Group 31 Vocabulary

Question 1

Ambivalence

Answer 1

(n.) uncertainty of fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things

Question 2

Cantankerous

Answer 2

(adj.) peevish; quarrelsome; bad-tempered

Question 3

Derogatory

Answer 3

(adj.) tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; depreciatory; uncomplimentary

Question 4

Exemplify

Answer 4

(v.) to show or illustrate by example

Question 5

Impecunious

Answer 5

(adj.) having little or no money

Question 6

Lucid

Answer 6

(adj.) clear; easily understood

Question 7

Ornate

Answer 7

(adj.) highly decorated

Question 8

Precipice

Answer 8

(n.) a cliff with a steep slope; a situation of great peril

Question 9

Salubrious

Answer 9

(adj.) healthful; promoting health; favorable to health

Question 10

Truant

Answer 10

(n.) a person who shrinks or neglects his or her duty; student who stays away from school without permission