Final Vocab

Question 1

esoteric

Answer 1

intended for only a select few, private, secret

Question 2

fecund

Answer 2

fruitful in offspring or vegetation, intellectually productive

Question 3

ignominy

Answer 3

shame and disgrace

Question 4

sophistry

Answer 4

reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound, a fallacy

Question 5

ubiquitous

Answer 5

universal

Question 6

abject

Answer 6

degraded, base, contemptible, cringing, servile, complete and unrelieved

Question 7

indubitable

Answer 7

certain, not to be doubted of denied

Question 8

motif

Answer 8

a principle or idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant element in a design

Question 9

perspicacity

Answer 9

keenness in observing and understanding

Question 10

convivial

Answer 10

festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

Question 11

coterie

Answer 11

a circle of aquaintances; a close knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

Question 12

effrontery

Answer 12

shameless behavior, impudence

Question 13

felicitous

Answer 13

appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well being or good fortune

Question 14

garish

Answer 14

glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

Question 15

pertinacious

Answer 15

very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied

Question 16

echelon

Answer 16

one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement

Question 17

fatuous

Answer 17

stupid or foolish in a self satisfied way

Question 18

macabre

Answer 18

grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

Question 19

paucity

Answer 19

an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

Question 20

raze

Answer 20

to tear down, destroy completely. to cut or scrape off

Question 21

saturnine

Answer 21

poop