Quiz 3: 1.7-2.1

Question 1

Pejorative

Answer 1

Having negative connotations; tending to disparage or belittle
1.7

Question 2

Pestilential

Answer 2

Causing or tending to cause pestilence; morally harmful; giving rise to vexation or annoyance
1.7

Question 3

Grandiloquent

Answer 3

Characterized by a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality, especially in language
1.7

Question 4

Extemporaneous

Answer 4

Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment
1.7

Question 5

Denizen

Answer 5

Inhabitant of a particular place; one that frequent a place

Question 6

Ameliorate

Answer 6

To make better or more tolerable
1.7

Question 7

Obsequious

Answer 7

Marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
1.8

Question 8

Loquacious

Answer 8

Full of excessive talk; given to fluent or excessive talking
1.8

Question 9

Imbroglio

Answer 9

An acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding; a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation; an intricate or complicated situation
1.8

Question 10

Ignominious

Answer 10

Humiliating, degrading; deserving of shame or humility
1.8

Question 11

Harangue

Answer 11

A ranting speech addressed to a public assembly; a lecture with negative connotation
1.8

Question 12

Neophyte

Answer 12

a new convert, novice, or beginner
1.8

Question 13

Onerous

Answer 13

Involving, imposing, or constituting a burden; having legal obligations that outweighs the advantages
2.1

Question 14

Colloquial

Answer 14

Used in characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; using a conversational style
2.1

Question 15

Effulgence

Answer 15

Radiant splendor
2.1

Question 16

Incipient

Answer 16

Beginning to come into being or to become apparent
2.1

Question 17

Inexorable

Answer 17

Not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
2.1

Question 18

Magnanimous

Answer 18

Showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit; showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
2.1