OFOTCN Vocab 1-32

Question 1

Swivel

Answer 1

Verb

To turn or pivot

Question 2

Croon

Answer 2

Verb

To sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice

Question 3

Hover

Answer 3

Verb

To hang suspended in the air; to wait near at hand or remain in an uncertain state

Question 4

Chronic

Answer 4

Adjective

Constant or having a long duration

Question 5

Ornery

Answer 5

Adjective

Unpleasant in disposition or temper, stubborn

Question 6

Loony

Answer 6

Adjective

Insane; extremely or senselessly foolish

Question 7

Pinochle

Answer 7

Noun

A card game

Question 8

Hassle

Answer 8

Noun

A disorderly dispute

Question 9

Callus

Answer 9

Noun
Hardened, thickened skin
( if someone’s callused they’re hard/ unpleasant)

Question 10

Heft

Answer 10

Noun

Heaviness; significance or important

Question 11

Efficiency

Answer 11

Noun

Competency in performance

Question 12

Replica

Answer 12

Noun

An exact copy or reproduction

Question 13

Knobby

Answer 13

Adj
Shaped like a knob; full of or covered with knobs
( knobby knees)

Question 14

Gripe

Answer 14

Verb

To complain constantly or naggingly

Question 15

Embalm

Answer 15

Verb
To preserve a dead body or keep in memory
(Preserve a body or memory)

Question 16

Straggle

Answer 16

Verb

To wander in a scattered fashion

Question 17

Overzealous

Answer 17

Adjective

Too eager or anxious

Question 18

Grievance

Answer 18

Noun

A wrong considered as grounds for a complaint; a complaint or resentment

Question 19

Prototype

Answer 19

Noun

The original or model on which something is based or formed

Question 20

Braggart

Answer 20

Noun

A person who does a lot of bragging; a cocky person

Question 21

Sadistic

Answer 21

Adjective

Taking pleasure in cruelty or enjoying the suffering of others

Question 22

Ineffectual

Answer 22

Adjective

Powerless

Question 23

Matriarchy

Answer 23

Noun

A family, state, society, or community governed by women

Question 24

Notorious

Answer 24

Adjective

Widely and unfavorably* known

Question 25

Deduce

Answer 25

Verb

To figure out from something known or assumed

Question 26

Withered

Answer 26

Adjective

Shriveled, faded, decayed

Question 27

Maudlin

Answer 27

Adjective

Tearfully or weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental

Question 28

Folio

Answer 28

Noun
A sheet of paper folded once to make two sides
( a folder)

Question 29

Dingbat

Answer 29

Noun

Slang for an empty-headed or ill-witted human being

Question 30

Ample

Answer 30

Adjective
Fully sufficient; more than adequate for the purpose or need
( ample amount)

Question 31

Scour

Answer 31

Verb

To cleanse or polish by hard rubbing

Question 32

Glare

Answer 32

Verb

To stare with a fiercely or angrily piercing look