Lesson 5 Vocab

Question 0

Ameliorate

Answer 0

To make better
To relieve
To improve

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

Caustic
Biting or rancorous
Language or manner

Question 2

Amenable

Answer 2

Open or willing to follow advise or suggestion

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

Shapeless

Having no decimate form

Question 4

Buoyant

Answer 4

Floating

Cheerful

Question 5

Cajole

Answer 5

To persuade with flattery

To coax

Question 6

Calamity

Answer 6

A serious event causing distress or misfortune

Question 7

Debase

Answer 7

Degrade

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
To clear up

Question 10

Ephemeral

Answer 10

Lasting a short amount of time

Question 11

Ferocity

Answer 11

Savagery

Fierceness

Question 12

Flourish

Answer 12

To thrive

To grow well

Question 13

Haughty

Answer 13

Arrogant

Excessively proud

Question 14

Impervious

Answer 14

Incapable of being entered or penetrated

Question 15

Inane

Answer 15

Lacking significance or meaning
Silly
Insipid

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

Question 20

Malice

Answer 20

Desire to harm others

Question 21

Oblique

Answer 21

Slanting
Indirect
Evasive
Misleading

Question 22

Opulence

Answer 22

Wealth
Affluence
Abundance

Question 23

Penitent

Answer 23

Showing feeling of regret for wrongdoing

Question 24

Perfunctory

Answer 24

Acting routinely with little interest or care