Vocabulary List 10: 1-40

Question 1

Divest

Answer 1

V.

Strip; deprive

Question 2

Divination

Answer 2

N.

Foreseeing the future with aid of magic

Question 3

Divulge

Answer 3

V.

Reveal

Question 4

Docile

Answer 4

Adj.

Obedient; easily managed

Question 5

Docket

Answer 5

N.

Program as for trial; book where such entries are made

Question 6

Doff

Answer 6

V.

Take off

Question 7

Doggerel

Answer 7

N.

Poor verse

Question 8

Dogmatic

Answer 8

Adj.

Positive; arbitrary

Question 9

Dolorous

Answer 9

Adj.

Sorrowful

Question 10

Dolt

Answer 10

N.

Stupid person

Question 11

Domicile

Answer 11

N.

Home

Question 12

Dormant

Answer 12

Adj.

Sleeping; lethargic; torpid

Question 13

Dorsal

Answer 13

Adj.

Relating to the back of an animal

Question 14

Dotage

Answer 14

N.

Senility; [period of old age]

Question 15

Doughty

Answer 15

Adj.

Courageous

Question 16

Dour

Answer 16

Adj.

Sullen; stubborn

Question 17

Dowdy

Answer 17

Adj.

Slovenly; untidy

Question 18

Dregs

Answer 18

N.

Sediment; worthless residue

Question 19

Droll

Answer 19

Adj.

Queer and amusing

Question 20

Dross

Answer 20

N.

Waste matter; worthless impurities

Question 21

Drudgery

Answer 21

N.

Menial work

Question 22

Dubious

Answer 22

Adj.

Doubtful

Question 23

Duplicity

Answer 23

N.

Double-dealing: hypocrisy; [dishonest behavior that is mean to trick someone]

Question 24

Duress

Answer 24

N.

Forcible restraint, especially unlawfully

Question 25

Earthy

Answer 25

Adj. Unrefined; coarse

Question 26

Ebullient

Answer 26

Adj. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

Question 27

Eccentricity

Answer 27

N. Oddity; idiosyncrasy; [act or habit that is strange or unusual]

Question 28

Ecclesiastic

Answer 28

Adj. Pertaining to the church

Question 29

Ecstasy

Answer 29

N. Rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion

Question 30

Edify

Answer 30

V. Instruct; correct morally

Question 31

Educe

Answer 31

V. Draw forth; elicit

Question 32

Eerie

Answer 32

Adj. Weird

Question 33

Efface

Answer 33

V. Rub out

Question 34

Effectual

Answer 34

Adj. Efficient

Question 35

Effeminate

Answer 35

Adj. Having womanly traits

Question 36

Effervesce

Answer 36

V. Bubble over; show excitement

Question 37

Effete

Answer 37

Adj. Worn out; exhausted; barren

Question 38

Efficacy

Answer 38

N. Power to produce desired effect

Question 39

Effigy

Answer 39

N. Dummy

Question 40

Diversity

Answer 40

N. Variety; dissimilitude