Vocabulario Modulo 2

Question 1

Trepidation

Answer 1

state of fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.

Question 2

Calamity

Answer 2

an event that causes great harm and suffering.

Question 3

Serendipity

Answer 3

lucky finding of valuable or pleasant things by accident.

Question 4

Futile

Answer 4

having no result or effect : pointless or useless

Question 5

Ogled

Answer 5

to look or stare at, in a desirous manner.

Question 6

Prattle

Answer 6

to talk or chatter meaninglessly; babble

Question 7

Harried

Answer 7

feeling the stress of being rushed, overworked, or harassed.

Question 8

Haggled

Answer 8

dispute or bargain persistently in order to agree on a price.

Question 9

Noxious

Answer 9

harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.

Question 10

Toxic

Answer 10

containing poisonous substances.

Question 11

Obnoxious

Answer 11

Unpleasant in a way that makes people feel offended, annoyed, or disgusted.

Question 12

Voluble

Answer 12

Having monetary value.

Question 13

Untenable

Answer 13

Can’t be defend or justified.

Question 14

Refulgent

Answer 14

Shining brightly; radiant; gleaming.

Question 15

Troglodyte

Answer 15

Prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.

Question 16

Mogul

Answer 16

A very wealthy or powerful businessperson.

Question 17

Charlatan

Answer 17

a person who falsely pretends to know or be something in order to deceive people.

Question 18

Pariah

Answer 18

A person who is hated and rejected by other people. (Social outcast)

Question 19

Surpass

Answer 19

To be beyond the limit, powers, or capacity of; transcend.

Question 20

Augment

Answer 20

To increase the size or amount of (something).

Question 21

Truncate

Answer 21

To shorten or reduce.

Question 22

Wallow

Answer 22

To roll the body about or lie relaxed in water or mud.

Question 23

Saporific

Answer 23

Producing or imparting flavor or taste.

Question 24

Flotsam

Answer 24

Floating pieces, parts, etc., from a ship that has been.wrecked

Question 25

Jetsam

Answer 25

Cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress.

Question 26

Soporific

Answer 26

Inducing or tending to induce sleep.

Question 27

Limp

Answer 27

To walk in a slow and awkward way because of an injury to a leg or foot.

Question 28

Limpid

Answer 28

Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid.

Question 29

Vapid

Answer 29

Not lively or interesting : dull or boring.

Question 30

Acephalous

Answer 30

1- Lacking a head or having the head reduced. | 2- Lacking a governing head or chief.

Question 31

Implicit

Answer 31

Implied or understood though not directly expressed.

Question 32

Rectitude

Answer 32

uprightness; righteousness

Question 33

Feigned

Answer 33

The quality of being honest and morally correct.

Question 34

Opprobrious

Answer 34

Taunting or shameful, words criticize in a mean, hurtful way.

Question 35

Coerced

Answer 35

1- To make (someone) do something by using force or threats. | 2- To get (something) by using force or threats.

Question 36

Meandered

Answer 36

To move about from place to place aimlessly.

Question 37

Deposed

Answer 37

To remove (someone) from a powerful position.

Question 38

Maligned

Answer 38

Causing or intended to cause harm.

Question 39

Sangfroid

Answer 39

Coolness of mind; calmness; composure.

Question 40

Opulence

Answer 40

1. Wealth; affluence. | 2. Great abundance or extravagance.

Question 41

Indolence

Answer 41

Inclination to laziness.

Question 42

Consanguinity

Answer 42

Relationship by blood or by a common ancestor

Question 43

Glean

Answer 43

To gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.

Question 44

Suffuse

Answer 44

to spread over or fill (something) with a liquid, color, etc.

Question 45

Deplete

Answer 45

to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply o

Question 46

Capitulate

Answer 46

To surrender under specified conditions; come to terms.

Question 47

Pithy

Answer 47

Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief:

Question 48

Hirsute

Answer 48

Covered with hair; hairy, shaggy.

Question 49

Amiss

Answer 49

Out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray.

Question 50

Fleeced

Answer 50

1- The coat of wool of a sheep or similar animal. | 2- To defraud of money or property; swindle.

Question 51

Wreaked

Answer 51

To bring about damage or destruction.

Question 52

Flouted

Answer 52

To ignore or disregard (a rule or law) in an open or defiant way:

Question 53

Obliterated

Answer 53

To remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace.