Vocab List 15

Question 1

Abjure

Answer 1

V- To reject (something) formally

Question 2

Burnish

Answer 2

V- To make (something, such as metal or leather) smooth and shiny by rubbing it

Question 3

Cajole

Answer 3

V- To persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making promises or saying nice things

Question 4

Diaphanous

Answer 4

Adj- Used to describe cloth that is very thin and light

Question 5

Effulgent

Answer 5

N- Radiant splendor: brilliance

Question 6

Fetid

Answer 6

Adj- Having a strong, unpleasant smell

Question 7

Grandiloquence

Answer 7

N- A lofty, extravagantly, colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language

Question 8

Impetuous

Answer 8

Adj- Acting ro done quickly and without though: controlled by emotion rather than thought

Question 9

Jubilant

Answer 9

Adj- Feeling or expressing great joy: very happy

Question 10

Legerdemain

Answer 10

N- Skill in using your hands to perform magic tricks

Question 11

Maudlin

Answer 11

Adj- Showing or expressing too much emotion especially in a foolish or annoying way

Question 12

Nascent

Answer 12

Adj- Beginning to exist: recently formed or developed

Question 13

Obstreperous

Answer 13

Adj- Difficult to control and often noisy

Question 14

Panacea

Answer 14

N- Something that will make everything about a situation better

Question 15

Proclivity

Answer 15

N- A strong natural liking for something that is usually bad: a tendency to do something that is usually bad

Question 16

Quixotic

Answer 16

Adj- Hopeful or romantic in a way that is not practical

Question 17

Scurrilous

Answer 17

Adj- Said or done unfairly to make people have a bad opinion of someone

Question 18

Tantamount

Answer 18

Adj- Equal to something in value, meaning, or effect

Question 19

Ubiquitous

Answer 19

Adj- Seeming to be seen everywhere

Question 20

Verdant

Answer 20

Adj- Green with growing plants

Question 21

Vitriolic

Answer 21

Adj- (n def) Harsh and angry words

Question 22

Wistful

Answer 22

Adj- Having or showing sad thoughts and feelings about something that you want to have or do and especially about something that made you happy in the past