Honors Vocabulary 5

Question 1

buffoon

Answer 1

n. a clown or fool

Question 2

iota

Answer 2

n. a very small amount

Question 3

anecdote

Answer 3

n. a short incident or story

Question 4

dupe

Answer 4

n. one who is easily tricked or taken advantage of

Question 5

fledgling

Answer 5

n. a young bird; a beginner

Question 6

perjury

Answer 6

n. the act of lying under oath

Question 7

malignant

Answer 7

adj. tending to produce death or deterioration or evil

Question 8

sodden

Answer 8

adj. soaked through

Question 9

fallible

Answer 9

adj. not perfect, capable of making mistakes

Question 10

utmost

Answer 10

adj. the highest or the most

Question 11

inimitable

Answer 11

adj. not able to be imitated or reproduced

Question 12

marginal

Answer 12

adj. on the edges or margins of something

Question 13

flagrant

Answer 13

adj. very obviously offensive

Question 14

prudent

Answer 14

adj. wise and careful

Question 15

disputatious

Answer 15

adj. having the tendency to argue

Question 16

entreat

Answer 16

v. to beg

Question 17

consolidate

Answer 17

v. to organize parts into a whole, to put or bring together

Question 18

eradicate

Answer 18

v. to eliminate

Question 19

ordain

Answer 19

v. to establish by order, degree, etc.

Question 20

validate

Answer 20

v. to establish as true, to check to find out if something is true