AP English:Vocab unit 15-16

Question 1

circumspect

Answer 1

careful; cautious; prudent

Question 2

demure

Answer 2

modest; shy

Question 3

dispassionate

Answer 3

fair; impartial; calm

Question 4

dolorous

Answer 4

painful; mournful

Question 5

edacious

Answer 5

devouring; consuming

Question 6

effete

Answer 6

worn out; spent and sterile

Question 7

feisty

Answer 7

touchy; excitable; quarrelsome

Question 8

flaccid

Answer 8

weak; feeble; flabby

Question 9

flippant

Answer 9

disrespectful; saucy; impertinent

Question 10

florid

Answer 10

ruddy; rosy; ornate

Question 11

glabrous

Answer 11

bald; smooth

Question 12

imperious

Answer 12

overbearing; arrogant; domineering

Question 13

intractable

Answer 13

hard to manage; unruly; stubborn

Question 14

intransigent

Answer 14

uncompromising; refusing to come to an aggreement

Question 15

ingenious

Answer 15

clever, original; inventive; resourceful

Question 16

alchemy

Answer 16

a method of miraculous change of one thing into another

Question 17

arcane

Answer 17

beyond comprehension; mysterious; secret

Question 18

conundrum

Answer 18

a riddle; any puzzling question of problem

Question 19

demonology

Answer 19

the study of demons or of beliefs about them

Question 20

exorcise

Answer 20

to drive away an evil spirit by charms or incantations

Question 21

illusion

Answer 21

a mistaken perception of reality

Question 22

inscutable

Answer 22

mysterious; completely obscure; unfathomable

Question 23

pallor

Answer 23

lack of color; unnatural paleness

Question 24

polygraph

Answer 24

an instrument that records changes in blood pressure, respiration, pulse, rate, etc

Question 25

purfoin

Answer 25

to steal

Question 26

ritual

Answer 26

a system of rites, religious or otherwise; a prescribed form or procedure; ceremony

Question 27

shamus

Answer 27

private detective

Question 28

soothsayer

Answer 28

one who predicts the future

Question 29

thaumaturgy

Answer 29

magic; the supposed working of miracles

Question 30

warlock

Answer 30

sorcerer; conjurer; male witch