3.4-3.6 Vocab

Question 1

Consort (n)

Answer 1

A companion, associate, or partner

Question 2

Impugn (v)

Answer 2

To challenge as false/
Cast doubt upon

Question 3

Jocular (adj)

Answer 3

Given to, characterized by, or suited to joking or jesting

Question 4

Harbinger (n)

Answer 4

Anything that foreshadows a future event

Question 5

Fulsome (adj)

Answer 5

Overdone, disgusting, excessively lavish, encompassing all aspects of

Question 6

Exhume (v)

Answer 6

To dig something out of the earth / to revive or restore after neglect

Question 7

Iota (n)

Answer 7

A very small amount

Question 8

Itinerate (v)

Answer 8

to go from place to place, for a person’s professional duty

Question 9

Inveterate (adj)

Answer 9

Settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, or the like

Question 10

Leviathan (n)

Answer 10

Anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship

Question 11

Jingoistic (adj)

Answer 11

Militantly nationalistic or patriotism / Someone that strongly supports their country

Question 12

Mellifluous (adj)

Answer 12

Sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding

Question 13

Pecadillo (n)

Answer 13

a slight offense

Question 14

Specious

Answer 14

Apparently good or right though lacking real merit / misleading

Question 15

Pusillanimous (adj)

Answer 15

weak and cowardly

Question 16

Reticence (n)

Answer 16

reserved, especially when speaking, restraint

Question 17

Soporific (adj)

Answer 17

Causing or tending to cause sleep

Question 18

Prophesy (v)

Answer 18

to foretell or predict