer 14

v. to bellow softly like cattle

Question 15

Ludicrous

Answer 15

adj. ridiculous; producing laughter

Question 16

Machiavellian

Answer 16

adj. sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning

Question 17

Maudlin

Answer 17

adj. sentimental to the point of tears

Question 18

Meretricious

Answer 18

adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner

Question 19

Mettle

Answer 19

n. disposition; spirit

Question 20

Microcosm

Answer 20

n. a little world, or a universe in miniature