"O-" Vocabulary

Question 1

Obdurate

Answer 1

Unyielding, hard-hearted, inflexible (adj)

Question 2

Obeisance

Answer 2

Gesture that expresses deference, such a bow or curtsy (n)

Question 3

Obfuscate

Answer 3

To deliberately obscure, to make confusing (v)

Question 4

Objurgate

Answer 4

To reproach or vehemently denounce; to scold (adj)

Question 5

Obstinate

Answer 5

Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising (adj)

Question 6

Obstreperous

Answer 6

Noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous (adj)

Question 7

Obtain

Answer 7

To be established, accepted, or customary, prevail (v)

Question 8

Obtuse

Answer 8

Lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression (adj)

Question 9

Obviate

Answer 9

To anticipate and make unnecessary (v)

Question 10

Occlude

Answer 10

To obstruct or block (v)

Question 11

Occult

Answer 11

Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension (adj)

Question 12

Odious

Answer 12

Hateful; arousing strong feelings of dislike (adj)

Question 13

Officious

Answer 13

Meddlesome, pushy in offering one’s services where they are unwanted (adj)

Question 14

Onerous

Answer 14

Troubling, burdensome (adj)

Question 15

Opaque

Answer 15

Impermeable by light; dense in mind (adj)

Question 16

Opprobrium

Answer 16

Disgrace, contempt, scorn (n)

Question 17

Oscillation

Answer 17

The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady; uninterrupted rhythm (n)

Question 18

Ossified

Answer 18

Changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change (adj)

Question 19

Ostensible

Answer 19

Seeming, appearing as much professed (adj)

Question 20

Ostentatious

Answer 20

Characterized by or given to pretentiousness (adj)

Question 21

Overweening

Answer 21

Presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate (adj)