Vocabulary 4

Question 1

not interesting, dull, boring

Answer 1

Jejune

Question 2

a system of names

Answer 2

Nomenclature

Question 3

dictionary

Answer 3

lexicon

Question 4

to certify or attest to

Answer 4

notarize

Question 5

a part, portion, or share

Answer 5

moiety

Question 6

kowtow

Answer 6

to kneel to the ground in respect

Question 7

very talkative, garrulous

Answer 7

loquacious

Question 8

government by a few

Answer 8

oligarchy

Question 9

underlying structure of an organization

Answer 9

infrastructure

Question 10

powerful

Answer 10

omnipotent

Question 11

opposition of governmental regulation in commerce

Answer 11

laissez faire

Question 12

the division of a nucleus during cell division

Answer 12

mitosis

Question 13

skepticism that denies that existence is real

Answer 13

nihilism

Question 14

to introduce between parts

Answer 14

interpolate

Question 15

dismal to an exaggerated degree, fall of sadness

Answer 15

lugubrious

Question 16

servile compliance; fawning

Answer 16

obsequious

Question 17

not associated with a particular religious denomination

Answer 17

nonsectarian

Question 18

produced by motion

Answer 18

kinetic

Question 19

transformation

Answer 19

metamorphosis

Question 20

express something opposite of its literal meaning

Answer 20

irony