English Vocab Set 1&2

Question 0

Disconsolate

Answer 0

Cheerless gloomy unhappy

Question 1

Incessantly

Answer 1

Continuously, constantly

Question 2

Pauper

Answer 2

Person with very little money

Question 3

Privations

Answer 3

Lack of necessaries of life, hardships

Question 4

Exorbitant

Answer 4

Much too high in price or amount

Question 5

Aghast

Answer 5

Filled with shock, horror

Question 6

Adulation

Answer 6

Excessive devotion to someone

Question 7

Prospects

Answer 7

Outlook for the future

Question 8

Askew

Answer 8

Crooked awry to one side

Question 9

Imminent

Answer 9

Likely to occur at any moment

Question 10

Doggedness

Answer 10

Stubbornness

Question 11

Reiterated

Answer 11

To repeat excessively

Question 12

Precariously

Answer 12

Unsteadily insecurely

Question 13

Nostalgia

Answer 13

Bittersweet longing for the past

Question 14

Poignantly

Answer 14

In a profoundly moving manor

Question 15

Retribution

Answer 15

Revenge pay back

Question 16

Intimidated

Answer 16

Frightened, fill with fear hesitant

Question 17

Exuberance

Answer 17

Condition of uncontrollable joy

Question 18

Contrition

Answer 18

Remorse or guilt

Question 19

Bravado

Answer 19

False show of courage

Question 20

Intravenously

Answer 20

Through or within a vein

Question 21

Discern

Answer 21

Detect by looking carefully

Question 22

Oppressive

Answer 22

Hard to tolerate

Question 23

Frivolous

Answer 23

Silliness of not caring

Question 24

Precluded

Answer 24

Prevent from happening

Question 25

Impunity

Answer 25

Exception from punishment , freedom

Question 26

Avenger

Answer 26

Takes revenge for an offense

Question 27

Immolation

Answer 27

Destruction, sacrifice

Question 28

Connoisseurship

Answer 28

Expert on knowledge

Question 29

Impose upon

Answer 29

Intrude, take advantage of

Question 30

Recoiling

Answer 30

Moving backward as if in horror

Question 31

Endeavored

Answer 31

Try

Question 32

Obstinate

Answer 32

Stubborn

Question 33

Succession

Answer 33

Serious course of events

Question 34

Hindrances

Answer 34

Burdensome obstruction, obstacles

Question 35

Symmetry

Answer 35

Balanced arrangement

Question 36

Consternation

Answer 36

Anxiety or fear

Question 37

Cowered

Answer 37

To crouch as in fear or shame

Question 38

Sychronizing

Answer 38

Operating at the same time

Question 39

Disposition

Answer 39

State of mind, personality, temper

Question 40

Placid

Answer 40

Calm, peaceful

Question 41

Apprehensive

Answer 41

Uneasy or fearful

Question 42

Garish

Answer 42

Bright and showy

Question 43

Recounted

Answer 43

Described in detail or narrated

Question 44

Sullen

Answer 44

Gloomy or dismal

Question 45

Furtively

Answer 45

Secretly or slyly

Question 46

Imperative

Answer 46

Important urgent

Question 47

Fretful

Answer 47

Irritable or annoy-able peevish

Question 48

Deft

Answer 48

Neatly skilled quick in movement