Modern Meanings Unit 2

Question 1

florid

Answer 1

very flowery in style; elaborately decorated

Question 2

effluent

Answer 2

flowing out

Question 3

pernicious

Answer 3

destructive, wicked, villainous

Question 4

factitious

Answer 4

artificial, conventional, not natural

Question 5

renovate

Answer 5

to restore to a former or better state

Question 6

defoliate

Answer 6

to strip of leaves

Question 7

acrid

Answer 7

bitterly pungent to the senses

Question 8

adventitious

Answer 8

nonessential, accidental

Question 9

desultory

Answer 9

digressing, random

Question 10

compulsive

Answer 10

acting contrary to one’s conscious intentions or standards

Question 11

assiduous

Answer 11

marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application

Question 12

cursory

Answer 12

hasty, superficial

Question 13

effusive

Answer 13

excessively demonstrative, gushing

Question 14

obdurate

Answer 14

obstinate, unyielding

Question 15

nascent

Answer 15

that is in the act or condition of coming into existence

Question 16

perspicuous

Answer 16

plain to understand because of clarity and precision

Question 17

verisimilitude

Answer 17

the appearance of being true or real; likelihood, probability

Question 18

inexorable

Answer 18

not able to be persuaded or moved by entreaty

Question 19

surreptitious

Answer 19

clandestine; taken by stealth

Question 20

affability

Answer 20

the quality of being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

Question 21

rapacious

Answer 21

grasing or taking for oneself; inordinately greedy

Question 22

amity

Answer 22

friendship, friendliness