lang vocabulary test

Question 1

vitriolic (adjective)

Answer 1

filled with bitter criticism or malice

Question 2

opine (verb)

Answer 2

hold or state one’s opinion

Question 3

ineffable (adjective)

Answer 3

defying expression or description

Question 4

wanton (adjective)

Answer 4

unprovoked; without motive or justification

Question 5

palliative (noun)

Answer 5

remedy that eases pain without curing

Question 6

reconnoiter (verb)

Answer 6

explore, often with the goal of finding something

Question 7

beleager (verb)

Answer 7

annoy persistently

Question 8

phlegmatic (adjective)

Answer 8

showing little emotion

Question 9

vehement (adjective)

Answer 9

showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

Question 10

ambivalent (adjective)

Answer 10

having mixed feelings or contradicting ideas about something or someone

Question 11

jocular (adjective)

Answer 11

fond or characterized by joking; numerous or playful

Question 12

epigraph (noun)

Answer 12

a short saying or quote at the beginning of the book, intended to suggest its theme

Question 13

provincial (adjective)

Answer 13

having the manners and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic, narrow

Question 14

vociferous (adjective)

Answer 14

vehement or clamorous; especially of a person or speech; outspoken

Question 15

fallacious (adjective)

Answer 15

containing or based on incorrect reasoning

Question 16

fervent (adjective)

Answer 16

showing feelings of great warmth or intensity

Question 17

screed (noun)

Answer 17

a long speech or piece of writing, typically one regarded as tedious

Question 18

blithe (adjective)

Answer 18

joyful, merry in spirit, glad