Lesson 10 Vocabulary

Question 1

Adulation

Answer 1

extreme praise or admiration

Question 2

Adversity

Answer 2

misfortune

Question 3

Burgeon

Answer 3

to sprout or newly emerge

Question 4

Chimera

Answer 4

a fantasy or a horrible creature of imagination

Question 5

Culpable

Answer 5

guilty or deserving blame

Question 6

Decadent

Answer 6

decaying

Question 7

Entreaty

Answer 7

a plea, an appeal, an earnest request

Question 8

Fatuous

Answer 8

foolish or silly in an obnoxious way

Question 9

Humane

Answer 9

kind or compassionate

Question 10

Indulgent

Answer 10

lenient, laid back

Question 11

Ineptness

Answer 11

lack of competence or judgement

Question 12

Ingrate

Answer 12

an ungrateful person

Question 13

Inundate

Answer 13

to flood or overflow

Question 14

Miser

Answer 14

one who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save money

Question 15

Nefarious

Answer 15

extremely wicked or evil

Question 16

Prattle

Answer 16

meaningless sounds, babble

Question 17

Predilection

Answer 17

preference

Question 18

Procrastination

Answer 18

to delay or put off

Question 19

Stoic

Answer 19

one who is apathetic (displays no empathy)

Question 20

Suffrage

Answer 20

the right to vote

Question 21

Summon

Answer 21

to call together

Question 22

Transparent

Answer 22

see through, clear

Question 23

Turbulence

Answer 23

wild or disturbing activity

Question 24

Viable

Answer 24

functional

Question 25

Abstracted

Answer 25

lost in one’s own mind