Lesson 4 Definitions

Question 0

Aloof

Answer 0

Apart, indifferent

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

Relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art

Question 2

Archaic

Answer 2

Antiqued, old, out of use

Question 3

Assuage

Answer 3

To ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm

Question 4

Belie

Answer 4

To contradict, to give a false impression

Question 5

Contentious

Answer 5

Quarrelsome, stirring controversy

Question 6

Daunt

Answer 6

To intimidate, to dismay

Question 7

Debilitate

Answer 7

To weaken, to enfeeble

Question 8

Discord

Answer 8

Lack of agreement, tension, strife

Question 9

Dissemination

Answer 9

The act of spreading widely; scattering

Question 10

Dogmatic

Answer 10

Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

Question 11

Duplicity

Answer 11

Double-dealing, hypocrisy

Question 12

Egocentric

Answer 12

Self-centered, selfish

Question 13

Euphemism

Answer 13

Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive

Question 14

Gluttonous

Answer 14

Greedy for food and drink

Question 15

Mundane

Answer 15

Ordinary, commonplace

Question 16

Ominous

Answer 16

Threatening

Question 17

Petulance

Answer 17

Unreasonable touchiness or irritability

Question 18

Pompous

Answer 18

Exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic

Question 19

Precocious

Answer 19

Exceptionally early in development or occurrence

Question 20

Slothful

Answer 20

Lazy, indolent

Question 21

Trivia

Answer 21

Insignificant matters

Question 22

Verbose

Answer 22

Wordy, very talkative

Question 23

Virulent

Answer 23

Extremely poisonous; hateful

Question 24

Volatile

Answer 24

Quickly changeable, easily vaporized