Reading 8 Vocab List 13

Question 1

Amused

Answer 1

Pleasantly occupied, charmed, distracted

Question 2

Arrogate

Answer 2

Take control of, assert ones title to

Question 3

Beneficence

Answer 3

Doing good, being kind, helpful, and generous

Question 4

Chicanery

Answer 4

Use of tricks to deceive someone

Question 5

Condemn

Answer 5

Declare or judge unfit, express strong disapproval of

Question 6

Credulity

Answer 6

Tendency to believe readily

Question 7

Deify

Answer 7

To be god like

Question 8

Dilettante

Answer 8

Amateur

Question 9

Execrable

Answer 9

Unequivocally detestable, of very poor quality or condition

Question 10

Fatuous

Answer 10

Devoid of intelligence, silly

Question 11

Futile

Answer 11

Useless

Question 12

Initiate

Answer 12

Someone new to a subject

TRIS IN DAUNTLESS

Question 13

Morass

Answer 13

Mess, chaos, marsh

Question 14

Nascent

Answer 14

Born, or beginning

Question 15

Obfuscate

Answer 15

Make unclear

Question 16

Acute

Answer 16

Sharp, intense, critical importance

Question 17

Opportune

Answer 17

Suitable for a purpose

Question 18

Painstaking

Answer 18

Characterized by extreme care, and great effort

Question 19

Patently

Answer 19

Clearly, no doubt

Question 20

Pernicious

Answer 20

Hiddenly spreading, harmful

Question 21

Piecemeal

Answer 21

Little at a time

Question 22

Portent

Answer 22

Sign of something about to happen

Question 23

Proximity

Answer 23

Nearness

Question 24

Raconteur

Answer 24

A person good at telling anecdotes and stories

Question 25

Repartee

Answer 25

Adroit, clever, witty

Question 26

Reticence

Answer 26

Being uncommunicative, not volunteering anything more than necessary

Question 27

Rudimentary

Answer 27

Earliest stage of development, involving facts or principles

Question 28

Seditious

Answer 28

Rebellious, arousing rebellion

Question 29

Spate

Answer 29

Sudden forceful flow, large number, amount, or extent

Question 30

Straitlaced

Answer 30

Exaggeratedly proper, strict

Question 31

Superfluous

Answer 31

More than needed, serving no useful purpose, having no excuse for being

Question 32

Transmute

Answer 32

Alter the nature, form, appearance of

Question 33

Unadorned

Answer 33

Not decorated

Question 34

Unearth

Answer 34

Uncover, bring to light

Question 35

Unwieldy

Answer 35

Difficult to handle

Question 36

Verdant

Answer 36

Characterized by an abundance of greenery

Question 37

Voluble

Answer 37

Marked by a readily flow of speech, talkative

Question 38

Yen

Answer 38

Yearning for something, Japanese money