Fab Vocab 126-150

Question 1

acumen

Answer 1

Keese of death and perception; discernment in practical matters

Question 2

chicanery

Answer 2

Deception by artful, subterfuge, or tricky, a trick

Question 3

deleterious

Answer 3

Harmful in a subtle or unexpected way

Question 4

Fulminate

Answer 4

to cause to explode, to issue, or pronounce with vehemence

Question 5

pecuniary

Answer 5

Consisting of, or measured in money

Question 6

sanguine

Answer 6

relating to blood, marked by sturdiness, high color, and confidence, optimism, cheerfulness

Question 7

ubiquitous

Answer 7

existing or being everywhere at the same time, widespread

Question 8

esconced

Answer 8

fixed firmly

Question 9

churlish

Answer 9

A rude, Borish person, miserly

Question 10

evanescent

Answer 10

Dissipating or disappearing, like vapor

Question 11

gauche

Answer 11

Lacking, social polish, tactless

Question 12

nabob

Answer 12

Wealthy person

Question 13

hubris

Answer 13

Overbearing, pride, or presumption, arrogance

Question 14

ephemeral

Answer 14

Transient, lasting a short time

Question 15

prosaic

Answer 15

Ordinary, dull

Question 16

ineffable

Answer 16

Incapable of being expressed

Question 17

predilection

Answer 17

An established preference

Question 18

inane

Answer 18

Empty, pointless, asinine

Question 19

compunction

Answer 19

uneasiness from a sense of guilt, Pertinence

Question 20

enervate

Answer 20

To weaken or deprive of strength

Question 21

unequivocal

Answer 21

Unambiguous, certain, sure

Question 22

equanimity

Answer 22

evenness of mind, calm temper

Question 23

implacable

Answer 23

Incapable of being pacified

Question 24

commensurate

Answer 24

equal in measure

Question 25

quagmire

Answer 25

A predicament