Gr.9 Leason 5

Question 1

Pugnacious

Answer 1

Adj
inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome
He is a pugnacious person who always get himself into different troubles.

Question 2

Obtuse

Answer 2

Adj
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect
She is too obtuse to take my hints.

Question 3

Odious

Answer 3

Adj
deserving or causing hatred
The sight of this teacher is odious to her, because this teacher gave them physical punishments

Question 4

Prosaic

Answer 4

Adj
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative
What a prosaic day, no tests, no activities, nothing fun to do.

Question 5

Nadir

Answer 5

N
The lowest point
They fleet to other countries during the nadir of the US economy.

Question 6

Maudlin

Answer 6

Adj
Tearfully or weakly emotional
The girl became maudlin after she lost both of her parents during the cholera

Question 7

Juxtaposition

Answer 7

N
The state of being close together
The juxtaposition of the two new companies became the focus of the world.

Question 8

Oblique

Answer 8

Adj
Sloping
The buildings were oblique after the earthquake

Question 9

Pithy

Answer 9

Adj
Brief, forceful, and meaningful on expression.
She wrote a pithy article for the event.

Question 10

Rancor

Answer 10

N
Bitter, resentment, ill will.
She is determined to step aside from the rancor between her two friends.

Question 11

Ribald

Answer 11

Adj
Coarsely mocking, abusive.
Her face is blank, and she ignored his ribald words.

Question 12

Solipsistic

Answer 12

Adj
Theory that only the self exists.
His idea of solipsistic is that only himself exist and matter.

Question 13

Tantamount

Answer 13

Adj
Equivalent
It is tantamount that you keep up your good reputation in school and your test grades.

Question 14

Vacuous

Answer 14

Adj
Empty, lacking of ideas, purposeless.
He had a vacuous way of life with no goal to work on,

Question 15

Vituperate

Answer 15

V
To use or address with harsh language
He continued to vituperate the sins of smugglers.

Question 16

Unctuous

Answer 16

Adj
Excessive piousness.
The Unctuous man speak many great things about others to win trusts and friendships.

Question 17

Deprecate

Answer 17

V
To express disapproval of
She deprecated my opinions at the debate.

Question 18

Contrite

Answer 18

Adj
Showing sincere remore
A hint of contrite creeps up in my voice.

Question 19

Antipathy

Answer 19

N
A natural aversion
A feeling of antipathy occurs in her eyes when i shoot her a look

Question 20

Cajole

Answer 20

V
To persuade by flattery
I cajole my brother to gave back my phone.