Lords Vocab 1-4

Question 1

a countercharge

Answer 1

recrimination

Question 2

apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible

Answer 2

specious

Question 3

a plant that grows upon or just beneath the surface of the ground, or upon any other surface, sending out rootlets from the stem, as ivy and couch grass.

Answer 3

creepers

Question 4

taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret

Answer 4

furtive

Question 5

the state or a period of flowering.

Answer 5

efflorescence

Question 6

bastion

Answer 6

a fortified place.

Question 7

a brilliant radiance, a shining forth.

Answer 7

effulgence

Question 8

a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.

Answer 8

festoon

Question 9

bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable

Answer 9

pliant

Question 10

to put before a person for acceptance; offer.

Answer 10

proffer

Question 11

to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.

Answer 11

gesticulated

Question 12

brilliantly or excessively showy

Answer 12

gaudy

Question 13

to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to)

Answer 13

assented

Question 14

understood without being openly expressed; implied

Answer 14

tacit

Question 15

objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome

Answer 15

officious

Question 16

a warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude.

Answer 16

belligerence

Question 17

a change or variation occurring in the course of something.

Answer 17

vicissitudes

Question 18

rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.

Answer 18

detritus

Question 19

incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.

Answer 19

impalpable

Question 20

a soft murmur; whisper.

Answer 20

susurration