20 Vocab Words Part 4

Question 1

lack of feeling or emotion

Answer 1

Apathy

Question 2

to cause to exist or to develop

Answer 2

Engender

Question 3

subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse

Answer 3

Equivocal

Question 4

worthy of praise

Answer 4

Laudable

Question 5

to cause to become less harsh or hostile

Answer 5

Mitigate

Question 6

to soothe or mollify especially by concessions

Answer 6

Placate

Question 7

characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure

Answer 7

Prodigal

Question 8

1
: readily vaporizable at a relatively low temperature
2
: flying or having the power to fly

Answer 8

Volatile

Question 9

to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially : to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients

Answer 9

Adulterate

Question 10

: to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses)

Answer 10

Assuage

Question 11

1
: of the same or a similar kind or nature
2
: of uniform structure or composition throughout

Answer 11

Homogeneous

Question 12

behavior that is accepted as socially or morally correct and proper
: the state or quality of being correct and proper

Answer 12

Propiety

Question 13

: the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun

: deviation from the common rule : irregularity

Answer 13

Anomaly

Question 14

: to dry up

: to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate

: to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality

Answer 14

Dessicate

Question 15

1

: very hot : burning

Answer 15

Fervid

Question 16

using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

Answer 16

Laconic

Question 17

1
a :  to sway through lack of equilibrium
b :  fluctuate, oscillate
2
\:  to waver in mind, will, or feeling :  hesitate in choice of opinions or courses

Answer 17

Vacillate

Question 18

1
: insolent or rude in speech or behavior
2
: characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor : peevish

Answer 18

Petulant

Question 19

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

Answer 19

Placid

Question 20

1
\:  pliable 1a
2
\:  easily influenced :  yielding
3
\:  suitable for varied uses

Answer 20

Pliant