Fab Vocab 226-250

Question 1

To speak pompously or verbosely

Answer 1

Bloviate

Question 2

A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality

Answer 2

Bonhomie

Question 3

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body; of a material nature; tangible

Answer 3

Corporeal

Question 4

Lying; untruthful; false

Answer 4

Mendacious

Question 5

Of little of no importance; trifling; having no force

Answer 5

Nugatory

Question 6

Noisy; stubbornly unruly

Answer 6

Obstreperous

Question 7

Swiftness of action or motion; speed

Answer 7

Celerity

Question 8

To control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation

Answer 8

Quell

Question 9

Dry, shrunken, wrinkled

Answer 9

Wizened

Question 10

Using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure

Answer 10

Vituperative

Question 11

Empty boasting

Answer 11

Braggadocio

Question 12

A marsh or swamp; any situation that traps, confuses or impedes; an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture

Answer 12

Morass

Question 13

A strong liking

Answer 13

Penchant

Question 14

Sleight of hand; a display of skill or adroitness

Answer 14

Legerdemain

Question 15

The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for

Answer 15

Serendipity

Question 16

Impossible to avoid or evade

Answer 16

Ineluctable

Question 17

Flowing sweetly or smoothly

Answer 17

Mellifluous

Question 18

A large book

Answer 18

Tome

Question 19

Childish

Answer 19

Puerile

Question 20

Devious, dishonest, or unscrupulous behavior or activity

Answer 20

Skulduggery

Question 21

Crudely; presumptively or noisily self-assertive

Answer 21

Bumptious

Question 22

To continue something (as repetition of a word) usually to an exceptional degree or beyond a desired point

Answer 22

Perseverate

Question 23

Concisely meaningful

Answer 23

Pithy

Question 24

Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive; causing no trouble or symptoms

Answer 24

Quiescence

Question 25

Knowing or anticipating the outcome of events before they happen

Answer 25

Prescient