ICB Part 4 Vocab

Question 1

arraignment

Answer 1

the act of being called to court to answer changes

Question 2

dourness

Answer 2

gloominess

Question 3

gamy

Answer 3

unwholesome

Question 4

hooch

Answer 4

alcohol

Question 5

laggardly

Answer 5

slowly hanging back

Question 6

odious

Answer 6

detestable - deserving of intense dislike

Question 7

pugnacious

Answer 7

quarrelsome - someone who is quick to argue

Question 8

unpretentious

Answer 8

modest

Question 9

auditor

Answer 9

listeners

Question 10

contrition

Answer 10

sincere remorse

Question 11

dirge

Answer 11

a song mourning the dead

Question 12

languid

Answer 12

lifeless

Question 13

ministrations

Answer 13

acts of care

Question 14

pathological

Answer 14

caused by disease

Question 15

staid

Answer 15

composed; fixed

Question 16

stealthy

Answer 16

marked by caution

Question 17

vicissitudes

Answer 17

changes or variations

Question 18

commodious

Answer 18

spacious

Question 19

malodorous

Answer 19

smelling badly breakdown of the word: (mal = bad)+(odor = a smell)+(ous = characterized by)

Question 20

pinioned

Answer 20

restrained

Question 21

unctuous

Answer 21

excessively pious (thinking they are more holy or better than others)

Question 22

vivisectionist

Answer 22

a person who cuts into living animals for scientific research.