Lesson 5 Vocabulary

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

to make better or relieve

Question 2

Amenable

Answer 2

open to advice or obedient

Question 3

Amorphus

Answer 3

shapeless

Question 4

Buoyant

Answer 4

capable of floating or cheerful

Question 5

Cajole

Answer 5

to persuade with flattery; like a sycophant

Question 6

Calamity

Answer 6

serious event causing distress or catastrophe

Question 7

Debase

Answer 7

to reduce and dignity or quality

Question 8

Efface

Answer 8

to erase

Question 9

Elucidate

Answer 9

to make clear or explain

Question 10

Ephemeral

Answer 10

lasting for a short period of time

Question 11

Ferocity

Answer 11

savagery, wild

Question 12

Flourish

Answer 12

to thrive or grow

Question 13

Haughty

Answer 13

arrogant, pompous, proud

Question 14

Impervious

Answer 14

incapable of being entered; not capable of being damaged

Question 15

Inane

Answer 15

lacking significance or importance

Question 16

Indolence

Answer 16

laziness

Question 17

Infallible

Answer 17

incapable of error

Question 18

Inscrutable

Answer 18

difficult to understand

Question 19

Languid

Answer 19

slow, sluggish, weak

Question 20

Malice

Answer 20

desire to harm

Question 21

Oblique

Answer 21

slanting or misleading

Question 22

Opulence

Answer 22

wealth or abundance

Question 23

Penitent

Answer 23

showing remorse or repentance

Question 24

Perfunctory

Answer 24

acting routinely with little interest or care

Question 25

Acrimonious

Answer 25

to be bitter