Reading 8 Vocab List 8

Question 0

Arbitrary

Answer 0

Personally thought of as unfair and unreasonable

Question 1

Ambiguity

Answer 1

Unclear, the meaning can’t be identified through context

Question 2

Befall

Answer 2

Happen, occur

Question 3

Capricious

Answer 3

Happened by chance, changeable

Question 4

Concession

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Allowance, conceding or yielding

Question 5

Diffident

Answer 5

Lacking self confidence, showing modest reserve

Question 6

Dither

Answer 6

State of agitation, making a fuss, being insecure and agitated

Question 7

Empathic

Answer 7

Compassionate, showing ready comprehension of others’ states

Question 8

Evince

Answer 8

Show, demonstrate

Question 9

Fanatical

Answer 9

Expressing excessive enthusiasm or intense devotion

Question 10

Fractious

Answer 10

Troublesome, easily annoyed

Question 11

Holistic

Answer 11

Believing everything is connected in some way

Question 12

Ingenuous

Answer 12

Lacking sophistication or worldliness

Question 13

Lenient

Answer 13

Not strict, tolerant

Question 14

Merriment

Answer 14

Activities that bring joy

Question 15

Notorious

Answer 15

Having an exceedingly bad reputation

Question 16

Officious

Answer 16

Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Question 17

Ostentatious

Answer 17

Showy

Question 18

Pariah

Answer 18

Rejected outcast

Question 19

Penurious

Answer 19

Excessively unwilling to spend

Question 20

Perverse

Answer 20

Improper

Question 21

Plethora

Answer 21

Surplus

Question 22

Preeminence

Answer 22

Superiority

Question 23

Prospect

Answer 23

Perception, belief, prediction

Question 24

Quagmire

Answer 24

Problem, marsh

Question 25

Recompense

Answer 25

Repay, make amends for

Question 26

Remiss

Answer 26

Careless, failing

Question 27

Resilient

Answer 27

Recoverable, flexible

Question 28

Ribald

Answer 28

One who uses or to use offensive vulgar language

Question 29

Satirical

Answer 29

Mocking, ridicule

Question 30

Servile

Answer 30

Submissive, fawning

Question 31

Somnolent

Answer 31

Sleepy

Question 32

Stature

Answer 32

Position, height

Question 33

Succinct

Answer 33

Brief and to the point

Question 34

Tacit

Answer 34

Unspoken, hinted

Question 35

Tycoon

Answer 35

A wealthy or powerful business man

Question 36

Undermine

Answer 36

To weaken or destroy

Question 37

Unprecedented

Answer 37

Never done before, first

Question 38

Winsome

Answer 38

Charming in a childlike way