20 Vocab Words Part 25

Question 1

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.

Answer 1

Obdurate

Question 2

without guile or deception.

Answer 2

Artless

Question 3

(typically of an artist or work of art) imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason.

Answer 3

Derivative

Question 4

assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters.

Answer 4

Officious

Question 5

a state of extreme poverty.

Answer 5

Indigence

Question 6

a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Answer 6

Diatribe

Question 7

a person’s head.

Answer 7

Pate

Question 8

state or assert to be the case.

allege as a fact in support of a plea.

Answer 8

Aver

Question 9

not harmful or offensive.

Answer 9

Innocuous

Question 10

the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.

Answer 10

Paucity

Question 11

Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial.

Answer 11

Bellic

Question 12

persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken.

Answer 12

Disabuse

Question 13

a long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support.

support or strengthen; prop up.

Answer 13

Bolster

Question 14

ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience.

Answer 14

Insularity

Question 15

high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.

Answer 15

Bombastic

Question 16

harm the good reputation of (someone or something).

Answer 16

Discredit

Question 17

displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious.

Answer 17

Fawning

Question 18

hard to control or deal with.

(of a person) difficult; stubborn.

Answer 18

Intractable

Question 19

lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.

Answer 19

Perrennial

Question 20

a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

Answer 20

Discrepancy