Letter O Vocab

Question 1

obeisance

Answer 1

act of respect, bow/nod

Question 2

odyssey

Answer 2

series of adventures

Question 3

opus

Answer 3

musical composition

Question 4

oracle

Answer 4

prophet, person communicating fate/revelations

Question 5

orator

Answer 5

public speaker, skilled speaker

Question 6

oxymoron

Answer 6

figure of speech that produces a self-contradictory effect

Question 7

obdurate

Answer 7

stubborn, resistant

Question 8

oblique

Answer 8

slanting, crooked, not straight/direct

Question 9

obsequious

Answer 9

obedient, dutiful, “yes person”/suck-up

Question 10

obstreperous

Answer 10

unruly, noisy, difficult to control

Question 11

obtuse

Answer 11

slow to learn, dull, not sharp

Question 12

odious

Answer 12

hateful, detestable, offensive

Question 13

opulent

Answer 13

wealthy, rich, affluent

Question 14

opaque

Answer 14

blocking light, not transparent; obscure, hard to understand

Question 15

orotund

Answer 15

clear, full, strong sound; pompous

Question 16

overweening

Answer 16

overconfident, arrogant

Question 17

overwrought

Answer 17

excited; ornate; overworked

Question 18

to obfuscate

Answer 18

to confuse, be unclear/evasive

Question 19

to ogle

Answer 19

to stare, look, look flirtatiously

Question 20

to oust

Answer 20

expel, eject, remove