WH Vocab

Question 1

Sundry

Answer 1

Adjective
Of various kinds, several

Question 2

Tacit

Answer 2

adjective
implied without being clearly stated

Question 3

interpose

Answer 3

verb
Place between one thing or another

Question 4

laconic

Answer 4

adjective
Of few words; brief, to the point

Question 5

Reprobate

Answer 5

noun
An unprincipled person or sinner destined for damnation

Question 6

Ensconce

Answer 6

verb
Establish or settle in a comfortable or secret or safe place

Question 7

Miscreant

Answer 7

noun
A person who breaks the law or behaves badly

Question 8

Lachrymose

Answer 8

adjective
Tearful or prone to weeping

Question 9

Portend

Answer 9

verb
To indicate beforehand that something is going to happen; to give warning in advance

Question 10

Evince

Answer 10

verb
To display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Question 11

Vociferate

Answer 11

verb
Shout, complain, or argue loudly

Question 12

Expostulate

Answer 12

verb
Express strong disapproval or disagreement

Question 13

Equantmity

Answer 13

noun
Calmness, composure, refusal to panic

Question 14

Prognosticate

Answer 14

verb
To predict

Question 15

Vagary

Answer 15

noun
Unpredictable action or behavior

Question 16

Munificent

Answer 16

adjective
Extremely generous, lavish

Question 17

Dialatory

Answer 17

adjective
tending to delay or postpone

Question 18

Propitiate

Answer 18

verb
To win over, appease

Question 19

Ignominious

Answer 19

adjective
Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

Question 20

Obviate

Answer 20

verb
To remove, to make unnecessary

Question 21

Quienscence

Answer 21

noun
Inactivity or dormancy

Question 22

Incarnate

Answer 22

adjective
Embodied in flesh or human form

Question 23

Malefactor

Answer 23

noun
A person who commits a crime or something wrong

Question 24

Sanguine

Answer 24

adjective
Cheerful, optimistic, positive

Question 25

Vestige

Answer 25

noun A trace of something that no longer exists (aura)

Question 26

Accede

Answer 26

verb Agree to a demand or request

Question 27

Salubrious

Answer 27

adjective Promoting and giving health

Question 28

Contrivance

Answer 28

noun A thing that is created skillfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose

Question 29

Saturnine

Answer 29

adjective Slow and gloomy

Question 30

Obdurate

Answer 30

adjective Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action