Vocab 1,061 - 1,080

Question 1

Ubiquitous

Answer 1

– adjective

1) existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog.

Question 2

Helix

Answer 2

– noun

1) a spiral.

Question 3

Cachinnate

Answer 3

– verb

1) to laugh loudly or immoderately.

Question 4

Criticaster

Answer 4

– noun

1) an incompetent critic.

Question 5

Persiflage

Answer 5

– noun

1) a frivolous or flippant style of speaking/writing on a subject.

Question 6

Olio

Answer 6

– noun

1) a mixture of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge.

Question 7

Saurian

Answer 7

– noun / adjective

1) a or resembling a lizard.

Question 8

Argonaut

Answer 8

– noun

1) a person in quest of something dangerous but rewarding; adventurer.

Question 9

Twitterpated

Answer 9

– adjective

1) excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

– noun

1) style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.

Question 11

Polysemy

Answer 11

– noun

1) diversity of meanings.

Question 12

Atrabilious

Answer 12

– adjective

1) gloomy/morose/melancholy/morbid OR irritable/bad-tempered/splenetic.

Question 13

Ambisinistrous

Answer 13

– adjective

1) clumsy or unskillful with both hands.

Question 14

Burble

Answer 14

– verb

1) to speak in an excited manner; babble.

Question 15

Heliolatry

Answer 15

– noun

1) worship of the sun.

Question 16

Festinate

Answer 16

– verb

1) to hurry; hasten.

Question 17

Eleemosynary

Answer 17

– adjective

1) relating to or dependent on charitable donations: an eleemosynary educational institution.

Question 18

Beatify

Answer 18

– verb

1) to make blissfully happy.

Question 19

Mnemonic

Answer 19

– noun / adjective

1) something intended to assist the memory.

Question 20

Quiddity

Answer 20

– noun

1) the inherent nature, distinctive feature, peculiarity or essence of someone/something: I love his quirks and quiddities.