Unit #6 Vocab Quiz #2

Question 1

What does “Officious” mean?

Answer 1

(adj.): (to be) Irritably meddling; excessively forward in offering services and/or assuming authority

Question 2

What does “Ominous” mean?

Answer 2

(adj.): (to be) Unfavorable and/or threatening; of bad omen

Question 3

What does “Pinnacle” mean?

Answer 3

(adj.): A high peak or point (of something)

Question 4

What does “Premeditated” mean?

Answer 4

(adj.): (to be) Considered beforehand and/or deliberately planned (usually something ill-intented)

Question 5

What does “Solace” mean?

Answer 5

(n.): Comfort and/or relief

(v.): To comfort or console

Question 6

What does “Stately” mean?

Answer 6

(adj.): (to be) Dignified and/or majestic

Question 7

What does “Supple” mean?

Answer 7

(adj.): (to be) Easily bending and/or (skillfully) bending with agility; highly adaptable

Question 8

What does “Suppress” mean?

Answer 8

(v.): To stop and/or put down by force

Question 9

What does “Venal” mean?

Answer 9

(adj.): (to be) open to or intended with bribery/corruption

Question 10

What does “Rampant” mean?

Answer 10

(adj.): (to be) Growing without check or management; running wild