vocab test 2

Question 1

clime

Answer 1

climate (noun)

Question 2

jocund

Answer 2

cheerful, lighthearted (adj)

Question 3

sinew

Answer 3

tissue or ligament (noun)

Question 4

complaisance

Answer 4

to please or comply (noun)

Question 5

vale

Answer 5

valley (noun)

Question 6

symmetry

Answer 6

balanced proportions (noun)

Question 7

countenance

Answer 7

look, expression (noun)

Question 8

fastidious

Answer 8

extreme attention to detail (adj)

Question 9

deign

Answer 9

to not bother to do something or not stoop so low (verb)

Question 10

impropriety

Answer 10

being improper (noun)

Question 11

pedantic

Answer 11

dull, boring (adj)

Question 12

affront

Answer 12

an insult (noun)

Question 13

caprice

Answer 13

a sudden, impulsive action (noun)

Question 14

mien

Answer 14

demeanor, apperance (noun)

Question 15

felicity

Answer 15

great happiness (noun)

Question 16

vex

Answer 16

to annoy or irritate (verb)

Question 17

supercilious

Answer 17

behaving or looking as though superior to others (adj)

Question 18

assiduous

Answer 18

showing great care and attention to detail (adj)

Question 19

indolent

Answer 19

lazy (adj)

Question 20

pecuniary

Answer 20

relating to or consisting of money (adj)

Question 21

vivacity

Answer 21

high spirits, liveliness (noun)

Question 22

effusive

Answer 22

expression of great excessive emotion pr enthusiasim (adj)

Question 23

alacrity

Answer 23

a quick cheerful readiness to do something (noun)

Question 24

approbation

Answer 24

approval or praise (noun)

Question 25

licentious

Answer 25

lacking legal or moral restraints, espcially of a sexual nature (adj)

Question 26

chargrin

Answer 26

a feeling or vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation (noun)

Question 27

petulance

Answer 27

a irritable temper (noun)

Question 28

repine

Answer 28

to feel or express dejection or discontent, complain (verb)

Question 29

duplicity

Answer 29

deceitfulness; the act of intentionally misleading (noun)

Question 30

acrimony

Answer 30

bitterness or ill feeling (noun)

Question 31

rapacity

Answer 31

the quality of being excessively grasping, greedy or covetous (noun)

Question 32

imprudent

Answer 32

lacing good judgement unwise by failing to consider the consequences of your actions (adj)