The Importance of Being Earnest | Vocabulary

Question 1

Apoplexy

Answer 1

unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.

Question 2

Betoken

Answer 2

be a sign of; indicate.

Question 3

Credulity

Answer 3

a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

Question 4

Effrontery

Answer 4

insolent or impertinent behavior.

Question 5

Expurgations

Answer 5

to change (a written work) by removing parts that might offend people

Question 6

Horticulture

Answer 6

the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.

Question 7

Insuperable

Answer 7

(of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome.

Question 8

Internment

Answer 8

the act of confining someone in a prison

Question 9

Misanthrope

Answer 9

a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

Question 10

Ostentatiously

Answer 10

pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others

Question 11

Oxonian

Answer 11

of or relating to Oxford, England

Question 12

Perambulator

Answer 12

a baby carriage

Question 13

Profligate

Answer 13

recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

Question 14

Quixotic

Answer 14

exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

Question 15

Semi-Recumbent

Answer 15

Partly reclining; referring to an inclined patient position

Question 16

Utilitarian

Answer 16

designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.