Vocabulary

Question 1

Gregarious

Answer 1

Sociable

Question 2

Pulchritudinous

Answer 2

Very beautiful

Question 3

Noisome

Answer 3

Offensive; rally bad smelling

Question 4

Penury

Answer 4

Extreme poverty

Question 5

Assay

Answer 5

To evaluate, analyze or test.
Synonyms - appraise, ascertain, descry, Peruse.
Sentence - You will assay your vocabulary knowledge by asking a friend to test you on the words in a book.

Question 6

Peruse

Answer 6

To read thouroughly

Question 7

Descry

Answer 7

To detect by looking carefully

Question 8

Epigram

Answer 8

A short poem; a pointed statement.

Question 9

Aver

Answer 9

To state or prove as true

Question 10

Insouciant

Answer 10

Carefree

Question 11

Discountenance

Answer 11

To disapprove

Question 12

Attenuate

Answer 12

To become thinner or weaker

Question 13

Apathy

Answer 13

A feeling of indifference; meh; lacking emotion

Question 14

Capricious

Answer 14

Given to sudden or unaccountable changes; fickle; erratic; volatile

Question 15

Engender

Answer 15

To cause or give rise to; incite, produce

Question 16

Equivocal

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Ambiguous

Question 17

Mitigate

Answer 17

To make less severe; reduce

Question 18

Laudable

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Deserving praise and commendation

Question 19

Placate

Answer 19

To make less angry

Question 20

Prodigal

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Spending money or resources freely and excessively; wasteful and extravagant

Question 21

Adulterate

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To render something poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one.

Question 22

Assuage

Answer 22

To make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 23

Erudite

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Having or showing great knowledge or learning

Question 24

Loquacious

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Talkative; tending to talk a great deal

Question 25

Propriety

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Decency; appropriateness; respectability; decorum

Question 26

Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time; transitory; transient; passing

Question 27

Fervid

Answer 27

Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree.

Question 28

Laconic

Answer 28

Using very few words

Question 29

Pedant

Answer 29

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules or with displaying academic learning

Question 30

Precipitate

Answer 30

To Cause to happen suddenly, unexpectedly or prematurely

Question 31

Vacillate

Answer 31

To alternate or waiver between different opinions or actions: indecisive

Question 32

Sojourning

Answer 32

Staying temporarily