1.5 Vocab

Question 1

Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind; skilled, capable, talented

Answer 1

Adroit

Question 2

Brisk and cheerful readiness; eagerness, willingness

Answer 2

Alacrity

Question 3

The action, process, or result of combining or uniting; combination, blend, mixture, fusion

Answer 3

Amalgamation

Question 4

Disguise or contradict; fail to justify or fulfill

Answer 4

Belied

Question 5

Consist of; to make up

Answer 5

Comprise

Question 6

Making someone very weak and infirm; tending to weaken something

Answer 6

Debilitating

Question 7

Regard or represent as being of little worth; belittle, undervalue, underrate

Answer 7

Disparage

Question 8

Make a problem worse; aggravate

Answer 8

Exacerbate

Question 9

A small organized dissenting group within a larger one; group, branch

Answer 9

Faction

Question 10

Not harmful or offensive; harmless, safe, nontoxic, innocent

Answer 10

Innocuous

Question 11

Lacking flavor; tasteless; lacking vigor or interest

Answer 11

Insipid

Question 12

Apparently attractive but in reality having no real value or integrity; worthless, cheap

Answer 12

Meretricious

Question 13

Deserving reward or praise; praiseworthy, worthy, admirable, excellent

Answer 13

Meritorious

Question 14

A small quantity of a particular thing; ounce particle, fragment

Answer 14

Modicum

Question 15

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Answer 15

Obsequious

Question 16

Seeming reasonable or probable; credible, reasonable, believable

Answer 16

Plausible

Question 17

Loyal and committed in attitude; loyal, faithful, devoted

Answer 17

Staunch

Question 18

Waste in a reckless and foolish manner, waste, misspend

Answer 18

Squander

Question 19

To do with the sense of touch; tangible

Answer 19

Tactile

Question 20

The state of being tedious; monotony, boredom, routine

Answer 20

Tedium