stupid vocab

Question 1

insatiability (n)

Answer 1

quenchless (can’t be satisfied)

Question 2

tantalizing (adj)

Answer 2

tormenting/teasing with promise of something unattainable

Question 3

toehold (n)

Answer 3

insignificant position from which more progress can be made

Question 4

wheedling (v)

Answer 4

using flattery to persuade someone to give you something

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furtive (adj)

Answer 5

secretively

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anachronism (n)

Answer 6

belonging to a time period other than the one in which it exists (conspicuously old fashioned)

Question 7

disconsolate (adj)

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sad, dreary

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ingratiate (v)

Answer 8

earn something for yourself by pleasing another

Question 9

lugubrious (adj)

Answer 9

seeming sad

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bludgeon (v)

Answer 10

beat someone repeatedly with bludgeon/heavy object

Question 11

puritan (n)

Answer 11

having censorious moral beliefs (ab pleasure)

Question 12

coy (adj)

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in an outwardly shy/modest way intended to be alluring

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loll (v)

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to sit, lie, or stand in a relaxed way

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petticoat (n)

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light, loose undergarment hanging from shoulders/waist worn under dress/skirt

Question 15

innocuous (adj)

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not harmful

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ethereal (adj)

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delicate/light in a way that seems too perfect for the world

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rancid (adj)

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containing fat or oil/ smelling or tasting unpleasant bc it’s stale

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granular (adj)

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resembling/ consistent of small grains or particles

Question 19

litanies (n)

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series of petitions for use in church services/processions

Question 20

lustrous (adj)

Answer 20

shining

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ambulatory (adj)

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something mobile/capable of movement

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emaciated (adj)

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abnormally thin or weak, bc of illness or lack of food

Question 23

banal (adj)

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lacking originality (obvious or boring)

Question 24

compunction (n)

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feeling of guilt/moral scruple preventing/following doing something bad

Question 25

sedition (n)

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speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state

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precocity (n)

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exceptionally early/premature development

Question 27

abasement (n)

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humiliation/degradation

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perfidy (n)

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purposely deceitful and unfaithful

Question 29

lassitude (n)

Answer 29

state of being weary and lacking energy