Lesson 5 Definitions

Question 0

Ameliorate

Answer 0

To make better, to improve

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

Caustic

Question 2

Amenable

Answer 2

Open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

Shapeless

Question 4

Buoyant

Answer 4

Capable of floating;cheerful

Question 5

Cajole

Answer 5

To persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax

Question 6

Calamity

Answer 6

A serious event causing distress or misfortune

Question 7

Debase

Answer 7

To reduce in dignity or quality

Question 8

Efface

Answer 8

To erase, to wear away

Question 9

Elucidate

Answer 9

To make clear, to explain

Question 10

Ephemeral

Answer 10

Lasting a short period of time

Question 11

Ferocity

Answer 11

Savagery

Question 12

Flourish

Answer 12

To thrive, to grow well

Question 13

Haughty

Answer 13

Arrogant, excessively proud and vain

Question 14

Impervious

Answer 14

Incapable of being entered or penetrated

Question 15

Inane

Answer 15

Lacking significance, silly

Question 16

Indolence

Answer 16

Laziness

Question 17

Infallible

Answer 17

Incapable of error

Question 18

Inscrutable

Answer 18

Difficult to understand; mysterious

Question 19

Languid

Answer 19

Slow, sluggish, weak

Question 20

Malice

Answer 20

Desire to harm others

Question 21

Oblique

Answer 21

Slanting, indirect, devious, misleading

Question 22

Opulence

Answer 22

Wealth, abundance

Question 23

Penitent

Answer 23

Showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing

Question 24

Perfunctory

Answer 24

Acting routinely with little interest or care