Lesson 14&15 Misleading Words

Question 1

Sedulous

Answer 1

(adj.) hardworking and attentive

Question 2

Restive

Answer 2

(adj.) restless and agitated

Question 3

Peruse

Answer 3

(v.) to read carefully

Question 4

Punctilious

Answer 4

(adj.) extremely careful about details, to the point of being fussy

Question 5

Equivocate

Answer 5

(v.) to be intentionally vague and misleading

Question 6

Predicament

Answer 6

(n.) a difficult situation that isn’t easy to escape

Question 7

Prepossessing

Answer 7

(adj.) attractive and charming

Question 8

Gratuitous

Answer 8

(adj.) unwarranted or uncalled for, given the situation

Question 9

Intemperate

Answer 9

(adj.) given to excess, typically with regard to drinking alcohol

Question 10

Burnish

Answer 10

(v.) to make shiny

Question 11

Quiescent

Answer 11

(adj.) describing a state or period of inactivity

Question 12

Redress

Answer 12

(v.) to make right or correct some wrongdoing

Question 13

Remiss

Answer 13

(adj.) negligent, derelict, lackadaisical, or neglectful

Question 14

Preeminent

Answer 14

(adj.) the best of its kind

Question 15

Mannerism

Answer 15

(n.) a way of speaking or behaving that is specific to an individual