College Board Online Test #2 Section 8

Question 1

insinuate

Answer 1

to suggest or hint slyly

Question 2

recriminate

Answer 2

to bring a countercharge against an accuser

Question 3

conspicuous

Answer 3

easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable

Question 4

verdant

Answer 4

inexperienced; unsophisticated

Question 5

pliant

Answer 5

1. bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable

2. easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant

Question 6

licentious

Answer 6

sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.

Question 7

nihilistic

Answer 7

embracing anarchy, terrorism, and destruction

Question 8

magisterial

Answer 8

having or showing great authority

Question 9

propitiate

Answer 9

to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.

Question 10

rapturous

Answer 10

full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.

Question 11

maudlin

Answer 11

tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental

Question 12

pedantic

Answer 12

overly concerned with minute details or formalisms

Question 13

eclectic

Answer 13

selecting or choosing from various sources.

Question 14

evoke

Answer 14

to call up or produce; to elicit or draw forth;`