Vocabulary 5A English 1 Honors

Question 1

Abhor

Answer 1

to feel hatred or loathing for

Question 2

Bater

Answer 2

to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services

Question 3

Cantankerous

Answer 3

difficult or irritating to deal with

Question 4

Defile

Answer 4

to make unclean or impure, either physically or morally

Question 5

Emaciated

Answer 5

very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness

Question 6

Facilitate

Answer 6

to make easier, to help bring about or occur

Question 7

Garrulous

Answer 7

tedious rambling, pointlessly or annoying talkative

Question 8

Hapless

Answer 8

having no luck, unfortunate

Question 9

Lethargy

Answer 9

the quality or state of being exhausted, lazy, sluggish or indifferent

Question 10

Malignant

Answer 10

tending to produce death or deterioration, evil nature or influence

Question 11

Negligent

Answer 11

habitually neglecting duties, and responsibilities, lacking attention, inattentive

Question 12

Ominous

Answer 12

portending evil or harm, foreboding, threatening, indicating the nature of a future event

Question 13

Papable

Answer 13

capable of being touched or felt, easily perceptible or noticeable

Question 14

Subtle

Answer 14

small, elusive, not obvious, difficult to understand and perceive

Question 15

Unprecedented

Answer 15

not known or experienced before, original

Question 16

Tenet

Answer 16

an idea that is very important to a group