Lesson 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

Abhor

Answer 1

to loathe, despise, hate

Question 2

Accolade

Answer 2

praise, an award

Question 3

Ascetic (Hint : a monk)

Answer 3

one who leads a life of self-denial or contemplation,

typically for religious reasons

Question 4

Bequeath (think of beneath)

Answer 4

to hand down

Question 5

Charlatan

Answer 5

one who claims to know something that he doesn’t; fraud,imposter

Question 6

Conflagration

Answer 6

a large fire

Question 7

Dearth

Answer 7

a lack or scarcity

Question 8

Diffidence

Answer 8

shy or reserved

Question 9

Effervescent

Answer 9

showing high spirits

Question 10

Ethereal

Answer 10

heavenly, light, delicate

Question 11

Expunge (Morgan from Criminal Minds)

Answer 11

to remove or erase

Question 12

Guile

Answer 12

deceitfulness or duplicity

Question 13

Implausible

Answer 13

not believable

Question 14

Incongruity (fitting a circle into a square)

Answer 14

nonconformity or disagreement

Question 15

Insularity

Answer 15

narrow-minded or ignorant

Question 16

Morose

Answer 16

gloomy, depressed

Question 17

Placate (Hitler and Czechoslovakia)

Answer 17

to appease

Question 18

Poignant

Answer 18

piercing, moving, touching

Question 19

Provincial

Answer 19

lacking sophistication

Question 20

Reiterate

Answer 20

to repeat

Question 21

Spontaneous

Answer 21

acting on impulse

Question 22

Synthesis

Answer 22

combining parts into a whole

Question 23

Toxic

Answer 23

poisonous

Question 24

Vigilant

Answer 24

very alert, watchful

Question 25

Voluble

Answer 25

ability to use words easily or fluently