vocab review

Question 1

Ominous

Answer 1

(adj) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

Question 2

Rampant

Answer 2

(adj) growing without check, running wild

Question 3

Solace

Answer 3

(n) comfort, relief: (v) to comfort, console

Question 4

Supple

Answer 4

(adj) bending easily, bending with agility, readily adaptable

Question 5

Suppress

Answer 5

(v) to stop by force, put down

Question 6

Abhor

Answer 6

(v) to regard with horror or clothing, to hate deeply

Question 7

Corrosive

Answer 7

(adj) eating away gradually, acidlike

Question 8

Reprehensible

Answer 8

(adj) deserving blame or punishment

Question 9

Turbulent

Answer 9

(adj) disorderly, riotous, violent

Question 10

Vociferous

Answer 10

(adj) loud and noisy, compelling attention

Question 11

Apathy

Answer 11

(n) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Question 12

Deride

Answer 12

(v) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 13

Ingenuous

Answer 13

(adj) innocent, simple, sincere

Question 14

Quandary

Answer 14

(n) a state of perplecity or doubt

Question 15

Revel

Answer 15

(v) to take great pleasure in: (n) a wild celebration

Question 16

Allocate

Answer 16

(v) to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute

Question 17

Deviate

Answer 17

(v) to turn aside, to stry from a norm ; (n) one who departs from a norm ; (adj) differing from a norm

Question 18

Exult

Answer 18

(v) to rejoice greatly

Question 19

Palatable

Answer 19

(adj) agreeable to the taste of one’s sensibilities

Question 20

Rancor

Answer 20

(n) bitter resentment or ill-will

Question 21

Contentious

Answer 21

(adj) quarellsome, inclined to argue

Question 22

Crestfallen

Answer 22

(adj) discouraged, dejected, downcast

Question 23

Disheveled

Answer 23

(adj) rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder

Question 24

Lamentable

Answer 24

(adj) to be regretted or pitied

Question 25

Sonorous

Answer 25

(adj) full, deep, or rich in sound.