English Vocab 2

Question 1

Kenspeckle

Answer 1

Conspicuous; easily seen or recognized

Question 2

Salubrious

Answer 2

Favorable to or promoting health; healthful

Question 3

Pernicious

Answer 3

Deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful

Question 4

Coruscate

Answer 4

To emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam

Question 5

Bosky

Answer 5

Covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody

Question 6

Exsiccate

Answer 6

To dry up

Question 7

Surcease

Answer 7

Cessation/to cease (archaic)

Question 8

Heresy

Answer 8

Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine

Question 9

Heretic

Answer 9

A person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted (often used in a religious context)

Question 10

Penumbra

Answer 10

The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.

Question 11

Enigma

Answer 11

A person of puzzling or contradictory character; or, a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.

Question 12

Swank

Answer 12

Dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style

Question 13

Felicific

Answer 13

Causing or tending to cause happiness

Question 14

Eclectic

Answer 14

Deriving ideas,style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

Question 15

Prodigious

Answer 15

Remarkably or impossibly great in extent, size, or degree

Question 16

Ken

Answer 16

One’s range of knowledge or sight

Question 17

Acquisitive

Answer 17

Someone or something characterized by a strong desire to own or acquire more things

Question 18

Bailiwick

Answer 18

The domain or sphere in which someone has superior knowledge or authority

Question 19

Vivacious

Answer 19

Lively or happy in an appealing way

Question 20

Capitulate

Answer 20

To surrender to an enemy, often after negotiating terms, or to stop trying to fight or resist something