Vocabulary HW#8

Question 0

Benign

Answer 0

Gentle; kindly; harmless; mild; favorable

Question 1

Adamant

Answer 1

Refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind; unwavering; insistent; resolute; uncompromising

Question 2

Cacophonous

Answer 2

Involving or producing a harsh; discordant (disagreeing) mixture of sounds; noisy;

Question 3

Cataclysm

Answer 3

Catastrophe; disaster; calamity; devastation

Question 4

Despondent

Answer 4

Disheartened; discouraged; crestfallen; dispirited

Question 5

Garrulous

Answer 5

Talkative especially over trivial matters

Question 6

Impeccable

Answer 6

Flawless; immaculate; unblemished

Question 7

Multifarious

Answer 7

Diverse; numerous; various

Question 8

Resolute

Answer 8

Admirably purposeful, determined and unwavering; resolved; adamant

Question 9

Subservient

Answer 9

Submissive; deferential;

Subordinate; secondary

Question 10

Taciturn

Answer 10

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; untalkative; saying little

Question 11

Vacillate

Answer 11

Indecisive; waver; ambivalent

Question 12

Vicissitude

Answer 12

Change of circumstance or fortune typically unpleasant or unfavorable; shift

Question 13

Volatile

Answer 13

Evaporative; unpredictable; inconstant; tense; strained

Question 14

Zenith

Answer 14

Highest point; point in the sky above observer; at time at which something is most powerful or successful; pinnacle; peak