Set 5 vocab (2.5-2.7)

Question 1

nominal

Answer 1

(adj) insignificant, existing/being something in name or form only

Question 2

castigate

Answer 2

(v) to subject to severe punishment

Question 3

picayune

Answer 3

(adj) not valuable, petty, small-minded

Question 4

conflagration

Answer 4

(n) large/disastrous fire; conflict in war

Question 5

pertinacity

Answer 5

(n) adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, design; stubbornly tenacious

Question 6

poetaster

Answer 6

(n) inferior or bad poet

Question 7

callow

Answer 7

(n) immature

Question 8

beatify

Answer 8

(v) to make extremely happy, to declare to be among the blessed

Question 9

bellicose

Answer 9

(adj) favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

Question 10

calumny

Answer 10

(n) misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation, defamation

Question 11

antilogy

Answer 11

(n) contradiction in terms/ideas that cannot resolve itself - self-contradictory

Question 12

archetype

Answer 12

(n) original pattern/model; a perfect example

Question 13

obdurate

Answer 13

(adj) stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Question 14

venerate

Answer 14

(v) regard with great respect, reverence

Question 15

penultimate

Answer 15

(adj) next to last in a list

Question 16

nonpareil

Answer 16

(n) an unrivaled or matchless person/thing

Question 17

epicurean

Answer 17

(adj) fond/adopted to luxury or indulgence

Question 18

abstemious

Answer 18

(adj) not self-indulgent, self-restraint.