Never ever heard of

Question 1

deferential

Answer 1

when someone shows respect or submission to someone of higher post - positive conn.

Question 2

obsequious

Answer 2

giving someone else too much attention

Question 3

disparaging

Answer 3

from disparage - unequal dis- par (age), treating someone as if they were smaller, worse - derogatory, belittling

Question 4

ignominy

Answer 4

no name, being in public shame, disgrace, humiliation

Question 5

lauded

Answer 5

praised, glory - from 110 LODE

Question 6

extoll

Answer 6

praise highly, celebrated - exaltar

Question 7

lugubrious

Answer 7

mournful, sorrowful, melancholic

Question 8

mirth

Answer 8

happiness, joy, laughter

Question 9

elated

Answer 9

extremely happy, overjoyed - el(ev)ated

Question 10

lax

Answer 10

loose, careless, lenient - slack

Question 11

harangue

Answer 11

long, passionate speech - to harangue can also be to reprimand

Question 12

sanguine

Answer 12

hopeful - in medieval times people with too much blood were thought to have positive outlook on life

Question 13

pulchritude

Answer 13

beauty