Ap English Language Pt. 10

Question 0

Melancholy

Answer 0

Sadness, depression

Question 1

Mawkish

Answer 1

Sickeningly sentimental

Question 2

Ostentatious

Answer 2

Showy

Question 3

Overstate

Answer 3

To embellish; exaggerate

Question 4

Paucity

Answer 4

Scarcity; lack; rareness; dearth

Question 5

Pedagogue

Answer 5

Teacher

Question 6

Refurbish

Answer 6

To renovate; to fix up; to restore

Question 7

Replete

Answer 7

Abundantly supplied; full up

Question 8

Scoff

Answer 8

To deride; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of

Question 9

Servile

Answer 9

Submissive; obedient

Question 10

Tirade

Answer 10

Long, violent speech; verbal assault

Question 11

Thwart

Answer 11

To block or prevent from happening; to frustrate

Question 12

Volition

Answer 12

Free choice; free will; act of choosing

Question 13

Voracious

Answer 13

Having a great appetite

Question 14

Wizened

Answer 14

Withered; shriveled; wrinkled

Question 15

Exult

Answer 15

To rejoice; to revel

Question 16

Drivel

Answer 16

Stupid talk; slobber; nonsense

Question 17

Duplicitous

Answer 17

Deceitful; two-faced; dishonest; tricky

Question 18

Craven

Answer 18

Cowardly; spineless; weak

Question 19

Buffoon

Answer 19

Clown or fool

Question 20

Adulation

Answer 20

High praise; worship

Question 21

Affable

Answer 21

Friendly, easy to approach

Question 22

Bludgeon

Answer 22

To hit as with a short, heavy club

Question 23

Boisterous

Answer 23

Rowdy, loud, unrestrained

Question 24

Chagrin

Answer 24

Shame, embarrassment, humiliation

Question 25

Chicanery

Answer 25

Trickery, fraud, deception

Question 26

Desecrate

Answer 26

To abuse something sacred

Question 27

Desiccate

Answer 27

To dry completely, dehydrate

Question 28

Domineer

Answer 28

To rule over something in a tyrannical way

Question 29

Exort

Answer 29

To obtain something by threats

Question 30

Extraneous

Answer 30

Irrelevant, unrelated, unnecessary

Question 31

Foible

Answer 31

Minor weakness or character flaw

Question 32

Fiasco

Answer 32

Disaster, utter failure

Question 33

Hyperbole

Answer 33

Purposeful exaggeration for effect

Question 34

Hypocrite

Answer 34

Person claiming beliefs or virtues he or she doesn’t really posses

Question 35

Impious

Answer 35

Not devout or faithful in religion

Question 36

Implicate

Answer 36

To involve in a crime, incriminate

Question 37

Intrepid

Answer 37

Fearless

Question 38

Lurk

Answer 38

To prowl, sneak

Question 39

Luscious

Answer 39

Tasty