English List 8

Question 1

Criterion

Answer 1

Standard for judging; a test

Question 2

Deter

Answer 2

To discourage; to keep someone from doing something

Question 3

Forlorn

Answer 3

Left alone and neglected; unhappy

Question 4

Incipient

Answer 4

In an early stage

Question 5

Pique

Answer 5

To hurt the feeling of or to make resentful; to arouse or excite

Question 6

Profane

Answer 6

Not holy; not connected with religion; irreverent

Question 7

Rebuff

Answer 7

To refuse in a sharp or rude way; to snub; to beat back

Question 8

Squalid

Answer 8

Dirty; morally repulsive

Question 9

Stagnate

Answer 9

To lie inactive; to fail to progress or develop

Question 10

Critical

Answer 10

Inclined to find fault or judge with severity, often too readily

Question 11

Forthright

Answer 11

Directly frank without hesitation; blunt; candid

Question 12

Intimate

Answer 12

Closely acquainted; familiar, close

Question 13

Optimistic

Answer 13

Hopeful, cheerful; believe that the best will happen

Question 14

Pessimistic

Answer 14

Seeing the worst side of things; tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; hopeless

Question 15

Sardonic

Answer 15

Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic; cynical

Question 16

Abstract

Answer 16

Not applied or practical; hard to understand