English 10X Vocab 1 Semester 2

Question 1

Inscrutable

Answer 1

Adjective

-impossible to understand or interpret

Question 2

Insidious

Answer 2

Adjective
-proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

-treacherous; crafty

Question 3

Inveigh

Answer 3

Verb

-speak or write about (something) with great hostility

Question 4

Ire

Answer 4

Noun

-anger

Question 5

Irksome

Answer 5

Adjective

-irritating; annoying

Question 6

Itinerant

Answer 6

Adjective
-traveling from place to place

Noun

-a person who travels from place to place

Question 7

Kaleidoscopic

Answer 7

Adjective

• having complex patterns or colors; multicolored
• made up of a complex mix of elements; multifaceted

Question 8

Ken

Answer 8

Noun
-one's range if knowledge or sight
Verb
-know
-recognize; identify

Question 9

Labyrinth

Answer 9

Noun

• a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze
• an intricate and confusing arrangement
• a complex structure in the inner ear that contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth)
• an organ of intricate structure, in particular the accessory respiratory organs of certain fishes

Question 10

Lachrymose

Answer 10

Adjective

• tearful or given to weeping
• inducing tears; sad

Question 11

Laconic

Answer 11

Adjective

-(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words

Question 12

Larceny

Answer 12

Noun

-theft of personal property

Question 13

Lavish

Answer 13

Adjective
-sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious
-(of a person) very generous or extravagant
-spent or given in profusion
Verb
-bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities upon
-(lavish something with) cover something thickly of liberally with

Question 14

Low (verb)

Answer 14

Verb

-(of a cow) make a characteristic deep sound

Question 15

Ludicrous

Answer 15

Adjective

-so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous

Question 16

Machiavellian

Answer 16

Adjective
-cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics or in advancing one’s career
-of or relating to Niccolò Machiavelli
Noun
-a person who schemes in a Machiavellian way

Question 17

Maudlin

Answer 17

Adjective

-self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness

Question 18

Meretricious

Answer 18

Adjective

• apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity
• of, relating to, or characteristic of a prostitute

Question 19

Mettle (noun)

Answer 19

Noun

-a person’s ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way

Question 20

Microcosm

Answer 20

Noun

• a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger
• humankind regarded as the epitome of the universe

Question 21

Insatiable

Answer 21

Adjective

• (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy
• (of a person) having an insatiable appetite or desire for something, especially sex