APL vcab

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
2. characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
3. sparing: an abstemious diet.

Question 2

haphazard

Answer 2

characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.

Question 3

pious

Answer 3

1. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
2. characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
3. of or pertaining to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular: pious literature.
4. having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others.

Question 4

lamentably

Answer 4

1. that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate: a lamentable decision.
2. Rare. mournful.

Question 5

gaunt

Answer 5

1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
2. bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things: a gaunt, windswept landscape.

Question 6

impinge

Answer 6

1. to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually fol. by on or upon): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one’s daily life.
2. to encroach; infringe (usually fol. by on or upon): to impinge on another’s rights.
3. to strike; dash; collide (usually fol. by on, upon, or against): rays of light impinging on the eye.

Question 7

tawny

Answer 7

a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.

Question 8

impish

Answer 8

mischievous

Question 9

genial

Answer 9

1. warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
2. favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm; comfortably mild:

Question 10

mongrel

Answer 10

1. a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
2. any animal or plant resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
3. any cross between different things, especially if inharmonious or indiscriminate.

Question 11

abstemious

Answer 11

1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
2. characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
3. sparing: an abstemious diet.

Question 12

abstemious

Answer 12

1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
2. characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
3. sparing: an abstemious diet.

Question 13

reticule

Answer 13

A woman’s small handbag, typically having a drawstring

Question 14

rapscallion

Answer 14

rascal; rogue; scamp.

Question 15

cavort

Answer 15

Jump or dance around excitedly: “monkeys leap and cavort in the branches”.
Apply oneself to sexual or disreputable pursuits: “he spent his nights cavorting with the glitterati”.

Question 16

calico

Answer 16

Printed cotton fabric

Question 17

wigwam

Answer 17

oval native American hut

Question 18

towhead

Answer 18

a low alluvial island or shoal in a river : sandbar
2
: a head of hair resembling tow especially in being flaxen or tousled; also : a person having such a head of hair

Question 19

fantods

Answer 19

Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the ): We all developed the fantods when the plane was late in arriving.
2.
Sometimes, fantods. a sudden outpouring of anger, outrage, or a similar intense emotion.

Question 20

soliloquy

Answer 20

the act of talking to oneself
2
: a dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections

Question 21

histrionic

Answer 21

deliberately affected : theatrical
2
: of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater

Question 22

roust

Answer 22

to drive (as from bed) roughly or unceremoniously