Namesake Vocab

Question 1

Arbitrary

Answer 1

doing something randomly, without reason

Question 2

implausible

Answer 2

not believable

Question 3

pallor

Answer 3

an unhealthy pale appearance

Question 4

supine

Answer 4

laying facing upward

Question 5

beget

Answer 5

to give birth to/ to create

Question 6

tepid

Answer 6

warmish/ slightly warm

Question 7

truncate

Answer 7

to shorten

Question 8

nomenclature

Answer 8

naming system in an art or science

Question 9

raucous

Answer 9

making a loud and harsh sound

Question 10

ruse

Answer 10

a trick

Question 11

arduous

Answer 11

requiring a lot of effort, hard to do

Question 12

Expatriate:Verb

Answer 12

to settle oneself abroad

Question 13

Expatriate: noun

Answer 13

Someone who lives outside of their native country

Question 14

buttress: verb

Answer 14

to reinforce

Question 15

buttress:noun

Answer 15

a projecting support of stone built against a wall-usually a cathedral

Question 16

impunity

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exemption from punishment

Question 17

disparage

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to belittle, to regard as being of little worth

Question 18

petulant

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childishly sulky and bad tempered

Question 19

fastidious

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concerned about accuracy and detail

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askance

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look of suspicion and distrust

Question 21

clandestine

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kept or done secretively because forbidden

Question 22

insular

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uninterested and ignorant about others cultures and ideas

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precarious

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not securely held, likely to fall or collapse

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surly

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unfriendly, grumpy

Question 25

vociferous

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outspoken and vocal-passionate and loud

Question 26

surreptitious

Answer 26

kept secret because it would not be approved of