final exam vocab

Question 1

adhering resolutely to an option, purpose, or design

Answer 1

pertinacity

Question 2

a condition of weariness or debility; fatigue

Answer 2

lassitude

Question 3

easily accomplished or attained

Answer 3

facile

Question 4

not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped

Answer 4

inexorable

Question 5

difficult to understand; obscure

Answer 5

abstruse

Question 6

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Answer 6

ambivalent

Question 7

avoid making decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

Answer 7

temporize

Question 8

a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation

Answer 8

vocation

Question 9

having the freedom to act independently

Answer 9

autonomous

Question 10

begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Answer 10

burgeon

Question 11

a raised platform where honored guests are seated

Answer 11

dais

Question 12

clever trickery; deceit

Answer 12

guile

Question 13

required as a duty or an obligation

Answer 13

incumbent

Question 14

a sign indicating the approach of something or someone

Answer 14

herald

Question 15

attention; concern for something or someone

Answer 15

solicitude

Question 16

a very strong wind

Answer 16

gales

Question 17

travel across or through

Answer 17

traversed

Question 18

to plead with especially in order to persuade; ask urgently

Answer 18

entreat

Question 19

courage in pain or adversity

Answer 19

fortitude

Question 20

to find something out for certain

Answer 20

ascertain