TKAM vocab #1

Question 0

Taciturn

Answer 0

Habitually quite; disinclined to talk

Question 1

Assuage

Answer 1

To lessen the intensity of; to ease pacify

Question 2

Vapid

Answer 2

Lacking liveliness or force; uniteresting

Question 3

Predilection

Answer 3

A preference for; bias for something

Question 4

Nebulous

Answer 4

Hazy, indistinct, unclear; vague

Question 5

Entailment

Answer 5

Legal term referring to the transferring of property through heirs

Question 6

Condescension

Answer 6

Attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain

Question 7

Auspicious

Answer 7

Favorable; prosperous; promising success

Question 8

Scuppernog

Answer 8

A species of grape native to the southern USA

Question 9

Pestilence

Answer 9

A deadly, epidemic disease

Question 10

Edification

Answer 10

Verification; explanation

Question 11

Ascertain

Answer 11

To find something out for certain; to find out definietly; to determine

Question 12

Aberration

Answer 12

Departure from normal

Question 13

Lineament

Answer 13

Any feature of the body, particularly the face

Question 14

Philippic

Answer 14

Speech or discourse of bitter denunciation

Question 15

Umbrage

Answer 15

Offense; displeasure; annoyance

Question 16

Rectitude

Answer 16

Rightness of principal, conduct, or moral virtue; correctness

Question 17

Interdict

Answer 17

Prohibition; restraint

Question 18

Palliation

Answer 18

Lessening the intensity of; the easing or pacifying of something

Question 19

Cantankerous

Answer 19

Bad-tempered; quarrelsome