Set 3 vocab (1.7-2.1)

Question 1

pejorative

Answer 1

(adj) having negative connotations; tending to disparage/belittle

Question 2

pestilential

Answer 2

(adj)
1. causing/tending to cause pestilence
2. morally harmful, giving rise to vexation or annoyance

Question 3

grandiloquent

Answer 3

(adj) characterized by a lofty, colorful, pompous, bombastic style ESPECIALLY in language

Question 4

extemporaneous

Answer 4

(adj) composed, performed, uttered on the spur of the moment

Question 5

denizen

Answer 5

(noun) inhabitant of a particular place; one that frequents a place

Question 6

ameliorate

Answer 6

(v) to make better or more tolerable

Question 7

obsequious

Answer 7

(adj) marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Question 8

loquacious

Answer 8

(adj) full of excessive talk

Question 9

imbroglio

Answer 9

(n) acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding; a violently confused/bitterly complicated altercation; intricate or complicated situation

Question 10

ignominious

Answer 10

(adj) humiliation, degrading; of shame or infamy

Question 11

harangue

Answer 11

(n) a ranting speech addressed to a public assembly; a lecture with negative connotation

Question 12

neophyte

Answer 12

(n) a new convert, novice, beginner

Question 13

onerous

Answer 13

(adj) involving a burden

Question 14

colloquial

Answer 14

(adj) used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation

Question 15

effulgence

Answer 15

(noun) radiant splendor

Question 16

incipient

Answer 16

(adj) beginning to come into being or becoming apparent

Question 17

inexorable

Answer 17

(adj) not to be persuaded, moved, stoppped

Question 18

magnanimous

Answer 18

(adj) showing/suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit, showing nobility or feeling generosity of mind