20 Vocab Words Part 14

Question 1

pathetically trivial; trifling.

Answer 1

Piddling

Question 2

excessively sweet or sentimental.

Answer 2

Saccharine

Question 3

smelling extremely unpleasant.

Answer 3

Fetid

Question 4

causing annoyance or difficulty.

Answer 4

Nettlesome

Question 5

having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.

Answer 5

Smug

Question 6

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Answer 6

Irascible

Question 7

unimportant or trivial.

Answer 7

Trifling

Question 8

relating to a flood or floods, especially the biblical Flood.

Answer 8

Diluvial

Question 9

a person’s orders or command.

Answer 9

Behest

Question 10

the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

Answer 10

Circumblocation

Question 11

understood by few; mysterious or secret.

Answer 11

Arcane

Question 12

(of a person, manner, or gesture) feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.

Answer 12

Lascivious

Question 13

compensate (someone) for harm or loss.

secure (someone) against legal responsibility for their actions.

Answer 13

Idemnify

Question 14

waste time; be slow.

Answer 14

Dawdle

Question 15

the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Answer 15

Resilience

Question 16

public shame or disgrace

Answer 16

Ignominy

Question 17

(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

Answer 17

Pervasive

Question 18

compensate (someone) for harm or loss.

secure (someone) against legal responsibility for their actions.

Answer 18

Idemnify

Question 19

conspicuously inscribe or display (a design) on something.

depict (a heraldic device).

celebrate or extol publicly.

Answer 19

Emblazon

Question 20

expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory.

Answer 20

Disparaging