E - Vocabulary Words

Question 1

Maladroit (adj.)

Answer 1

lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless:

Question 2

Accountable (adj.)

Answer 2

Expected or required to account for one’s actions; answerable.

Question 3

Explicable (adj.)

Answer 3

Possible to explain:

Question 4

Surreptitous (adj.)

Answer 4

Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.

Question 5

Heretical (adj.)

Answer 5

Of or relating to heresy (an opinion or doctrine contrary to the orthodox tenets of a religious body or church)

Question 6

Frivolous (adj.)

Answer 6

Silly

Question 7

Orthodox (adj.)

Answer 7

conforming with established or accepted standards, as in religion, behaviour, or attitudes

Question 8

Overt (adj.)

Answer 8

Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret:

Question 9

Grisly (adj.)

Answer 9

causing horror or dread; gruesome

Question 10

Fervent (adj.)

Answer 10

intensely passionate; ardent:

Question 11

Garrulous (adj.)

Answer 11

Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative; wordy

Question 12

Depose (v.)

Answer 12

To remove from office or power; to dethrone

Question 13

Odious (adj.)

Answer 13

offensive; repugnant; repulsive

Question 14

Bucolic (adj.)

Answer 14

of or characteristic of the countryside or country life; rustic

Question 15

Sanguine (adj.)

Answer 15

cheerful and confident; optimistic

Question 16

Countenance

Answer 16

the face, esp when considered as expressing a person’s character or mood; support or encouragement; sanction