3-4 Vocab Pt 1

Question 0

Avaricious (adj)

Answer 0

Greedy

Question 1

Austere (adj)

Answer 1

Having great economy; showing sel-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance

Question 2

Frugal (adj)

Answer 2

Careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasted

Question 3

Mercenary (adj)

Answer 3

Greedy for self-gain; thinking only for money making

Question 4

Miserly (adj)

Answer 4

Careful with how money is spent; thrifty

Question 5

Parsimonious (adj)

Answer 5

Overly thrifty or miserly

Question 6

Penurious (adj)

Answer 6

Stingy; relating to great poverty; destitution

Question 7

Thrifty (adj)

Answer 7

Showing care with how money and resources are spent or used.

Question 8

Altruistic (adj)

Answer 8

Showing an unselfish concern for others

Question 9

Benevolent (adj)

Answer 9

Giving freely an easily to others; charitable; kind

Question 10

Largess (adj)

Answer 10

Generous giving

Question 11

Lavish (adj)

Answer 11

Generous in giving to others or in spending money

Question 12

Magnanimous (adj)

Answer 12

Generous to overlooking insults

Question 13

Munificent (adj)

Answer 13

Very generous

Question 14

Philanthropic (adj)

Answer 14

Showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; human

Question 15

Prodigal (adj)

Answer 15

Wasteful; lavish

Question 16

Squander (adj)

Answer 16

To spend money/time in a wasteful, uncaring fashion

Question 17

Animosity (n)

Answer 17

Hatred; Ill-will

Question 18

Antagonism (n)

Answer 18

Hatred or hostility

Question 19

Bellicose (adj)

Answer 19

Of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent

Question 20

Belligerent (adj)

Answer 20

Taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight

Question 21

Cantankerous (adj)

Answer 21

Bad-tempered or irritated; quarrelsome

Question 22

Captious (adj)

Answer 22

Made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

Question 23

Contentious (adj)

Answer 23

Quarrelsome; belligerent

Question 24

Disputatious (adj)

Answer 24

Likely to dispute or argue

Question 25

Polemical (adj)

Answer 25

Inclined to argue or debate; controversial

Question 26

Predator (n)

Answer 26

One who takes advantage if another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival

Question 27

Pugnacious (adj)

Answer 27

Eager to fight; belligerent

Question 28

Affable (adj)

Answer 28

Easy to talk to; easy to approach; friendly; kind; amiable

Question 29

Amicable (adj)

Answer 29

Showing goodwill; peaceable

Question 30

Congenial (adj)

Answer 30

Compatible; Gavin kindred need or taste; sympathetic

Question 31

Convivial (adj)

Answer 31

Sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating/drinking

Question 32

Cordial (adj)

Answer 32

Warm an friendly; amiable

Question 33

Gregarious (adj)

Answer 33

Sociable; outgoing

Question 34

Jocular (adj)

Answer 34

Liking to be with people, joke around with them and having fun

Question 35

Levity (n)

Answer 35

Light-heartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition, particularly when not appropriate