Lesson 12 Definitions

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

Prompt and cheerful response

Question 2

Antipathy

Answer 2

A dislike, distaste, or enmity

Question 3

Augment

Answer 3

To make greater or to supplement

Question 4

Bombastic

Answer 4

Using inflated language, pompous

Question 5

Decry

Answer 5

To speak against, to rail against, to disparage

Question 6

Eclectic

Answer 6

Coming from a variety of diverse sources

Question 7

Enhance

Answer 7

To make better, to improve

Question 8

Euphonious

Answer 8

Pleasant or agreeable (sound); dulcet

Question 9

Fervid

Answer 9

Ardent, burning, impassioned

Question 10

Impecunious

Answer 10

Without money

Question 11

Ingratiate

Answer 11

To make effort to gain good favor with someone

Question 12

Abridge

Answer 12

To shorten, to diminish

Question 13

Luxuriant

Answer 13

Abundant in growth, very fertile

Question 14

Paltry

Answer 14

Trifling; petty; worthless

Question 15

Pedantry

Answer 15

Act of showing off learning in a manner that is needless and unimaginative

Question 16

Placid

Answer 16

Peaceful, calm

Question 17

Preclude

Answer 17

To make impossible

Question 18

Promontory

Answer 18

Land or rock projecting into a body of water

Question 19

Raze

Answer 19

To completely destroy

Question 20

Secular

Answer 20

Nonreligious, worldly

Question 21

Static

Answer 21

Having no motion, showing little change

Question 22

Tact

Answer 22

A keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situations

Question 23

Torpid

Answer 23

Sluggish, inactive, dull

Question 24

Vindicated

Answer 24

Cleared of accusations or charges

Question 25

Vindictive

Answer 25

Revengeful, spiteful