20 Vocab Words Part 22

Question 1

good-humored teasing.

Answer 1

Raillery

Question 2

denial of any responsibility or support for something; repudiation.

Answer 2

Disavowel

Question 3

Old french for jabbering .

Answer 3

Japery

Question 4

reprimand (someone) severely.

Answer 4

Castigate

Question 5

lacking imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight.

nearsighted.

Answer 5

Myopic

Question 6

having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

Answer 6

Vacuous

Question 7

(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.

Answer 7

Ingenious

Question 8

busy, boisterous activity.

Answer 8

hurlyburly

Question 9

promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).

put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation.

Answer 9

Promulgate

Question 10

abandon one’s country or cause in favor of an opposing one.

Answer 10

Defect

Question 11

a building, especially a large, imposing one.

a complex system of beliefs.

Answer 11

Edifice

Question 12

a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin.

Answer 12

Pecadillo

Question 13

a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.

a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.

Answer 13

Idiosyncrasy

Question 14

in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner.

recklessly hasty or disorganized; headlong.

Answer 14

Pell-mell

Question 15

in disorderly haste or confusion. (hello)

Answer 15

Helter-Skelter

Question 16

a meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium.

Answer 16

Seance

Question 17

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

Answer 17

Superfuous

Question 18

of no value or importance.

useless; futile.

Answer 18

Nugatory

Question 19

extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.

(of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.

Answer 19

Prolix

Question 20

reduce the force, effect, or value of.

Answer 20

Attenuate