Engl. 2 VOCABULARY LIST #5 (201-250)

Question 0

Levity

Answer 0

Frivolity

Question 1

Privy

Answer 1

Privately be informed about

Question 2

Plagiaristic

Answer 2

Act of passing off ideas or writings from another as one’s own

Question 3

Abortive

Answer 3

Tending to cut short

Question 4

Epigram

Answer 4

A witty or wise and often paradoxical saying

Question 5

Fractiousness

Answer 5

Trouble; quarrelsome

Question 6

Paternal

Answer 6

Relating to a father

Question 7

Claret

Answer 7

A red wine

Question 8

Extemporize

Answer 8

To improvise or do at the spur of the moment

Question 9

Rotogravure

Answer 9

A process of printing photos from plates

Question 10

Wag

Answer 10

A sporting wit or joker; a “wise guy”

Question 11

Crepe-de-chine

Answer 11

Dress fabric.

Question 12

Pessimist

Answer 12

An inclination to emphasize the negative

Question 13

Ectoplasm

Answer 13

A substance held to produce spirit materialization

Question 14

Mincing

Answer 14

To cut into small pieces; to speak about with affection

Question 15

Oculist

Answer 15

Optometrist

Question 16

Homogeneity

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The state of being the same nature or kind

Question 17

Hors d’oeuvre

Answer 17

Food served as an appetizer

Question 18

Vacuous

Answer 18

Empty or lacking content

Question 19

Vinous

Answer 19

Relating to wine

Question 20

Elicit

Answer 20

To draw forth or bring out

Question 21

Olfactory

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Relating to sense of smell

Question 22

Beaux

Answer 22

Boyfriends

Question 23

Feudal

Answer 23

Relating to medieval feudalism

Question 24

Nebulous

Answer 24

Indistinct; vague

Question 25

Spectroscopic

Answer 25

An instrument used for looking at colors

Question 26

Obstetrical

Answer 26

Relating to childbirth

Question 27

Distraught

Answer 27

Agitated with doubt, mental conflict, or pain

Question 28

Demonic

Answer 28

Possessed or influenced by a demon

Question 29

Silhouette

Answer 29

The outline of a body

Question 30

Insidious

Answer 30

Harmful but enticing; seductive

Question 31

Meretricious

Answer 31

Marked by extreme care and attention to details

Question 32

Conceit

Answer 32

A result of mental activity; a thought

Question 33

Turgid

Answer 33

State of dis tension or swollen

Question 34

Euphemism

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A substituted expression

Question 35

Dilatory

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Tending to cause delay; characterized by procrastination

Question 36

Caravansary

Answer 36

Hotel; inn

Question 37

Libertine

Answer 37

A freethinker especially in religious matters (negative)

Question 38

Prig

Answer 38

An irritatingly self-sufficient person

Question 39

Presumptuous

Answer 39

Over stepping due bounds

Question 40

Grail

Answer 40

An object of extended or difficult quest; a cup used at the last supper

Question 41

Benediction

Answer 41

An expression of good wishes; blessing

Question 42

Fortuitous

Answer 42

Occurring by chance

Question 43

Amorphous

Answer 43

Having no definite form

Question 44

Protété

Answer 44

One who is trained by another with more experience; student

Question 45

Adventitious

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Arising or occurring sporadically in an unusual location

Question 46

Pasquinade

Answer 46

A lampoon posted in public place; satirical writing

Question 47

Addenda

Answer 47

A thing add

Question 48

Transitory

Answer 48

Tending to pass away; fleeing

Question 49

Pander

Answer 49

To provide gratification for others desires