Fab Vocab 1-25

Question 1

Prevaricator

Answer 1

One who tells an untruth; liar

Question 2

Nefarious

Answer 2

wicked; vicious

Question 3

Officious

Answer 3

forcing one’s service or office upon another; too forward

Question 4

insouciance

Answer 4

indifference; lack of concern

Question 5

permeate

Answer 5

to pass through; to spread; to pervade

Question 6

gregarious

Answer 6

living in groups; liking to be with others

Question 7

stilted

Answer 7

stiffly formal; pompous

Question 8

askance

Answer 8

with a side glance of disapproval

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

incapable of being searched into and understood

Question 10

intransigent

Answer 10

irreconcilable; uncompromising

Question 11

foment

Answer 11

to arouse; cause; incite

Question 12

fortuitous

Answer 12

accidental; happening by chance

Question 13

aplomb

Answer 13

assurance; poise; self-possession

Question 14

grandiloquent

Answer 14

eloquent on a grand scale

Question 15

automaton

Answer 15

a robot; a mechanical person

Question 16

capricious

Answer 16

fanciful; whimsical; impulsive; unpredictable

Question 17

duplicity

Answer 17

being double; hiding one tries intentions by deceptive words or actions

Question 18

fatuous

Answer 18

complacently or inanely foolish

Question 19

raucous

Answer 19

boisterously disorderly; loud; disagreeable harsh or strident

Question 20

intelligentsia

Answer 20

the highly educated and cultured

Question 21

nemesis

Answer 21

retribution; just punishment; one that inflicts retribution or vengeance

Question 22

bevy

Answer 22

a large group or collection; a group of quails

Question 23

parsimonious

Answer 23

stingy; not generous; frugal

Question 24

caterwaul

Answer 24

to make a harsh cry or screech

Question 25

copacetic

Answer 25

very satisfactory