new vocab

Question 1

elicit

Answer 1

evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one’s own actions or questions.

Question 2

warbling

Answer 2

sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes.

Question 3

vapid

Answer 3

offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Question 4

taciturn

Answer 4

reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Question 5

assuaged

Answer 5

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Question 6

imprudent

Answer 6

not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash.

Question 7

predilection

Answer 7

a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.

Question 8

congenial

Answer 8

(of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own.

Question 9

solace

Answer 9

comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness

Question 10

ad hoc

Answer 10

formed, arranged, or done for a particular purpose only.

Question 11

superfluous

Answer 11

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

Question 12

perilous

Answer 12

full of danger or risk.

Question 13

perpetrators

Answer 13

(perpetrate) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; “perpetrate a crime”; “pull a bank robbery”