Vocab week 7

Question 1

queue

Answer 1

(n) a series of persons or things arranged one behind the other

Question 2

prolong

Answer 2

(v) to make longer

Question 3

placid

Answer 3

(adj) calm, peaceful (The placid lake surface was as smooth as glass.)

Question 4

prosaic

Answer 4

(adj) ordinary, plain, lacking liveliness (Heather’s prosaic recital of the poem bored the audience.)

Question 5

ravenous

Answer 5

(adj) very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

Question 6

rigor

Answer 6

(adj) a challenge, difficulty, or severity

Question 7

rectitude

Answer 7

(n) the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure, moral integrity (The priest’s rectitude gave him the moral authority to counsel his parishioners.)

Question 8

scuttle

Answer 8

(n) a quick shuffling pace

Question 9

somnolent

Answer 9

(adj.) sleepy, drowsy (The somnolent student kept falling asleep and waking
up with a jerk.)

Question 10

salient

Answer 10

(adj) standing out conspicuously (One of the salient differences between Alison and Nancy is that Alison is a foot taller.)