Vocab Unit 8

Question 0

Glib

Answer 0

Artfully persuasive in speech; having only superficial plausibility; marked by lack of intellectual depth

Articulate

Question 1

Glean

Answer 1

Gather, as of natural products, to pick over in search of relevant materials

Accumulate

Question 2

Gluttony

Answer 2

Eating to excess; habitual eating to excess

Gorge

Question 3

Grandiose

Answer 3

Impressive because if unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

Extravagant

Question 4

Gratuitous

Answer 4

Without cause; unnecessary and unwarranted; costing nothing

Complimentary

Question 5

Gregarious

Answer 5

Enjoying of other people’s company or discourse

Convivial

Question 6

Grotto

Answer 6

A small cave

Chamber

Question 7

Guile

Answer 7

Use if tricks to deceive someone; the quality of being deceitful

Cunning

Question 8

Gullible

Answer 8

Easily tricked because you are too trusting; naive and easily deceived or tricked

Trusting

Question 9

Gusto

Answer 9

Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

Delight

Question 10

Hackneyed

Answer 10

Repeated too often; over familiar through over use

Cliché

Question 11

Harbinger

Answer 11

(Noun) a indication of the approach of something or someone
(Verb) to foreshadow or presage

Omen

Question 12

Haughty

Answer 12

Blatantly and disdainfully proud

Arrogant

Question 13

Hefty

Answer 13

Of considerable weight and size; large in amount or extent or degree, rugged and powerful

Bulky

Question 14

Hiatus

Answer 14

A missing piece; an interruption in time

Pause

Question 15

Hideous

Answer 15

So extremely ugly as to be terrifying; grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

Horrendous

Question 16

Hilarity

Answer 16

Great merriment or enjoyment

Amusement

Question 17

Hinder

Answer 17

Put at a disadvantage

Obstruct

Question 18

Hone

Answer 18

Make perfect or complete

Sharpen

Question 19

Humane

Answer 19

Marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

Compassionate