Fab Vocab 76-100

Question 1

Diaphanous

Answer 1

characterized by extreme delicacy of form, insubstantial, vague l

Question 2

august (a ghust)

Answer 2

marked by majestic dignity or grandeur

Question 3

immutable

Answer 3

not being capable of or susceptible to change

Question 4

pertinacity

Answer 4

adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design; stubbornly tenacious

Question 5

sententious

Answer 5

given to or abounding in excessive moralizing

Question 6

insipid

Answer 6

lacking taste or savor, tasteless, lacking in qualities that interest

Question 7

lugubrious

Answer 7

mournful, especially exaggeratedly or affected it mournful, dismal

Question 8

drollery

Answer 8

whimsical humor; having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality

Question 9

declivity

Answer 9

downward inclination, a downward slope

Question 10

Recrudesence

Answer 10

A new outbreak after a period of abatement, or inactivity renewed

Question 11

Alacrity

Answer 11

Promptness in response, cheerful readiness

Question 12

Rapacious

Answer 12

Excessively, grasping, or covetous, living on prey, ravenous

Question 13

efface

Answer 13

to make indistinct, as if by wearing away a surface, to make one self modestly, or shy inconspicuous, wipe out

Question 14

moribund

Answer 14

being an estate of inactivity, or obsolescence approaching death

Question 15

obfuscate

Answer 15

To darken or obscure

Question 16

voluble

Answer 16

easily, rolling, or turning, rotation, characte characterized or rapid speed glib fluent

Question 17

woebegone

Answer 17

Waffle, also, rundown

Question 18

Supulchral

Answer 18

Suited to, or suggesting of a tomb, funeral

Question 19

Supercilious

Answer 19

Being Cooley, and patronizingly haughty

Question 20

indefatigable

Answer 20

Untiring, and capable of being tired

Question 21

conflagration

Answer 21

fire, especially a large disastrous fire, a conflict or war

Question 22

precipitate

Answer 22

Falling, flowing, or rushing with steep descent, unwise speed

Question 23

commingling

Answer 23

Blending thoroughly into harmonious whole

Question 24

festoon

Answer 24

To decorate or adorn, decorative chains, or ornaments

Question 25

inextricable

Answer 25

Forming a maze or tangle, from which it is impossible to get out of, and capable of being untied