vocabulary list eight

Question 1

conflagration

Answer 1

n. a destructive fire

Question 2

despot

Answer 2

n. an absolute ruler, tyrant

Question 3

fetid

Answer 3

adj. smelling extremely unpleasant

Question 4

fractious

Answer 4

adj. irritable and quarrelsome (typically of children)

Question 5

frenetic

Answer 5

adj. fast and energetic (in an uncontrolled way)

Question 6

grandiloquence

Answer 6

n. a extravagant and bombastic style (especially in language)

Question 7

hallowed

Answer 7

adj. holy, sacred

Question 8

insular

Answer 8

adj. isolated, isolated, detached from others

Question 9

laconic

Answer 9

adj. using very few words or concise (in speech or writing)

Question 10

mutable

Answer 10

adj. liable to change

Question 11

nascent

Answer 11

in process, just beginning, developing

Question 12

noisome

Answer 12

adj. having an unpleasant smell

Question 13

obstreperous

Answer 13

adj. noisy and difficult to control

Question 14

onerous

Answer 14

adj. burdensome

Question 15

pittance

Answer 15

n. inadequate amount of money

Question 16

probity

Answer 16

n. integrity, strong morality

Question 17

proclivity

Answer 17

n. a tendency to do something regularly (negative)

Question 18

profligate

Answer 18

adj. reckless extravagant and wasteful

Question 19

saccharine

Answer 19

adj. excessively sweet or sentimental

Question 20

sacrosanct

Answer 20

adj. respected, sacred

Question 21

sanguine

Answer 21

adj. positive, optimistic

Question 22

tenable

Answer 22

adj. defensible, justifiable

Question 23

timorous

Answer 23

adj. timid, showing nervousness

Question 24

umbrage

Answer 24

n. [to take] offense

Question 25

vexes

Answer 25

v. to irritate, to annoy

Question 26

wallows

Answer 26

v. to indulge (negative)