MC Vocab List 1B

Question 1

PENSIVE

Answer 1

Musingly or dreamily thoughtful.

Question 2

COTES

Answer 2

Shelter for mammals or birds, especially pigeons.

Question 3

BURGHER

Answer 3

Citizen of a town or city, typically a member of a wealthy bourgeoisie.

Question 4

BOURGEOISIE

Answer 4

Sociologically defined social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class.

Question 5

USURPER

Answer 5

Illegitimate or controversial claimant to power.

Question 6

CONTEMPTOUS

Answer 6

Scornful.

Question 7

EPIC

Answer 7

A long poem narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures.

Question 8

RAPACIOUS

Answer 8

Excessively grasping or covetous (greedy).

Question 9

UNSCRUPULOUS

Answer 9

No having or showing regard for what is right and proper.

Question 10

REAP

Answer 10

Cut or gather (a crop or harvest).

Question 11

SHAG

Answer 11

Course kind of cut tobacco.

Question 12

QUAY

Answer 12

Platform projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

Question 13

GLIBLY

Answer 13

Speaking or spoken carelessly and often insincerely.

Question 14

IBSEN

Answer 14

A founder of modernism in theatre; often referred to as “the father of realism”.

Question 15

PRIG

Answer 15

Self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others.

Question 16

HOARY

Answer 16

Aged; grayish white.

Question 17

AUSTERE

Answer 17

Having an extremely plain and simple style or appearance; unadorned.

Question 18

ALOOF

Answer 18

Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Question 19

DEPLORE

Answer 19

Feel or express strong disapproval of (something).

Question 20

NAIVETE

Answer 20

Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.

Question 21

CANDOR

Answer 21

Quality or being open and honest in expression; frankness.

Question 22

CONJECTURE

Answer 22

Opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

Question 23

AVANT-GARDE

Answer 23

Favoring or introducing experimental or unusual ideas.

Question 24

LYRICAL

Answer 24

Expressing the writer’s emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way.

Question 25

COLLOQUIAL

Answer 25

Language use in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.

Question 26

DIDACTIC

Answer 26

Designed or intended to teach.

Question 27

BEMUSED

Answer 27

To be puzzled, confused, or bewildered.

Question 28

VACILLATTE

Answer 28

To be indecisive.

Question 29

FURRING

Answer 29

To coat or clog with a deposit or thick layer.

Question 30

BREADTH

Answer 30

Width.

Question 31

METER

Answer 31

Pattern.

Question 32

TACTILE

Answer 32

Designed to be perceived by touch.

Question 33

ANTITHESIS

Answer 33

Contrast or opposition between two things.

Question 34

OXYMORON

Answer 34

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Question 35

INSIDIOUS

Answer 35

Treacherous; crafty.

Question 36

DISSIPATION

Answer 36

Squandering of money, energy, or resource.

Question 37

TERCET

Answer 37

Set of three lines of verse rhyming together.

Question 38

REFRAIN

Answer 38

Chorus; a comment or statement that is often repeated.