Vocab Study 2

Question 1

friendly, courteous

Answer 1

Affable

Question 2

apart

Answer 2

Aloof

Question 3

Strong disinclination, disliking

Answer 3

Aversion

Question 4

common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

Answer 4

Banal

Question 5

changing suddenly, fickle

Answer 5

Capricious

Question 6

Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

Answer 6

Contrite

Question 7

to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

Answer 7

Dawdle

Question 8

to weaken, to enfeeble, to sap energy

Answer 8

Debilitate

Question 9

to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner

Answer 9

Disparage

Question 10

strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

Answer 10

Dogmatic

Question 11

reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme

Answer 11

Fastidious

Question 12

irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross

Answer 12

Irascible

Question 13

to praise, to extol

Answer 13

Laud

Question 14

not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand

Answer 14

Opaque

Question 15

showy, pretentious

Answer 15

Ostentatious

Question 16

wasteful, a person given to exravagance

Answer 16

Prodigal

Question 17

abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity

Answer 17

Prolific

Question 18

restrained in speech, reluctant to speak

Answer 18

Reticent

Question 19

overly submissive

Answer 19

Servile

Question 20

beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

Answer 20

Superfluous