#2 Vocab

Question 1

Accrue verb

Answer 1

(of sums of money or benefits) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time

Question 2

Annotation noun

Answer 2

a critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to a text

Question 3

Bedlam noun

Answer 3

a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion

Question 4

Covert adj

Answer 4

concealed

Question 5

Debonair adj

Answer 5

courteous

Question 6

Dun verb

Answer 6

to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt

Question 7

Efficacious adj

Answer 7

capable of having the desired result or effect

Question 8

Equanimity noun

Answer 8

composure

Question 9

Fortuitous adj

Answer 9

happening or produced by chance

Question 10

Gist noun

Answer 10

the main or essential part of a matter

Question 11

Gratuitous adj

Answer 11

given, done, bestowed

Question 12

Imperious adj

Answer 12

domineering in a haughty manner

Question 13

Invective noun

Answer 13

vehement or violent denunciation

Question 14

Motley adj

Answer 14

exhibiting great diversity of elements

Question 15

Munificent adj

Answer 15

extremely liberal in giving

Question 16

Procrastinative verb

Answer 16

to defer action

Question 17

Provocative adj

Answer 17

inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing

Question 18

Recondite adj

Answer 18

dealing with very profound

Question 19

Reprobate noun

Answer 19

a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person

Question 20

Sedentary adj

Answer 20

characterized by or requiring a sitting posture