LOF Vocab 1

Question 0

Specious

Answer 0

Falsely appearing to be fair, just, or right; showy

Question 1

Recrimination

Answer 1

A retaliatory accusation

Question 2

Creepers

Answer 2

Plants that grow along to ground or up surfaces

Question 3

Furtive

Answer 3

Done by stealth

Question 4

Efflorescence

Answer 4

The process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower

Question 5

Bastion

Answer 5

A fortified area or position

Question 6

Effulgence

Answer 6

Radiant splendor

Question 7

Festoon

Answer 7

To decorate; adorn

Question 8

Pliant

Answer 8

Easily influenced; able to bend without breaking

Question 9

Proffer

Answer 9

To offer or give (something) to someone

Question 10

Gesticulated

Answer 10

To make gestures especially when speaking

Question 11

Gaudy

Answer 11

Too bright and heavily decorated; very large or impressive

Question 12

Assented

Answer 12

Agreed to or approval of, especially after carefully thinking about it

Question 13

Tacit

Answer 13

Expressed or carried on without words or speech

Question 14

Officious

Answer 14

Volunteering service where they are not needed; meddlesome

Question 15

Belligerence

Answer 15

An aggressive or truculent attitude, atmosphere or disposition

Question 16

Vicissitudes

Answer 16

The quality or state of being changeable

Question 17

Detritus

Answer 17

Pieces that are left when something breaks, falls apart, is destroyed

Question 18

Impalpable

Answer 18

Incapable of being felt by touch; not readily discerned by the mind

Question 19

Susurration

Answer 19

A whispering sound; murmur