Fab Vocab 301-325

Question 1

something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct or accessory; in law, something passing with a principal property

Answer 1

Appurtenance

Question 2

lacking proper respect or seriousness

Answer 2

Flippant

Question 3

an evildoer; a villain; an infidel or heretic

Answer 3

Miscreant

Question 4

stubbornly persistent in wrong doing

Answer 4

Obdurate

Question 5

to make slender, fine, or small; to reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; to weaken

Answer 5

Attenuate

Question 6

extremely old

Answer 6

Antediluvian

Question 7

to melt away or disappear as if by melting; to become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

Answer 7

Deliquesce

Question 8

fleeting; transitory; falling or fading early

Answer 8

Fugacious

Question 9

a meal; figuratively, any refreshment

Answer 9

Repast

Question 10

healthful; promoting health

Answer 10

Salubrious

Question 11

calculated to create ill will or resentment; unfairly discriminating; causing animosity

Answer 11

Invidious

Question 12

of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations

Answer 12

Sidereal

Question 13

debris; rubble

Answer 13

Detritus

Question 14

partially but not fully in existence or operation

Answer 14

Inchoate

Question 15

a person who is skilled in telling stories or anecdotes

Answer 15

Raconteur

Question 16

doing good or causing good to be done conferring benefits; kindly in action or purpose

Answer 16

Beneficent

Question 17

a splendid or impressive array

Answer 17

Panoply

Question 18

a misapplied or inappropriate name of designation; an error in naming a person or thing

Answer 18

Misnomer

Question 19

a women who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover

Answer 19

Inamorata

Question 20

an extravagant, erratic, or unpredictable notion or action

Answer 20

Vagary

Question 21

to free (a person) from deception, error, or misconceptions

Answer 21

Disabuse

Question 22

to throw out of a window

Answer 22

Defenestrate

Question 23

excessively dramatic or emotional; affected

Answer 23

Histrionic

Question 24

a little world; a world in miniature; anything viewed as a miniature of the larger world or universe

Answer 24

Microcosm

Question 25

having no equal

Answer 25

Nonpareil