English 11 - Set #4

Question 1

assiduous

Answer 1

adj. marked by careful and unremitting attention and application; diligent

Question 2

bohemian

Answer 2

adj. living an unconventional lifestyle, usually in a colony with others, i.e. writers, artists

Question 3

chagrin

Answer 3

n. disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure; vexation

Question 4

discursive

Answer 4

adj. digressing, rambling; moving from topic to topic without order

Question 5

exegesis

Answer 5

n. explanation or interpretation especially of a text

Question 6

forbearance

Answer 6

n. a refraining from the enforcement of something

Question 7

headlong

Answer 7

adv. recklessly; without deliberation

Question 8

hoary

Answer 8

adj. gray or white with age; extremely old; ancient

Question 9

incipient

Answer 9

adj beginning to come into being or or to become apparent; in an early stage

Question 10

incendiary

Answer 10

adj. tending to incite or inflame, ie. invidious remarks; igniting combustible materials spontaneously

Question 11

itinerant

Answer 11

adj. wandering; traveling from place to place

Question 12

jaundiced

Answer 12

adj. yellowed in pigmentation of the skin, tissues or bodily fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments; exhibiting or influenced by envy, distaste or hostility

Question 13

legerdemain

Answer 13

n. sleight of hand; a display of skill or adroitness

Question 14

neophyte

Answer 14

a new convert; a beginner

Question 15

moribund

Answer 15

being in state of dying; approaching death; being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence

Question 16

occlude

Answer 16

v. to close up or block off; obstruct or conceal; to come into contact with cusps of the opposing teeth fitting together

Question 17

pejorative

Answer 17

adj. having negative connotations; tending to disparage or belittle

Question 18

pugnacious

Answer 18

n. having a quarrelsome or combative nature; truculent

Question 19

pundit

Answer 19

n. a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner, usually through the mass media

Question 20

refractory

Answer 20

adj. resisting control or authority; stubborn, unmanageable; resistant to treatment or cure; unresponsive to stimulus; immune insusceptible