Vocab Week 6

Question 0

Meritorious

Answer 0

deserving reward or praise.

Question 1

Tenebrous

Answer 1

dark; shadowy or obscure.

Question 2

Audacious

Answer 2

Daring

Question 3

Aberrant

Answer 3

departing from an accepted standard.

synonyms:

Question 4

Xenophobic

Answer 4

intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

Question 5

Chauvinistic

Answer 5

feeling or displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism.

Question 6

Lurid

Answer 6

causing horror or revulsion

very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.

(of a description) presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of crimes or sexual matters.

Question 7

Celestial

Answer 7

belonging or relating to heaven.

Question 8

Craven

Answer 8

contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.

Question 9

Embittered

Answer 9

give a sharp or pungent taste or smell to.

cause (someone) to feel bitter or resentful.

Question 10

Illusory

Answer 10

Based on illusion; not real

Question 11

Vituperative

Answer 11

bitter and abusive.

Question 12

Arcane

Answer 12

Mysterious or secret

Question 13

Pejorative

Answer 13

expressing contempt or disapproval.

Question 14

Pragmatic

Answer 14

dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

Question 15

Derisive

Answer 15

Expressing contempt or ridicule

Mocking, snide

Question 16

Boorish

Answer 16

Rough and bad mannered; coarse

Question 17

Surreptitious

Answer 17

kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

Question 18

Ascetic

Answer 18

characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
Self-abnegating

Question 19

Crass

Answer 19

lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence.