vocab peters 4 new

Question 1

to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor; to dislike strongly

Answer 1

ABOMINATE

Question 2

exact opposite; contrast

Answer 2

ANTITHESIS

Question 3

assurance, poise, confidence

Answer 3

APLOMB

Question 4

a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill

Answer 4

CHARLATAN

Question 5

fond of good company; social; lively; sociable

Answer 5

CONVIVIAL

Question 6

: passing from one thing to another in an aimless way; disconnected; disorderly; haphazard

Answer 6

DESULTORY

Question 7

material generated from different sources, ideas and styles.

Answer 7

ECLECTIC

Question 8

lively, high-spirited; vivacious

Answer 8

EFFERVESCENT

Question 9

filled with love and desire; captivate

Answer 9

ENAMORED

Question 10

tending to pass away or fade from sight like mist or smoke; impression or appearance quickly fading or fleeting

Answer 10

EVANESCENT

Question 11

shameful; disgraceful; humiliating

Answer 11

IGNOMINIOUS

Question 12

unskilled; wrong in a foolish and awkward way

Answer 12

INEPTITUDE

Question 13

lacking flavor; tasteless; not exciting; dull and lifeless

Answer 13

INSIPID

Question 14

placing side by side in order to compare or contrast

Answer 14

JUXTAPOSE

Question 15

elaborately cunning, scheming, deceitful, unscrupulous, trick people into what you want them to do

Answer 15

MACHIAVELLIAN

Question 16

open to discussion or argument

Answer 16

MOOT

Question 17

a person regarded as smugly narrow and conventional in views, tastes; lacking in or indifferent to culture

Answer 17

PHILISTINE

Question 18

the putting together of parts or elements as to form a whole; combining, merging

Answer 18

SYNTHESIS

Question 19

polite and courteous in a smooth, polished way; refined and suave

Answer 19

URBANE

Question 20

to live an uneventful or monotonous life; to spend time lazily or passively

Answer 20

VEGETATE